Birthday Tribute Brings Wide Coles Clan Together
Mrs. Bertha Cole of Graettinger celebrated her 86th birthday at the home of her son Julius Cole in Primghar. Special guests included sister Mrs. Ben Bruce of Eldredge Springs Missouri and numerous Cole and related families from Graettinger Primghar Ringsted Jackson Estherville and Estherville area along with friends and neighbors across Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota. The gathering featured many visits with extended family, a play reading by Lynne Lancaster, and multiple Sunday dinners and weekend visits among relatives in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Cole
Graettinger
Julius Cole
Primghar
Ben Bruce
Eldrede Springs
Milford Cole
Max and
Marlys
Ringsted
Robert Masters
Charlie Cole
Maple Hill
Bard Cole
Jackson
John Cole
Parker Cole
Estherville
Steven Steffus
Cherokee
Julius Coles
Prim
Local Notes from Wallingford and Nearby Areas
Wallingford and Albia visits noted as Mr and Mrs Nordern Peterson visited Paul Petersons. Ralph Torreson return from Bahamas. Chad Blagg and Neil Osher baptized with sponsors listed. Logos singing group performed at Spirit Lake Grade Lutheran Church wearing red white and blue. Spencer event details and local 4 H Club meeting at Ron Hankey home with 19 members. basketball tourney result Walnut Boosters took second. Open house for Senior Citizens at the library reports attendees and antiques display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logos
Paul Osher
Tim Crowley
Greg Crowley
Lori Torreson
Kellie Krieger
Sharon Rustad
Beth Howing
Karen Natterstad
Jolene Borchers
Grade Lutheran Church
Spirit Lake
Walnut Boasters 4-H Club
Ron Hankey
Bob Mesenbrink
Steve Dobbins
Walnut Boosters
Greg Peton
Local Histories and Baptism Highlight Graettinger Page
A Graettinger area note column covers a January 1800 Ulster County issue brought by Mrs. Francis Warren, Gamma Met Saturday brunch at Garsten Hotel in Estherville, DKG Founders Day celebrations, Sharing Our Heritage program, and a baptism of William Charles Luhman at United Methodist Church with water from the Sea of Galilee. Attending diners and guests included many area families and friends from Decorah Davenport Spirit Lake Newell and Graettinger, plus Palo Alto Clay County Reading Council events and Northwestern College speaker Florence Huffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster County
New York
Francis Warren
GAMMA
Garsten
Estherville
Elaine Berghefer
Alice Mitchell
Shirley Britt
Janet Storms
Armstrong
Iowa
Coy Coan
Esther Wiegand
Christine Hess
Graettinger
William Charles Luhman
Roy Luhman
United Methodist Church
Bill Voigt
Sea of Galilee
Holy Land
Eleanor Jacobson
Happy Hour Cafe
Odell
Immanuel Weiss
Gary Sanders
Jennifer
Tracy
Heidi
Eric Weiss
Decorah
Merritt Freund
Becky
Lori
Davenport
Fred Luhman
Ricky
Gary
Newell
Hugh Thompson
Todd
Brad
Holly
Spirit Lake
Ediy Luhman
Jeri
Jackie
Steven
Richard Duus
Kirk
Debbie
Kristy
Kevin
Eugene Voigt
Jeff
Jim Voigt
Danny
Diane
Kay Smothers
Diane Laren
Mary Margaret Skattebo
Betty Millen
Palo Alto-Clay County
Reading Council
Stub's Ranch Kitchen
Florence Huffman
Northwestern College
Orange City
DeEtte Graettinger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ghar
Masters
Rolly Rolfson
Elsie Herum
Phil Herum
Dick Herum
Denny
Steve Herum
Brookings
South Dakota
Donald Moore
Minnesota Lake
Minnesota
Orville Nicol
Emma Wikert
Dick Wikert
Fremont
Nebraska
Ervin Wikert
Wilma Murray
Margaret Johnson
O.B. Laing
Algona Iowa
Herbie Lancaster
St. Paul
Lynne
Lancasters
Lucy
Charlie Brown
Margret Johnson
Lancaster
Mountain View
Alfred McCombs
Waterloo
Martha ‘Soung
Larry Ray Jr
Brad and
Brian Jensen
Larry Jensen
Kenneth Jensen
Charles City
Jensen
F T.G. Vance
Bill Mammen
Wallingford
Dorothy Helmich
Amos Mammen
Marty Currans
Mary Christianson
Harold Sampson
Janet
Cindy
Ronald Christianson
Kansas City
Kansas
Laura Watson
Hal Connor
West Burlington
Lloyd Witt
Des Moines
Lennie Witt
Maryville
Missouri
W.H. Witt
Wendell Lovrien
Ellsworth
Gene Leonard
Wilfred Witt
Roy Jensen
Scott
James Jensen
Virgie Hempstead
Cylinder
Nettie Rathman
Mary Peton
Wallingford News
Nordern Peterson
Albia
Mrs
Paul Peterson
Ralph Torreson
The
Bahamas
Chad Eric Blagg
Gary Blagg
Donna Moffit
Craig Christiansen
Neil Gene Osher
Terry Osher
Gerald Behrends
Gary Wee
E. K. Skattebo
Lundstrom Group
Spencer
Your Times
Delta Kappa
Robert Sampson
Russell Hempstead
Jackson Minn
Tillie Oleson
Wayne Potter
Turkeys
DIC
van Camps
OLD Home Asst
U.S. NO
KRAFT
Velveeta
Wilson
Bordens G.C
Morrell Pride
California
Snow
Lucky S Super Market
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