Osceola Memories Run Through Decades Of Local Life
A compiled column from 1966 to 1916 notes local names and events. Engineman Robert Harrison and family visit Norfolk relatives. deaths include Laurence Gondringer and Albin Lindquist. Mentions Osceola graduates, birthdays, anniversaries, team games, and town happenings across decades.
Obituary of Maurine Walrath Schuman
Maurine Walrath Schuman 80 elder daughter of Eugene and Julia Walrath born Osceola November 11 1895 died July 23 1976 at Mennonite Hospital Beatrice She taught piano over 50 years worked 35 years in Omaha and Osceola post office and was active in church Mewing groups library board and Osceola Centennial History project Survivors include daughter Mrs Paul Walgren and four grandchildren Funeral services July 26 Osceola Methodist Church with Rev Truman Bachenberg and burial at Osceola Cemetery Also note Peters Polk community hosts 50th wedding anniversary open house August 1 Polk Community Center
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Harrison
Norfolk
George Harrison
Otto Olsons
Ely
Minn
Laurence Gondringer
Hastings
Albin Theodore Lindquist
Grand Island
Mas
Ivan Iler
Ft. Ord
Calif
Donald L. Evans
Don Cerny
Merrill Horst
California
Clara Horst
Dick Alt
Osceola
Shelby
Tarner
Platte Center
My Place
Hubert Russell
Mr. Samuelson
York
D. B. Hulquest
Kimball
Nebr
Elmer Stewart
Navy
U.S. S
Ray Hastings
Denver
Omaha
E. S. Gooden
Edith Gray
Dr . L. LeMar
Black Hills
Bradshaw
Margery Richmond
Ruth
Frances Boden
Lutheran Conference Bible School
Camp Sheldon
J. H. Kahman
F. E. Merrick
J. G. Carlson
Nebraska
Iowa
Judge Beebe
Rising City
W. B. Adair
Gilbert Benson
Ford Mouden
Vera Johnson
Edna Toline
Myra Fredrickson
Thelma Willits
Ivan Sundberg
Ansel Fredrickson
Melvin Johnson
Lloyd Fellows
Harold Adams
Seward
John Oberg
Miss Anna
Stromsburg
John Ayres
David City
Irvin Grossnicklaus
Maurine Walrath Schuman
Eugene
Julia
Birdie) Walrath
Mennonite Hospital
Beatrice
Osceola High School
Lincoln
Chautauqua
American Legion Auxiliary
Order of the Eastern Star
Sheila
Paul Walgren
April
Scott
Robin
Tracy Walgren
j_ Migg
Oscar F Peon
Lideo Bi
Osceola Methodist Church
Truman Bachenberg
Waldean Johnson
Sheldon Bond
Bernard Gissler
Lowell Hanson
Elmer Johnson
Jim Majors
Jay McDonald
Osceola Cemetery
Weekend Gatherings Across Gresham and York Social Circuit
Multiple families and friends hosted and visited in Friday through Sunday social events. Notable names include Calmar Stephenson Walford Dey and the Kopke, Winter, Rosenberry, Barr, and Sack households with guests from San Jose California to York Nebraska and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmar Stephenson
Nell Walford
Gresham
Ben Walford
San Jose
Calif
Don Rafert
Foy Rosenberry
Jerry Faulkner
Laura
Wichita
Kans
Peter Kopke
Don
Tim
York
Kenneth Voss
Seward
Robert Barr
Joy
Anthony Winter
Shirley
Mike Sofflin
Elroy Hoffman
Walter Schroeder
Lincoln
Ralph Stanley
California
Erna Lee
Washington
Bob Anderson
Chris
Stromsburg
Quentin Johnston
Michelle
Nancy Rafer
North Platte
Flying V
Utica
Melvin Dey
Floyd Walford
Bernard Walford
Fay Rosenberrys
Vivian Campbell
Enfield
Conn
Peter Kookes
Anthony Winters
Bradshaw
Cerny Family Reunion Draws Members Across States
One hundred seven Cerny relatives gathered for the Bicentennial year reunion at Osceola Park. Local organizers Mary Ann Vanderpol and Rosalie Gabriel led the 20th year event with many out of state attendees from Kansas Idaho Colorado and California among others. The Richards reunion picnic followed on July 25 at Osceola Park with guests from Gresham Mora Meredith and Osceola communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerny
Osceola Park
Mary Ann Vanderpol
Rosalie Gabriel
Ivan Altmanshofers
Wichita
Kans
Vern Leonards
Salmon
Idaho
Clyde Schutt
Virginia Leonard
Denver
David Kleeman
Puerto Rico
Gary Altmanshofer
San Dimas
Calif
Richards
Edith Richards
Gresham
Otto Daum
Morris Richards
Merle Johnson
Keith Cox
Alice Gustafson
Gary Gustafson
Dave Richards
Kevin
Melinda Peterson
Glen Richards
Richards families connected across towns noted in survey
A fragment lists multiple Richards families including Milton Marak, Tom and Rick Richards and others in Rising City Columbus Red Cloud Hastings Has tings, plus associations with Osceola and Stomsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Milton Marak
Stomsburg
Tom Richards
Tom Richards Jr
Rick Richards
Rising City
Dale Richards
Columbus
Bill Richards
Red Cloud
Leonard Richards
Jim Richards
Hastings
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack
Osceola Implement Company
Kensington Club
C. E. Milks
Wm. Ehlers
John Fillman
E. A. Walrath
S. A. Snider
R. J. Inness
Lake Ericson
Snider
Gilbert Lampshire
Polk
Polk Community Center
Wayland
Anderson Flooring Builders
Cenny Greenhouse
Dale
Marie
Jim
Lorraine Lewis Cave
Missouri
Cave
Jeanine Winslow
Dick and
Eunice
Marvel
First National Bank
Gary’s Plumbing & Heating
Johansen
Jack & Jill Kepner-Roberts Funeral Home
Marak Hardware
Mike and
Nora
Marian Gillett
Marge Johansen
George
Marge
Maxine
P.O. Box
Albert A. Ryan
Polk County
Polk County Historical Society
William H. Norton
Tele
Junior Cerny
Emil Czarnick
Genoa
Ethel Zoucha
Dorothy Stec
Monroe
Frances Gondringer
Oswald Cerny
Mark Gondringer
J. A. Cerny
David Cerny
Alvin Cerny
Victor Cerny
Kenneth Burritt
Walden Jones
Lester Andersons
Helen Merrick
Clarks
Walter Beck
Nicholas Cerny
Farm Bureau
Ee Farm Buuureay Insurance Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company
West Des Moines
Polk County Agency
Mgr- Ray Soukup