Obituaries and social notices from Postville area events
A long list of local social updates covers visits and travels of residents including Delbert Bakemans in San Francisco and Chicago from Postville, polio illness of Clarence Bush in Huron, polio recovery notes, and farewells. Visitors to the Holdens and Brackins report San Diego, Dubuque, Davenport and Decorah connections. Air Force Sgt. O W Schupbach returns from 26 months overseas to Riverside California. Dinner guests, brunches, and Sunday gatherings shape a crowded social page amid regional commutes and family news.
Elgin Baptist Church Opens Fall Activities in Oct
Elgin Baptist Church led by Pastor Arthur Ittermann outlines Sunday schedule with morning worship on Oct 31 at 10 am on Jacob’s Experiences of God and evening services at 7 pm on The Services of Christ. Church school at 11 am, weekly Wednesday junior chorus and Bible study, and Friday B Y P A social. Upcoming Evangelistic services in Sumner and St Paul open to all, with guest speakers John Walkup and Howard Johnson. Quiet Day for women, Youth Fellowship meeting, hay ride plans, and All Church chicken supper bazaar slated for Nov. 4. attendance encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Ittermann
Jacob
Christ
David
Isaac
God
Christian Workers’ Conference
St. Paul
Riverview Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of
Sumner
Merrill Abbey
Attendre
Shirley Reusser
Barbara Crider
Roma Medberry
Marlena Mosby
Mary L. Becker
Charles Becker
Shirley Page
Rath Tillotson
Lauretta Gilson
Bonnie Lantz
Marilyn West
Janice Torkelson
Carol Nickels
John Tillotson
All Church
Methodist Church Weekly Activities and Rally Attendance
Morning worship at 10, Sunday school 11, Youth Fellowship 7 30 p m. Choir practice Thursday 7 15 p m. Members traveled to Dubuque District events including a Men's Rally led by Bishop Charles W Brashares with Charles Feller William Klingman and John Tillotson attending. District Woman's Society met in Independence with several churchwomen present. Youth Fellowship Rally gathered at St Luke's Methodist in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque District
Grandview Ave. Methodist Church
Charles W. Brashares
Des Moines
Charles Feller
William Klingman
John Tillotson
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Independence
Our Church
Leo Schori
B. H. Brackin
Myrtle Kohler
Reuben Howard
C. J. Mulford
Herbert Dummermuth
St. Luke's Methodist Church
St Olaf Lutheran Church Services on Oct 31
St Olaf 9:30 morning service. Marion church at 11 and 7:30 p m services. Luther League 7:30 p m attendance invited. All welcome at each service. Dr J Strandford is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf
Marion
Luther League
J. Strandford
In Memoriam Earl L Medberry and local notices
In Memoriam recalls the death of Earl L Medberry with verses of loss and faith. Local-and-family notices recount visits, travel, and gatherings in Oelwein Decorah Cresco Hollywood Des Moines Minneopolis Caledonia Postville and other communities. The Baptist church B Y P A hosts a Halloween social on Monday Nov 1 at the church parlors.
Local residents host and visit in Decorah area
A long list of guests and visits unfolds across Decorah and nearby towns. Families from Volga, West Union, Sumner, Oelwein, and beyond share meals, overnight stays, and trips to Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Several relocations and illnesses are noted among neighbors and relatives.
