Funeral Rites Held For Mrs. Addie Tewell and Arthur W. Dittmer
Funeral services were held for Addie Tewell 89 longtime Polk general store operator who died at her daughter's Paradise California home. Also remembered is Arthur W. Dittmer 46 whose funeral at Immanuel Lutheran Church followed an unexpected death after a hospital transfer for a possible operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayce Hahn
Addie Tewell
Polk
Lee Hegland
Paradise
California
Arthur W. Dittmer
Immanuel Lutheran Church
John Knippenberg
Neighbors Aid Harvest For Bill Williams After Fractured Leg
Miss Ira Mae Werner hosts bridal shower for 35 at Lincoln Creek schoolhouse. Guests attend birthday party for Mrs Charles Lytle. Mr and Mrs Sundberg and Mr and Mrs Arthur Benjamin plan California trip to visit relatives. Luella Rhode engaged to Marian Rush of Houston with fall wedding expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Williams
Ira Mae Werner
Lincoln Creek
Charles Lytle
Albert Sundberg
Arthur Benjamin
Minneapolis
Debra Marie Swanson Born At York In Eight Pound Baby
Mauritz Swanson of Wesley Chapel is grandpa as Mr. and Mrs. Don Swanson welcomed a baby girl at York last week. Debra Marie weighed eight pounds one and a half ounces. Families and friends visited during the weekend in Shelby and Hastings with several dinner calls and Sunday gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauritz Swanson
Don Swanson
York
Debra Marie
Larry Gondringer
Edward Cerny
Hastings
Alfred Gondringer
Josephine Gondringer
Oswald Cerny
Shelby
Genelle Kuhnel
Carolyn Marak
Adolph Kresha
Charles Youngstrom
John Kresha
Adolphs
Sid Sigler
Henry Okensen
Ray Richards
Raymond
Maury Watts
Valentine
Merle Watts
Chapel
WSCS
Ross Richards
Glen Brazee
Lincoln
Wilmer Carter
Palmer
Eugene Sterup
Vic Sterup
Harold Nelson
Robert Zentz
Erma
A. E. Zentz
Ansley
Emory Zentz
Omaha
Children’s Hospital
Larry Johnston
Albert Anderson
Bonnie
Donna
Twila Mentink
Otto Swanson
Ben Schmoker
Ted Pieters
Rising City
Nancy
Carol Iler
Almeda Ward
Robert Sterup
Bob Sterup
Neil Brigtam
Pawnee Park
Vernon Kuhnel
Tommie Hastings
Father Howe
Colorado
Akan Eldon Kuhnel
Jacksonville
Fla
Elaine Grossnicklaus
Floyd West
Ernest Nyquist
L. E. Treadway
Erven Rystrom
Margaret Anderson
Stromsburg
Irene Bwrritt
Elmer Horst
Don Byers
Ernie Horst
Belgrade
Clifford Graves
Genoa
Adolph Grossnicklaus
Maggie Wieseman
Carl Wieseman
IOOF
Osceola
Columbus High School
Yungdahl
Elks Club
Columbus
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Calmer Boden and Sons
Elmer Berger
Polk
Dale Dunn
Fred Henggeler
Morris Garretson
Baby
Clarks
Fred Wieseman
Carolyn Henry
Bill Umstead
Carol
Orange
New Jersey
Billie
Bill Reitz
Louis Mickey
Irvin Deeter
Denver
Hilbert Buchta
Buchta
Art Deeter
Allan Deeter
Beverly Olson
Norris Larson
Algot Yungdahl
Alfred Yungdahl
Larry Boro
Gary Lux
Rudolph Urban
Francis Lux
Francis
Community Notes From Valentine and Surrounding Towns
Local families and visitors share greetings and visits across Valentine, Palmer, Ansley, Rising City, and nearby areas. Events include dinners, gatherings, hospital news, bridal showers, and travel with mentions of extended relatives and friends from Lin coln Omaha and Stromburg.
Swede Home News Highlights Community Visiting Guests
Local residents report a busy weekend of visits and social gatherings. Families from Alma, Lincoln, Stromsburg, Central City, Columbus, and Inland exchange dinners and casual calls, with pastors and extended relatives sharing meals and Sunday events.
Calvary Lutheran concert linked with Swede Home readers
Lanny Combs and Lynn Anderson visit relatives as Sheryl Willits Judy Williams stay with Walter Jones family. Calvary Lutheran Church Swede Home Junior Choir and Primary Chorus scheduled for Sunday August 1 at 8 00. Choir members named follow with local families and neighbors. Public invited to attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanny Combs
Lynn Anderson
Fred Vangdahl
Robert Florell
David City
Frank Thelander
Vaughn Deay
Platte Center
Fred Yungdahl
Sheryl Willits
Judy Willams
Walter Jones
Calvary Lutheran Church of
Sharon Willits
Dora Yungdahl
Geraldine Anderson
Jack Anderson
Marshall Anderson
Donna Doremus
Marcia Fjell
Gaylen Fredrickson
Steven Fredrickson
Karen Gestrine
Kent Heckman
Vanita Holm
Carol Jones
Jerome Johnson
Philip Johnson
Michael Johnson
Bonnie Krol
James Lundstrom
Lanny Oberg
Allen Peterson
Lynn Sundberg
Cheryl Waller
Delores Willits
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Jackson
Launderers
Wesley Chapel
Mrs
Kraft
Apora
Blackbird
Bartlett Pears
Duncan Hines
Long Horn Eese
Anderson Mercantile
Starr
Cornhusker
Swede Home News
Harold W. Johnson
Henry Thelander
Harold A. Johnson
John Gestrine
William Johnson
Olivia Johnson
Kay
Ellen Anderson
Miland Hanquist
Ronald Sarow
M. D. Strong
Rudy Sandin
Max Ernst
Horace Stevens
Martin Jones
Byron
Martin Lundstrom
Martin Gestrine
Bob Stohl
Floyd Everett
Central City
Ellen Oquist
David Rogers
Tulare
Calf
Chas Eckblade
Donald Forss
Harvey Sundberg
Willard Adelson
James
Roger Hanquist
Ralph Schliep
Inland
Nebraska
Edwin Lewis
Valley News
Mesdames
Leonard Mentink
Gus Carlson
Harry Hennings
Polk County Extension Club
Osceola Park
Gerome Macken
Bob Lux
Evelyn Krenk
Eddie
Schuyler
Freddie
Larry Wieseman
Irene Burritt
Lulu Ward
Leta Mace
Fred Bond
Clarke
Osceola Hardware & Appliance
Ray Conrad
Bowman Electric
Polk County
Osceola Lumber Co
Nielsen’s
GMAC
Chevrolet
Studebaker
Nielsen Chev. CO
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