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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1960
Page
1
The Elgin Echo in Elgin Iowa lists the paper as a Thursday publication by Hermen and Bartunek. It notes second class mail status, with the Fayette County post office and a 1891 act reference.
Bertha Johanna Powell, eldest daughter of Andrew and Anna Nelson Anderson, was born November 14, 1883, in Wagner Two Clayton County. She was baptized December 30, 1883, at Marion Lutheran Church Gander and confirmed September 25, 1898. She studied at Paige School, sang, studied sewing in Minneapolis, and married Clifton W Powell of Little Rock on February 3, 1916, becoming mother to two children.
Bertha Powell aged 76 died September 26 at Delaware County Hospital in Manchester after a stroke and acute leukemia. She lived much of her life near Elgin and Strawberry Point, raised five grandchildren, and was a longtime member of St. Pauls Methodist Church and its Women’s Society. Survived by son Thomas and daughter Catherine, plus two sisters and a brother, with numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral held beside husband in Elgin Cemetery.
Gunder News reports Mr and Mrs Morris Amundson hosting Janet and David Amundson in Clermont with Perline Amundson as overnight guest. Thomas Peterson called on Will Bergen. Social Hour Club toured Vinton, visiting the school for the blind, Quaker Oats, Peter Pan bakery. Waldo Embretson and Marion Olson families visited Mary Olson and Selma Groth. Ole Loftsgard hosted Social Thimble Club for Mrs Milton Olson’s birthday with Florence Jacobia Milo Jacobia Oscar Nyberg Selmer Holm in attendance.
Elgin locals report weekend visits as Mrs Oscar Holden and Caro lyn join Alfred Cole at Joe Zabeck home in Waterloo. Other guests include Bernard Hanson and families at Manchester dinner with Mr and Mrs Martin Nelson, and a DeVere Halverson birthday gathering with Ruth Loftsgard, Sharon, Mrs Albert Halverson, and Dickie Kruempel. Harold Kruempel and Walter Kohls also appear in social notes.
A church unit camped at West Wao and remained overnight in the Howard Boyle home, with local residents noting a quiet, orderly stay and no incidents reported.
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