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Polk Area Obituaries and Events Prompt April Activities
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Light age 84 at Emmanuel Lutheran near Polk with burial in the Lutheran cemetery. She died April 14 in Osceola after a short illness. Survived by son Irvin and daughter Mrs. Donald Johnson, six grandsons served as pallbearers. The column also notes a Lincoln field trip for Mrs. Glenn Hill’s 4th graders. Polk Woman’s Club officers elected. Library Week activities. a house warming for Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gleim. birthday observance for Mrs. Dean Donelson. district music contest plans by Hans Willadsen. deaths of Rolla Carnine and other local notes including Governor’s Conference attendance by Mrs. James Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Hahn
Mary Light
Immanuel Lutheran
Polk
Hamilton County
Light
Donald Johnson
Osceola
Good Samaritan
Joseph Hu
P. W. Aker
Paul Strand
Albert Sundberg
O. A. Alfred
Oscar Sundberg
Lloyd Kroger
Polk School
Eldon Johnson
Swede Plain
O. A. Johnson
Gleims
Dean Donelson
Central City
Will Blase
George Richert
Gresham
Carl Richert
Hans Willadsen
Clarks
Mervin Shenk
Rolla Carnine
Salem
Ore
Baptist Church
Stromsburg
Arborville
Paul Holmes
Jennie Williams
Lincoln
Williams
C. H. Rumbaugh
James Wilson
Nebraska Center
Wilson
Polk County
Betty Majors
American Legion Auxiliary
Alaska Relief Fund
Veteran’s Hospital
Rolland Stromberg
Lloyd Hanquist
Leonard Warn
Swede Plain Church
Jack Lavelle
South Dakota
Bob Clymer
Sore
Bill Lavelle
W. E. Snider
Homer Hartson