Local Notices and Personal Updates From Osceola Area
Ralph DeLand and Harry Imm acquired the Jack & Jill Store from Wallace Sherwood of Stromsburg on July 1. The old City Hall in Osceola is being stuccoed after housing the county jail. Denise Marie Triba was born July 11 to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Triba of Osceola. Osceola Rural Fire District showed a 1962 Ford fire truck bought for nearly $18,000, with $1,000 more for equipment. Richard Smith family moved from Richmond, Virginia to Knoxville, Tennessee for a Campbell Soup Corp. transfer 20 years ago. Bertha Jarmin Strain, 78, of Shelby died July 7. survivor includes daughter Mrs. Delmar McFadden of Osceola. Donna Triba engagement announced between Osceola’s Donna and Donald Bankson of Hordville. Mrs. Harry Jewitt moved to a south Osceola home bought from Fred Calkins Jr. Phil Nyberg and wife announce birth of third daughter Mary Ellen at St. Francis Hospital July 4, 8 lbs 1 oz. Lyle Nelson of Chicago spent Fourth weekend with father Andrew Nelson and attended the Burwell horse show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph DeLand
Harry Imm
Jack & Jill
Wallace Sherwood
Stromsburg
Richard Triba
Osceola
Denise Marie
Rural Fire District
Richard Smith
Richmond
Knoxville
Tenn
Richard
Campbell Soup Corp
Bertha Jarmin Strain
Shelby
Rest Manor
Delmar McFadden
Walter Jones
Donna
Donald Bankson
Everett Bankson
Hordville
Harry Jewitt
South Osceola
Fred Calkins, Jr
Phil Nyberg
St. Francis Hospital
Mary Ellen
Lyle Nelson
Chicago
Andrew Nelson
Burwell
War Department word on Chester Buchholz missing
Notices report several missing in action or abroad confirmations. Chester Buchholz and Louis Carroll Nicholas are listed missing with last letters dated from the Philippines and Bataan Peninsula respectively. Also announced are multiple marriages and a birth, with couples planning to reside in Detroit Corpus Christi Denver Shel by and Edwardsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Buchholz
War Department
Chester
Philippines
Army
General MacArthur
Grace Ethel Norris
Albert S. Norris
Detroit
Michigan
David E. Rutter
Effie Fernandez
Crete
Harry Blevins
Shelby
Bennie D. Cook
W. A. Atkinson
Stromsburg
Friend
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mary Elaine Koehler
Wesley A. Koehler
Orville D. Rodene
Denver
Miss Glenna Matheson Heads to York College Evening Course
July 13 1922 marks fifty years since Miss Glenna Matheson left for York to enroll in a business course at York College. Also noted are local youth outings and a York medical X ray for Frank Johnson after a street car crash earlier weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenna Matheson
York
York College
Will Hansen
Claus Anderson
Milford
Nadine Stowe
Dorothea Dixon
Mildred Anderson
Eleanor Mills
Marjorie Douglas
Velma Joy
Grace Rogers
Hazel Benson
Dorothy Lovell
Sam Crouse
Murray
Lincoln
Frank Johnson
H. B. Branting
Mr. Johnson
Wedding Rites Unite Kresha and Dunekacke in Rising City
Mary Louise Kresha and Lee A. Dunekacke wed at St. Andrew Catholic Church Rising City in a 2 p.m. double ring ceremony officiated by Father John Howe Holdrege. Attendants included maid of honor Betty Ann Kresha and matron of honor Carol Broekemeier with bridesmaids Mary Ann Dunekacke Marnee Rojewski. The bride wore an organza over satin gown with lace and a cathedral veil. bridesmaids wore mint green to white empire gowns. Best man Larry Ayler and groomsmen Jim Hahn Joe Kresha and Larry Oestmann attended. Uk organist Mary Kresha and soloist Gerald Hahn assisted as decorations featured white gladioli and pompons. Ceremony followed by reception at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew Catholic Church
Mary Louise Kresha
Lee A. Dunekacke
Rising City
John Howe
Holdrege
Randy Smith
Danny Kresha
John Gabel
Andrew Kresha
Mary Kresha
Gerald Hahn
Johnson
Maxine Gabel
Shelby
Nancy Kielian
Silver Creek
Adolph Kresha
Osceola
Fred Dunekacke
Betty Ann Kresha
Carol Broekemeier
Grand Island
Mary Ann Dunekacke
Lincoln
Marnee Rojewski
Chicago
Rhonda Smith
Larry Ayler
Jim Hahn
Snot
Joe Kresha
Columbus
Larry Oestmann
Obituaries and Weddings in Polk County Area
Obituary notices for John Hahn 91 of Polk County with funeral at St. Andrew in Osceola and burial in parish cemetery. Also mentions Fred Bernt 82 of Osceola and a lengthy wedding recount with local families, reception, and staff details from Shelby. Couples are tied to Rising City High School teaching staff.
Bernt Rites Mark Polk County Farmer’s Funeral
Funeral services were held at St. Andrew Catholic Church for Mr. Bernt a Polk County resident and World War I veteran. Burial with military rites followed at the parish cemetery. Surviving include his wife Anna six sons two daughters and two more daughters in Texas and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
St. Andrew Catholic Church
Edward O’leary
Raymond
Mark -Alt
Leo
David
Wilfred
Raymond Bernt
Polk County
Bernt
St. Andrew Church
Anna
Lawrence
Clarence
Osceola
Harold
Richard
Donald
John of
Fremont
Arlo
Mary Ann) Bray
Jessie
Rose Marie) Ussery
Abilene
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polk
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CO
Grinnell
Owa
Raymond Bennett
Milton Burgeson
Birdie Clark
Pauline Collier
Dorothy DeLand
Erma Egelhoff
LeVina Herrmann
Morris Tenn
Howard McDonald
Helen Ogden
Clinton Pierson
Frances Schnasse
Irene Dixon
William C. Love
Edwardsville
Lucy Zipper
St. Andrew’s
Edith Almstrump
Hubert Russell
Archer
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Hultgren Dairy
Hollie Gross
Lulu B. Olson
MR. and Mrs. Lee Dunekacke
John Hahn
Behlen
Anthony Trausch
Kepner-Roberts
Hahn
Louis
Sarah Wagner Hahn
Hedwig Schock
Dist. 16
Hedwig
Carroll
Mildred
Irene
Laurence) Leimser
Howard
Albert
Fred
Harry
Carrie
Amanda
Calvin
Fred Bernt
Rt. 2
Larry Kresha
David City
David Dunekacke
Auburn
Tom Lintz
Max Gabel
Jeff Dunekacke
Shelby Legion Hall
Wayne Grosch
Paul Dunekacke
Jean Dunekacke
Mmes
Allan Kresha
Karen Gondringer
Vivian Carlson
Nancy Graham
Sharon Bender
Marge Lech
David Roach
Ronald Smith
Bernard Hilger
Manitobba
Ontario
Canada
University of Nebraska
Peru State College
Robin Hood All Purpose Flour
California
Gor
ZEST
Wealthy Green Apples
U. 19
Dot
Wagner
Jack & Jill Cottage Cheese
Jack & Jill Brand
Pleasmor Grahams
Buc Bonini
Fisher
Jack & Jill Hamburger
Phy
America
Food Center
Central City
the Osceola
Geor
Ogie Enone
L & Ms
Ronn Johnson
M&m
Marvin Dawes
Camilla Grossnicklaus
Midwest
Great Lakes Steel
CCC
Park County
ASCS
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