Ida Grove bakery owner to end 55 year run in town
Bill Koons concludes 55 years in his Ida Grove bakery this month and is honored for service since May 5, 1915. Opha Atkinson of Emmetsburg turns 100 on May 22. a Winterset native she taught in Jackson and Washington counties. A Gowrie reunion brings together four siblings with a combined age of 355 years: Thorsnid, Piltingsrud, and Gingerich families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Koons
Ida Grove
Opha Atkinson
Emmetsburg
Howard Piltingsmd
Gowrie
Martin Thorsnid
Callender
Lewis Thorsnid
Hillesboro
N. Dakota
Lissie Piltingsrud
Denver
Colorado
Anna Gingerich
Local graduation news from Augustana and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Gib Reeves attended graduation at Augustana college Sioux Falls where Howard Reeves son of Mrs Kenneth Reeves of Emmetsburg earned a Bachelor of Arts. Several relatives attended other commencements and weddings including Zandra Thorn at Madelia Minnesota and Ann Westfall wedding plans in Garden Grove California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Lundgren
Edith Shoberg
Stratford
Kenneth Sampson
Ellis Lundgren
Des Moines
Gib Reeves
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
Howard Reeves
Kenneth Reeves
Emmetsburg
Augustana
Frank Christensen
Madelia
Minn
Zandra Thorn
Donald Thorn
Dale Rouse
Terris
Rouse
Zandra
Ed Westfall
Tom
Perry
Iowa
Los Angeles
Ann
Randy Tanner
Garden Grove
Calif
St. Polycarp Catholic Church
Stanton
Westfalls
Pat Schinke
Sheila Brown
Mount Marty College
Yankton
S. Dak
Wm. Brown
Collegedale
Tennessee
Southern Missionary College
Rose Grafe
Grandmeadow
Danny Umbrell
Mrs. Umbrell
Tom Grafe
Ernest H. Duus
Kathleen
Christine Boness
Henry Duus
Graettinger
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Erlan C. Duus
Ernest Duus
College of Medicine
Erian
Lars Peterson
Coralville
Chuck Moran
Don Moran
Portales
New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico College
Chuck
Liberty
Mary Christianson
Harold Sampson
Estherville
Cedar Falls
Ronald Christianson
Eric
Ronald
Northern University
Margaret Johnson
Ames
James McDonald
F. E. McDonald
Mason City
Sue Blanford
Donna Suss
Dana College
Blair
Nebr
Merle Suss
Elliott Larsen
Irene
Ruthven
Martin Norris
Larry Buntrock
Blooming Prairie
Kenneth Suss
Anaheim
Arnie Jorth
Betty
June
Brice
Milford
Pocahontas Catholic High School
Governor Ray
Johnson
Terese Kenyon
Kenneth Kenyon
Mallard
Hospital Admissions and Discharges This Week
Holy Family Hospital admits Michael Elsenbast on Friday May 29 and Paul Stuart on Monday June 1. Discharges include Michael Elsenbast on Saturday May 30 Lars Rierson on Sunday May 31 and Palo Alto Hospital lists Mrs Donald Pegum Mrs John Weir on May 31 and Darrell Kimpton on May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Elsenbast
Paul Stuart
Lars Rierson
Donald Pegum
John Weir
Darrell Kimpton
Thanks and memories from local community members
Notes of gratitude from Lars Rierson to Rev O J Reitz Dr Dawson and Holy Family hospital staff for hospitalization visits. Florence Swift thanks doctors and Palo Alto county hospital staff Coffey and Cozine. Cemetery Board honors volunteers who helped at St Pauls Lutheran cemetery. Shirley Nissen praises Graettinger merchants for a $25 Buck prize. Ed Simpson, 90, Nashua, a skilled wood carver, unveils a 40 inch basswood chain carving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Reitz
Dr. Dawson
Holy Family Hospital
Lars Rierson
Palo Alto County Hospital
Coffey
Cozine
Florence Swift
Graettinger
Shirley Nissen
Ed Simpson
Nashua
Also Mentioned on This Page
Htinger Times
Paday
Michael Patrick
Spencer
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Michele
Chris
John DeVries
David Patrick
Amana
Bonstead Plumbing
New Holland
Maxwell Jamison
Orville Nicol
Falcon
Robert Gray
Times Office
Robert Berryhill
Sam Watson
Garry’s Electric
Gene McCarty
Ingham Lake
Graettinger Lumber Co
Eagle Industries
Meadowbrook Road
St. Louis Park
Minnesota
Thomas
Baldwin, Lowery
Acme Piano & Organ Co
Euclid
Jefferson Ave
St Paul
Overland Park
Kansas
Peterson Piano & Organ Company
Dunnell
Elmer Petersen
John Craven
Lester Craven
Clayton Liester
Whittier
Jim Liester
Garretson
Fred Richter
Coleman, S. Dak
Earl Liester
M. A. Nitchals
Omaha
Gene Schany
Minneapolis
Bill Schany
West Bend
Alvin Johnson
Dickens
Leo Schany
Nitchals
Lake Okoboji
Downers Grove,ll
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Broiler
ISU
Herbert Lancaster
St. Paul, Minn
Emmet Jackman
Eagle Grove
LeRoy Show
Richard Herke
Lloyd McCombs
Lake Kabetogoma
Bob Sutton
Birmingham
Alabama
Wilma Murray
Mrs. Murray
Mary Lynne
Frank
Gene Hudson
West Palm Beach
Florida
Jim Voigt
Wm. Voigt
Bob Reutter
Roy Luhman
Ralph Hartung
Spirit Lake
Merritt Friend
Davenport
Lake Kabetogama
Wally Johnson
Randy
Julie
Jacqueline
Roxann
Janet
Cindy
Christianson
Elmer Nicol
Elaine Brown
Nicol
Floyd Ferguson
Havelock
James Goodchild
Mallard and
Dale Ferguson
Rolfe
Omer Gjerde
Tom Gallatin
Charles
Blaine
Bruce
St. Paul
Leo Wikert
Leo Hickey
Pierre and Chamberlain
S. Oak
Oake Dam
Big Bend Dam
al Graettinger
Goodwin Thoreson
John Bishop
Peoria
Wayne Kajer
Collegeville
Warren Bish
Fairmont
David
J. A. Gramenz
W. H. McConnell
Dennis R. Counley
Forbes Afb, Kansas
Emma Montgomery
Palo Alto Hospital
Walter Rasmussen
St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
South Walnut
Cemetery Board
Morton House Canned Meats Park
Salisbury
Kraft
Bartlett Pear
Kraft’s
Kraft’s Velveeta
Lucky
Lim
Shaettinger, Iowa
Thoreson Insurance Agency
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
L. H. Thoreson
Richard Schany
The
Suss Electric
Graettinger, Iowa
Mrs. Howard Suss
Clark Bros. Auctioneers
Spencer National Bank
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