Local residents host guests and visit Illness
Elkader couples Mr and Mrs Rudy Possehl and Mrs Clara Brabham hosted supper Sunday for Mrs Della Falk Mrs Hazel Farrell and families from Waterloo Mrs C M Peterson and family from Wilton Junction and Mr and Mrs Keith Kohler with Karla Kay of West Union Also Mr and Mrs Wm Schupbach and family spent Friday afternoon with Mrs Anna Schupbach G W Jackson left for winter in southern states after visiting the F D Welch home Three Schupbachs visited Harold Meisner to see Mrs Adelaine Friederich Lena Schupbach helped care for the ill Mrs Friederich and Lena called Sunday. Paul Bowers and son of Oelwein visited Thos E Howard Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis ‘Olson
Elgin
Bro. Hol
Exh Bainder
Mel Kohler
F. D. Welch
Gordon Mosby
Roberta
Carol
Rock Valley
Mosby
Alex Yunker
Inker
Roch Valley
Yunker
Nomahy
Walter Durscher
John. Durscher
Wayne Durscher
Fand
Conner
Dummermuth
Idea Meyer
David
Woodrow Reed
Arlen Habeger Jand Gene
Wm.b. Miller
Clermont
Hgene
Ames
Merlin Martie
Oscar Holden
Keith Thoma
Michael
Jeffrey
Max
Roger
T. E. Phillips
Decorah
O. W. Schupbach
Air Force
Albert Schupbach
States
Hame
Riverside
Calif
Fred Schupbach
Schupbach
Milton Otteson
Earl Kisie
Ray Conner
Buffalo Eerie
W.P. Kohls
Leo Grether
Volga
Ida Grether
Sheldon Boyle
Robert Miller
Oelwein
Anta Schupbach
Everett Welthorn
California
Ansheim
Dale Jensen
Rose Garber
Pleasant Street
H. D. Yack
Excelsior Springs
Oscar Frieden
Anna Schupbach
Ed Metzger
Sam Lehman
Harold Meisner
Adeline Friederich
Tena Buhr
Sumner
Walter Kohls
Lyle Leath
Loren Casper
Charles City
Wayne Seidlar
Cedar Rapids
Ole Erickson
West Union
Ray Weithorn
Monona
Robert Seileman
Town City
Anna Schuphach
Detroit
Mich
Julianne, Czajka
Glen Schupbach
Ralph Brown
Treton
Wm. Baumegartner
Brown
Dee Ryan
Strawberry Point
Dean DeSart
Dale DeSart
Linda
L. C. Popenhagen
Harold Tope
Will Landis
Kenneth Mark
Martin Wenger
Rudy Posseh
Quincy
Kansas City
Lamar
Possehl
George Frieden
Jack Theobald
Ozark Mountains
Leon Shepard
D. C. Dean
Ferryville
Wis
Will Shepard
John Howard, Sr
Emery Ruroden
Rudy Possehl
Clara Brabham
Elkader
Oscar Fric
Della Falk
Hazel Farrell
Waterloo
C. M. Peterson
Wilton Junction
Keith Kohler
Karla Kay
Exel Kohler
C. J. Harringen
G. W. Jackson
Ruth
Sand Lena Schupbach
Adelaine Friederich
Lena Schupbach
Friederich
Paul Bowers
Thos. E. Howard
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Bauder
Emma Olaon
Frank. Bauder
Wm. Stevenson
Chicago
Aldo
F. W. Hughes
Kenneth Buroden
Tilpher Bilden
Helga Bilden
Josephine
Bud
San Diego
A. H
N. D
Peterson
Caroline Ie
Holdens
Elgin Baptist Church
Fred A. House
Republican
Fayette County
B &H Cash Store
Lena Baumgartner
Harold Halverson
DIAL
West Elgin
St. Olaf Lutheran Churches
Memoriam
Earl L. Medberry
Geo
Garner
Karen
LeRoy Steele
Harry Johnson
Marjorie
Cresco
Johnson
Barney McMullen
Cres °Eo
W.E. Kerr
Hollywood
del Kerr
Baby
G. H. Falk
Earl Mulford
Winthrop
Paul Urbriggen
R. A. Crider and Sons
Andrew Dummermuth
Walter Bauman
Grand Junction
Cole
Alfred Jacob
W. J. Grove
Clare Kuster
Caledonia
Minn
Henry Kuster
Arbe Shroeder
Postville
The
Baptist Church
MR. Farmer
Business Man
Iowa
Democratic Central Committee
Wm. Schupbach
Jeannie Alls & Oz
Goodrich
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
Bill
Elgin Furniture
Elgin Furniture Store
Fred C. Muehlethaler & Sons
52Nd General Assembly
American Legion
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