Osceola records flashbacks from 1915 to 1966
The Osceola Record compiles a decade plus of local life with births marriages and deaths. It notes Dr William OBrien leaving for military duty in 1966 and Sharon Leisen wedding to Roger Watts in Omaha. Also listed are Petrus Nelson’s death in Stromsburg and various family moves and ceremonies from 1945 1935 1925 and earlier, including weddings dances and postmaster exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Wm. O’brien
C. R. Peterson
Sharon M. Leisen
Roger Watts
John Catholic Church
Omaha
Petrus Nelson
Stromsburg
Lynn Susan
Lyle Johnston
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Roy Trotter
Florida
Mr Trotter
Alc Elgin Trotter
Gordon Headlee
California
Floyd Headlees
Navy
Cecil DeLand
Wahoo
Boulder
Colorado
Carleton Anderson
Roberta Hocky
Mother Jewel
York
Lora Lee Dawes
Thelma Allinder
Sheldon Bond
Armours
Fred Bonds
Dana
Jean Blight
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Albert Bernt
Omaha World-Herald
Henggeler-Dunn
Shelby
Duffy Belorad
Crawford Campbell
Rochester
New York
W. E Snider
Bethlehem
St. Andrew Catholic Church
F. A. Lombardi
Albert Anderson
J. L. Makeever
Peeksill
Makeever
Polk County
J. H. Jarmin
Visitors and family gatherings noted in Green's Chapel area
Sunday and weekend social visits include Fred and Deanne Fleck to Albert Teegerstrom and Kinberg families visiting Lincoln. 50th wedding anniversary of Lowell Lindstrom celebrated in Gresham with attendance by Kinberg and Hollister families. Veterans Hospital visit by Donelson and Twarling party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fleck
Deanne
Albert Teegerstrom
Kathy Torell
Jill Westring
Brenda Wilhelms
Sarah Baker
Carol Bisan
del Kinberg
Lincoln
Keith Kinberg
Everett Powell
Gerald Mentink
Gary Mentink
Jay
Larry Mentink
Cory
Carol Donelson
Janis
Mae Twarling
Albert Timm
Veterans Hospital
Lowell Lindstrom
Gresham
Willard Hollister
Roger
Dahlgren
Kenneth Hollister
Family Christmas and New Year Gatherings Across Counties
Local notes detail numerous Christmas and New Year visits. Mrs. Joe Schott traveled to Texas visiting Dallas and Plano relatives then stayed with Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Theisen in Schuyler. Weekend visits include Ray and Mrs. Sedlak with Kendall Keiths in Stillwater Oklahoma and the Wendell Lindsleys with family in Fairbury. Various families shared meals and gatherings in Malcom, Ray mond, Hastings, Omaha, Denver, and Lincoln, with extended kin near Columbus and Nebraskan towns. Families also marked late December dinners in Omaha and Norton family reunions in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Schott
Texas
C. F. Hilliards
Dallas
C. W. Carlsons
Plano
Schott
J. F. Theisen
Schuyler
Ray Sedlak
Kendall Keiths
Stillwater
Oklo
Wendell Lindsleys
Margaret Schwisow
Bill Lindsley
Donald Welsh
Fairbury
Dennis Kubicek
Malcom
Larry Miley
Don Branting
Kirk Bauers
Wm. Kubiceks
Helen Beebe
Beebe
Verland Bauer
Ike Kopkes
Columbus
Veldine Kopke
Hastings
Kirk Bauer
Raymond
George Heckman
Tim Darnauer
Omaha
Sean Darnauer
Heckman
Selma Peterson
Ivar Oberg
Laurence Meister
Marion Meister
Messrs
Mmnes
Ray Schott
Bob Stemp
Allen Kresha
Paul Meister
Jerome Meister
Jay McDonald
Mike Snodgrass
Jim Robinson
Massachusetts
Mrs. Robinson
Norton
Joyce Roberts
Denver
Martin Robers
Joe Roberts
Jennifer
Charles Roberts
Andy
Wayne Anderson
Herman Anderson
Orval Weyers
Hay Springs
Castle Rock
Cole
Otto Olsons
Kent Heckmans
Nebraska City
Jim Headlees
Brandon
Lincoln
Mike Cotters
Eugene
Melissa
Andrew
Stromsburg
Harlan McKeags
Colin
Horace McKeag
Oscar Jones
Beck
Wesley Jones
Chuck Willits
Wendy
Tom
Mitchel
Jerry Jones
Terry Kiene
Dennis Kubiceks
Randy Pollard
Lee van Winkle
Merton Flodman
Norman Michener
Dennis Jones
Myron Meyer
Byron
Wendell Lindsley
Neil Dawes
Merle Dawes
Valley social notes mixed with holiday gatherings
Local residents recount Christmas and New Year visits across Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas. Families including Wyman, Schmoker, Kresha, Umstead, and Wieseman hosted kin and friends from Norfolk to Prague and Osceola, with dinners, overnight stays, and community events noted.
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Dick Wyman Jr
Andrea Claire
Norfolk
Mark
Mary Drene
Keith Peterson
Ellen Wieseman
Beverly Swanson
Bradley and
Bryan
Garden City
Kansas
Don Rafert
Lillian Wieseman
Della Need
Allan Kreshas
Mable Carter
Clara Frizzell
Silver Creek
Lula Pickett
Osceola Good Samaritan Center
Dave‘Rutter
Brooke Berggren
Allan Kresha
Valeria Smolenski
Sherry Sue
Jeffrey Alan
Bill Umstead
Alan Umstead
Peoria
Bill Umsteads
Myron Kron
Good Samaritan News Holiday Spirit and 1976 Outlook
The center reflects holiday warmth through photos of family friends snowflakes and snowmen. New Year celebrations included hats noisemakers and cake with coffee. January birthdays are listed for Clara Tenniges Anna Richert and Irven Rystrom. Visitors and gifts noted including Verne Shalberg Hjalmer Bloom and a housewarming for the Daums with relatives from Lincoln and Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verne Shalberg
Hjalmer Bloom
Stromsburg
Clara Tenniges
Anna Richert
Irven Rystrom
Clarence Davis
Dr. J. Williams
Also Mentioned on This Page
Milford Anderson
Augustana College
Rock Island
Anderson
Pauline Snider
Columbia
Missouri
K. A. Cornish
P B. Campbell
H. H. Cox
O. E. Mickey
Arthur
W.G Herrmann
C. M. Humphrey
A. Taylor
Helen
M. F. Smith
Richard Dahle
Polk
G. H. Presson
Peter Widga
Polk County Telephone Company
Mattie Miller
David City
Gladys Schwab
Lulu Pheasant
Mills and Beebe
Mabel E. Chindgren
Meadowbrook
Oregon
P O Chindgrens
Sandy Moore
Valley News
Eda Burritt
Frank Flatt
Raymond Kresha
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Gregg Kresha
Jodi
Russell Snugg
Dave Rutter
Ed Watts
Wee Club
Bertha Dunn
Dan Nielsen
Stromsburg, NE
Good Samaritan News
Otto Daum
Duane Vanderbeek
Pete Chames
Havasu City
Ariz
Gotfrid Larson
Dewey Sigler
Larry Larson
DeVon Johnson
Daums
Andy Williams
Bob Newhart
Florence Henderson
John Davidson
Mills Brothers
Sun
Ak-Sar-Ben
State Farm
Kurth DeLand
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
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