Riverside Community Notes and Obituary Highlights
Local life notes recount visits, travels, and gatherings among Riverside families including the Karges Ferris Carlson Meacham and Bryan households. The obituary of Alvena Stohl recalls her church work and family survivors, with services and burial details at Swede Home and Swede Plains Cemeteries.
Nickell Family Pioneer Retires in Osceola Death
Lorance M. Nickell born July 6 1875 in a sod house near Stromsburg Nebraska lived in Polk County all his life. He married Emma Zang February 22 1905 and farmed near Wayland and Osceola before retiring in 1951. He died February 5 1959 in Osceola aged 83. Survived by nieces and nephews. predeceased by wife and three brothers Arthur Guy Corey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorance M. Nickell
John
Lynettie Nickell
Stromsburg
Nebr
Polk County
Emma Zang
Wayland
Osceola
Arthur
Guy
Corey
Nickell
Birth and death notice for Alvena Bernice Flodman
Alvena Bernice Flodman born November 2 1907 on a Polk County farm, daughter of Ernest and Julia. She lived in Polk County all her life and died February 8 1959 at Annie Jeffrey Hospital Osceola Nebraska at age 51. She was baptized Lutheran and belonged to St Paul Lutheran Osceola and Calvary Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Polk
United Lutheran Christian Women
Pork American Legion Auxiliary
Alvena
Calvary Lutheran Church
Barnell
Hadley
Swede Plains
Everett Anderson
Wayne Ramsey
William Garling
Henry Reed
Eldon Johnson
Lester Rehrs
Max Jones
Donald Scheapler
Alvena Bernice
Ernest
Julia Flodman
Polk County
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Osceola
Nebraska
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Visitation Evangelism Helped by Polk Clergy in Osceola
Rev James Lane of Polk assists with Visitation Evangelism this week in Osceola. Local social notes mention oyster supper hosts the Jones family and multiple coffee gatherings hosted by Mrs John Anderson and others with guests including Mrs Everette Smith Karen Vern Johnson Lillie Johnson Vernelle Carlson and more. Dr J W Buchta and Mrs Buchta visited LeRoy Rhodes en route from Washington to Berkeley for research work with Robert Sigler Sr. and Arthur Adelson cited in cited social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Berck
Maxine Throckmorton
Grand Isle
Bill Bryan
Janice Kries
Robert Bryan
Susan
C. R. Carlson
George Heinemeyer
Osceola
Patty
Maury Watts
Don Hayes
Don Schott
Columbus
Lawrence Meacham
Maurice Watts
George Karges
Danny
Marcia
Robert Topinka
Art Gabriel
Duane
Donette
C. R
Ronald Carlson
Debbie
Julie
York
Chri Samuelson
Jimmy
Stevie Carlson
Joe Tomasiewicz
W. B. Dake
Clara Lohr
Silver Creek
C. O. Carlson
Carlson
Grand Island
Jack Wieseman
Vinson Bittinger
Clarks
Tom Meacham
Doane McCormick
Wesley Glenn
W. B. Duke
Henry Strickland
Harriet
Lincoln
al Heitzman
Joe Karges
County Dairy Breeders Association
Stromsburg
Phen Topinka
Columus
George Buchta
Patty Carlson
Mrs. Watts
James Lane
Polk
Oscar Jones
Martin Jones
John Anderson
Everette Smith
Jackie
Vern Johnson
Karen
Rolland Johnson
Lillie Johnson
Vernelle Carlson
Addie Wieseman
Robert Sigler, Sr
Arthur Adelson
J. W. Buchta
LeRoy Rhodes
Washington, D. C
Berckley
California
Dr. Buchta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Riverside
Bill Ferris
Denver
Tueblo
Colo
Ida Ferris
Henry
Lottie Galus
John Stohl
Carl Holm
Harold Martin
Bob Stohl
Jim Pulliam
Osceola Hospital
Gerald Bryan
Don McCormick
County Rest
Hattie West
Alliance
Nina Delamere
LaVerne Dake
Guildford Bryan
Strickland
Russia
Harriet Strickland
Vida Reckmeyer
Oscar Imm
Robert Stohl
Marland Adelson
la Vaughn Adelson
J. Waldo’ Rost
Holdrege
Genon Stohl
Corrine
Waldo
Steven Adelson
Genon Rost
Curtis
Carrol
Vergil
Ina
Verna
Hazel
Algene
Nutenned Feed Service
Shelby, Nebraska
National Engineers Week
Consumers Public Power District
Hallam
Public Power District
Farmers Union Co-Op
OIL Ass'n
CDA
Allis-Chalmers
Inplement Co
Ak-Sar-Ben
Patterson Bldg
Omaha, Nebraska