Social Round of Guests and Visits Across Local Homes
Cheery dinners and Sunday visits fill local houses as families from West Union Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Polk City gather at Christen Brothers homes and nearby houses. Notable events include Merlin Butikofer birthday celebrations and a hospitalization for Dennis Gender after a school fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Thoman
J. J. Snyder
Betty Frey
Terry
Larry Conaway
Cedar Rapids
Judy Foster
Ottumwa
Christen Brothers
Robert Hanson
Delbert Chapman
Martin Hanson
Stanley Moser
Frank Christen
Harold Meisner
Dorothy
Obituary for Mrs M Anderson of Elgin and Wad sha
Margaret Erickson born in Norway August 14 1800 died August 27 at Independence Hospital at 73 years. She married Ole Johnson in 1908 producing six sons and six daughters, then married Ludvig Anderson in 1987 and lived on farms near Clermont and Elgin. Survived by husband six sons five daughters one stepdaughter 21 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren four sisters three brothers and many relatives. Funeral August 30 at Elgin Lutheran Church burial Wadsha Cemetery with casket beaters and prayers. Card of thanks from Louie Anderson and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Erickson
John and
Bertina Reierson Erickson
Norway
Independence Hospital
America
Wadena
Ole Johnson
Mabel
Ludvig Anderson
Clermont
Elgin
Harry
Tullis
Louisiana
Harley
Decorah
Oscar
Dennison
Harold
Monroe
N. C
Kenneth
Charleston
W. Virginia
Ole
Colorado Springs
Cole
Bertha
Clarence Randall
Garden City
Michigan
Marie
Roscoe Pritchard
Arlington
Jennie
Einar Barness
Blanche
Donald Butts
St. Cloud
Minn
Gladys
James Fennell
Hobbs
New Mexico
Ruth
James Martin
Pines
Ore
Annie
Ole Loftsgard
Lizzie
John Solomon
Fayette
Pearl
Ray Klingman
Volga
Richard
Johnny
Ole Erickson
Auburn
Bert
Elgin Lutheran Church
Wth
C. T. Fielstul
Wad
Fjelstul
The
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Louie ‘Anderson
Margaret Anderson
Friederich Reunion Ample North Cedar attendance honors elders
The first Friederich reunion gathered 122 members and 3 guests at Elkaderpark on Sunday September 1 with a noon picnic. Corsages honored Bertha Lehman Anna Schupbach and Jacob Friederich Sr. A business meeting set the 1964 reunion for the Sunday before Labor Day at Elkader and appointed a long list of hosts. The welcome noted attendees from Hudson South Dakota Monona Hiawatha Cedar Falls and West Union among others with smiles for the oldest member Bertha Lehman and youngest Melanie Jo Schupbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friederich
Elkaderpark
Stanley Anderson
Bertha Lehman
Anna Schupbach
Jacob Friederich
Martha Frieden
Janice Friederich
Friederichs
America
Switzerland
Elgin
Elkader
Fred Butikofer
Leo Foeis
Richard Schlup
Melanie Jo Schupbach
Wm. Schupbach
Hudson
Dak
Local social notes from Elgin area gatherings
Wm Moore and Francis Butikofer families and Mr and Mrs Fred Butikofer join in a golden wedding anniversary open house at Elkader honoring Mr and Mrs K J Stiehl parents of Mrs Leo Walthers Garnaville and Mrs Carroll Erhardt Hawkeye. Kenneth Blockhus family at Farm Bureau picnic Fayette and visit to Mrs Wm Howard. Gerald Blockhus family visit Elkader and Des Moines. Don Livingston family Grand Island and Earl Seitz home hosts. John Longmuir family Elgin Illinois and Arlington visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Evans
Irene Yack
Arthur Lantz
Elkader
K. J. Stiehl
Leo Walthers
Garnaville
Carroll Erhardt
Hawkeye
Roland Grover
Cindy
West Union
Jack Adrian
Oran Tande
Des Moines
Ruth Adrian
Don Livingston
Grand Islaear
Est Larson
Earl Seitz
John Longmuir
Elgin
Ill
Iand
P. J. Anderson
Robert Longmuir
Arlington
Glen Medberry
Volga
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ida Cummings
Hulda Weydegger
Ben Butikofer
Cooperative Directors
Lake Okoboji
Forest City
Maynard, Lantz
John Lantz
Walter Lantz
Ellen Mason
Della Chapman
Marie Schroyer
Good Samaritan
Ella Foxwell
Wm. Dennier
Palmer Memorial Hospital
Ed Wenger
Albert L. Dennier
Ben Dennier
David
LuAnn
Billy Jane
Mary Hofer
Glen Dennier
Polk City
Harry Butkefer
George Nickels
Mark
Linda Nickels
Richard Hofer
Harry Butikofer
Mrs. Marie Butikofer
Merlin Butikofer
Irene
Pat Minihan
Raphael Orr
al Parker
John Christen
Wilbur Peake
Clara Long
Strawberry Point
Will Christen
James Herman
Jerry Anderson
Edwin Hanson
Rickey
Denny Moser
Robert, Hanson
Gladys Hanson
Prairie du Chien
Wise
Clarence Anderson
M. Anderson
Sha Cemetery
C. L. Randal
RD. Pritchard
Virgil Luders
J. Batts
James Muehethalé
Witiers Home
Friederich Reunion
Otto Blockhus
Reuben Schupbach
Rudy Possehl
Don Sutter
Lyle Lenth
Hudson, So
Lyle Leath
North Lake, T
Kenneth Koupel
Cedar Falls
Arthur’ Friederich
Wm. Possehlig
Ray Wiethorn
Monona
James Friederich
Leslie Kleppe
Ernie Gulsvig
Florence Blockhus
Gerald Blockhus
Francis West
Wm. Friederich
Russell Friederich
Leo Friederich and
Laurie
Hulda Sutter
Lettie Ruroden
Pleasant St. Elgin
Iowa
Ruroden
Davenport
Hollywood Bed
Westinghouse
Ironing Board
Maytag Wringer
Orvin Thompson
Elgin State Bank
Céle
Wm. Moore
Francis Butikofer
Dren
Mergin ‘Anderson
Gerald “Blockhus Tamly
Eugene Huck
Wim
O'Loughlin
Thia
Susan
John Nydegger, Jr
Orran Bane
Clarence Church
Hot Spring
Ark
Matilda, Feller and
Louis Denkler
Fobel
Bien
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Hemes
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Colston
Deawer
Coxieen
Olive Crean Oe
Puschovad
Elgin Echo
Marianna Propane CO
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