Ruthven Class of 1927 50th Reunion Report
The Ruthven high school class of 1927 held its fiftieth reunion May 2 at Stub's Ranch Kitchen Spencer. Members shared reminiscences with teacher Nora Knutson Tripp and honored poems and prophecies read by Edith Pritchard and Bob Cole. Attendees included Hilda Gaard Swanson and Vera Cole Rietzel with others from nearby classes and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Knutson Tripp
Hilda Gaard Swanson
Boulder
Colorado
Vera Cole Rietzel
Waterloo
Viola Smith
Hampton
Ruthven
Bob Cole
Memorial weekend visits and guest list in Ruthven area
Ruthven residents hosted guests including Mrs. Geraldine Johnson and daughter Jeanine from Cedar Rapids. Military family Peggy Kunz traveled to Sioux City then Camp Pendleton, visiting relatives in Eyota and Tilton on Memorial weekend. Occasions included Rita Schuknech reception in Sac City and Wall Lake commencement for Marilyn Erickson. local rodeo attendance noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie King
Geraldine Johnson
Jeanine
Cedar Rapids
Mary
Lois
Roxanna Kunz
Peggy Kunz
Sioux City
Camp Pendleton
Stacy
Allen Gibb
Seattle
Wash
Wille Fieseler
Eyota
Minn
Ray Gray
Tilton
Nebr
Sill Nelson
Denver
Cole
Marion Fieseler
Langdon
Florence Fieseler
Eddie
Bob Fieseler
Gibb
Elmer Schnelt
Sac City
Rita Schuknech
Wall Lake
Marilyn Erickson
Schnell
Bob Lunquist
Cherokee
Johnson Rites in Minnesota
Funeral services were held at Hutchinson Minnesota May 16 for Mrs. Etta Johnson aged 9 Survivors include a daughter Mrs. Howard Hansen of Ruthven 33 grandchildren and 68 great grandchildren Mr avid Mrs Howard Hansen and two of their children Mrs Mary Etta Brose and daughter and Mr and Mrs Ivan Hansen and family of Lincoln Nebraska and Mr and Mrs Pat Nelson of Ruthven and Mr and Mrs Thomas Nelson of Ayrshire attended the services for Mrs Irvin Hansen and family of Ruthven Mrs Gary Ruehie of Emmetsburg and Mrs Imogene Gardner Patty and Scott of Terris attended the Morningside College Commencement Services held at Stone Park in Sioux City on May 18 Diane Hansen Gardner received a Bachelor of Arts Degree Mrs Gardner completed her course in December and is presently teaching a fourth grade class at Riverside School in Sioux City Mr and Mrs Bill Gardner attended Ruthven eighth grade completion exercises on May 14 and the commencement program on May 17
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Hutchinson
Minn
Etta Johnson
Howard Hansen
Ruthven
Avid
Mary Etta Brose
Jor
Ivan Hansen
Lincoln
Neb
Pat Nelson
Thomas Nelson
Ayrshire
Johnson
Irvin Hansen
Gary. Ruehie
Emmetsburg
Imogene Gardner
Patty and
Scott
Terris
Morningside College
Stone Park
Sioux City
Diane Hansen
Gardner
Webb
Iowa
Richard Rierson
Luther Seminary
St. Paul
College Lutheran Church
San Diego
Calif
Belvina Hadley
Harold
Bob) Wigdahl
Wigdahl
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Alma Wigdahl
Tennessee
Marian M. Johnson
Kill Kare Klub Meeting Highlights Iowa Program
Edith Pritchard presented Vacationing In Iowa at the Kill Kare Klub May meeting. Members recalled Good Old Days in Iowa and tales of early-area relatives and friends. The Little Brown Church history was read and poems were recited. Meeting hosted by Emma Hermanson. June 15 at Georgia Taylor’s home.
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Iowa
Edith Pritchard
Kill Kare Klub
Little Brown
Mildred Gouge
Emma Hermanson
Julia Riefenberger
Georgia Taylor
Harriet Brady
Methodist Church Circles Meet at Ruthven United Methodist
The Ruthven United Methodist Church circles met May 26 at various homes. Hope Circle at Betty White’s hosted by Eunice Langner. lessons by Connie Richardson. Harmony Circle at Dorothy Moore’s with Lois Evans assisting. Walk For Development sponsors named. Faith Circle hosted by Mildred Gouge with devotions by Alaude Coleman. June host Iva Pederson. Rachael Circle at Harley Walker’s quilt work and cookies for church VBS lunches.
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Ruthven
Walk For Development
Jeanine Carpenter
Cheryl Samek
Roxanne Rehm
Faith Circle
Mildred Gouge
Viola Olson
Alaude Coleman
Hadley Rites In Minnesota
Services for Mitton Hadley "Hadley" Mills 88 were held at 1 30 Tuesday from Lathe and Sor Funeral Home Jackson Minnesota. Mills died Friday after six weeks in Jackson hospital. He was born January 19 1903 in Clay County to Marion and Jennie Mills. He married Bernice Simington November 25 1924. He farmed Ruthven then Dunnell Minnesota area. Survivors include daughter Shirley Hansen and six Ruthven grandchildren, two sisters Florence Fieseler Ruthven and Julia Harris Spencer, three brothers Leslie Floyd Spencer and Lawrence Milford. Preceded by wife 1947 son Gerald 1960 and brother Levi. Burial Dickens Cemetery with nephews Eddie Robert Fleseler Ruthven John Millis Spencer and neighbors Kenneth Ringgenberg Vernon Potthoff Dunnell Ernest Haugland Jackson as bearers.
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Mitton
Hadley
Mills
Jackson
Minn
Jackson Hospital
Clay County
Marion
Jennie Fenn Mills
Bernice Irene Simington
Ruthven
Dunnell
Church Notes summarize area congregations and service times
Ruthven United Methodist led by Fred Samek lists Sunday school at 9 15, worship 10 30, Thursday choirs, and an alternate Saturday confirmation class. Lost Island Lutheran under Krishen Persaud offers Sunday worship at 9 and Sunday School at 10 15 with monthly communion. Sign Lutheran led by Martan Johnson schedules parish meetings and festive 85th year worship with a fellowship dinner and mass times on Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist
Fred Samek
Memorial Day Observance Honors Ruthven Legion Members
Ruthven Memorial Day program honors four local men for flag duties and Avenue of Flags service. High school seniors and grades seven to eleven students shown with strong average marks. The day includes band performance, invocations, solos, cemetery honors, wreaths, and a closing benediction.
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Memorial Day Color Guard
American Legion
Ruthven
Legion Hall
Ruthven American Legion Post
E. A. Nelson
August Probst
Iver Holmgren
Roy Hansen
Ed Marken
Norman Jones
God the Omnipotent
David Moriselle
G. E. Johnson
Jones
Crown Hill Cemetery
Walker Decorated For Heroism In Vietnam
Private First Class John F Walker of Company B 26th Engineer Battalion earned the Soldier's Medal for heroic action on November 24 1970 near Phu Long Vietnam. He freed trapped crewmen after a helicopter crash and treated them despite extreme heat and ordnance danger. He is a Ruthven native and Bethel College alumnus who enlisted in 1970 and served eight months in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John -5. Walker
26Th Engineer Battalion
Vietnam
Phu Long
Walker
Alphus R. Clark
Keith Walker
Ruthven
Ruthven Consolidated School
Bethel College
St. Paul
Zion Lutheran Church to Observe 85th Anniversary
Zion Lutheran Church celebrates its 85th year with 10 15 a m worship led by Dr Bruno Schlachtenhauten The Iowa District ALC A fellowship dinner follows with charter member descendants honored and former pastors noted A history display and special memorials mark the day including mission support and an updated sanctuary screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wigdahl
Zion
T c
ALC
L. Owigdahl
T. G. Wicks
Stanley §. Knutsen
M. Eugene Foehringer
Victor A. Fiskerbeck
L. O. Wigdahl
Augsburg Seminary
Minneapolis
Minn
Glaucoma Tests 109 Residents in Ruthven Screening
Lions Clubs of Iowa conducted glaucoma screening in Ruthven on May 27 testing 107 individuals. Additional tests on five more during the final half day found possible disease in some. 3 percent of those tested were referred for further medical treatment.
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The
Lions Clubs
Iowa
Ruthven
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Ralph Toland
Olive Barringer Hermanson
Gladys Sandvig
Edith Hansen Prichard
Ann Hermanson Arnett
Violet Rosewall Roland
R. H. Cole
Viola Olson Smith
Mary Capener Johnson
Fay Beddow
Oliver Barringer Hermanson
Edith Hansen Pritchard
Gladys Sandvng
Erman Wilkinson Heslop
Lois Rice Ward
Hazel Barl Hocking
Salem
Oregon
Jennie Horan Underwood
Spencer
Eleanor Welch Fowler
Sunnyside
Maude Hynes Crook
Ruthven Personals
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Methodist Church
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Lost Island
Sign Lutheran
Martan M. Johnson
Sacred Heart Catholic
Father Wingert
School of Religion
William Peneerick
Russell Goff
Paul Schnell
Ed Feister
Ruthven High School
Caral Alger
Jerry Baedke
Jeanice Brown
Ted Brown
Harvey Evans
Kim Finnegan
Mark Finnegan
Sharon Grandstaff
Debra Hansen
Sharoal Hemmingsen
Sid Jones
Mary Kunz
Marvin Larsen
Theresa Oman
Linda Rosacker
Kathy Seld
Paul Walker
Kris White
Wanda Wichman
Steve Wigdahl
Carol Alger
Kim Finn
Pam Toland
Richard Wichmann
Jim Wigdahl
Brian Zielstra
Jolene Brown
Susan Davis
Terry Finnegan
Jackie Frederick
Joan Haar
Sue Johnson
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Julie Mitchell
Jeannette Molitor
Kent Pickrell
Lori Rosacker
Rhonda Simonson
Linda Whiting
Jane Bennett
Patricia Brown
Mary Finnegan
Susan Kropf
Bill Logan
Gwen Johnson
Patty Kropf
James Pedersen
Marcia Barber
Julie Brown
Winnefred Geelan
Douglas Pickrell
Tysburg
T. A. Christiansen
Marian Johnson
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Crown Hill
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Zenith Sales and Service
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