Local Family Notes Honor 86th Birthday and Community Events
A Sunday birthday celebration for Rosie Grossnicklaus at the Boden home featured a carry‑in buffet with family and friends from Burritt, Conkling, Boden, Umstead, Bond, Shoemaker, and Blackman. The Osceola 8th grade graduates were feted at the Country Club and school auditorium with multiple family helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie Grossnicklaus
Calmer Boden
Rosie
Irene Burritt
Kenneth Burritt
Don Conkling and Sons
Lee Boden
Bill Umstead
Goldie Bond
W. S. Shoemaker
Red Oak
Iowa
Pearl Black
Murray Dunn
Dunn
Walter Yungdah
Mark Hendrickson
Silver Creek
Gary Lux
Grand Island
Lillian Smith
Lula Pickett
Wesley Chapel Club
Lillian Dawes
Grace Rutter
Nite Owls
Bridge Club
Clara Massie
Dave Rutter
Omaha
Dave Kempkes
Belle Ryan
Pat
Lewis Dunn
Osceola
Helen Merrick
Bancroft
Bob Merrick
Denise Dunn
Lyle Johnston
Steve Johnston
Dale Dunn
New Osceola
Calmer
Shelby
James Hain
Janette Gillespie
O’neill
Gary
Sharon Sheirest
Robert Stubbe
Students Earned Athletic Awards for 1975-76
A list shows high school students earning letters in football, volleyball, wrestling and basketball during the 1975 76 school year. Names include Rich Hayes David Herrmann Mike Smith Rob Sterup Lee Ray Augustine Dan Bond DeVon Carlson Rick Johnson Mark Schott Scott Conkling Todd Hiemer Randy Reese Jon Richards Neal Roehrs Dan Watts Duane Tenniges Lyndon Wieseman George Boruch Ray Johnson and Pat Schott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich Hayes
David Herrmann
Mike Smith
Rob Sterup
Lee Ray Augustine
Dan Bond
DeVon Carlson
Rick Johnson
Mark Schott
Scott Conkling
Todd Hiemer
Randy Reese
Jon Richards
Neal Roehrs
Dan Watts
Duane Tenniges
Lyndon Wieseman
George Boruch
Ray Johnson
Pat Schott
Vicki Augustine
Susan Bryan
Vicki Kucera
Teresa Campbell
Tammi Hiemer
Jayne Nelson
Susie Wyman
Sue Yungdahl
Sheryl Schott
Jamie Graham
Greg Cliffords
Dale Runquist
Russell Sigler
Carl Mangelsen
Glenn Miller
Doug Peterson
DeVon
Good Samaritan News Golfing Residents and Birthday Notices
A three hole course near the care center area is developed under Ed Rice with Jim White and Bill Gade guiding tee areas and greens. Residents test swings as Mrs Sarah Baer made the flags for the greens and staff join the effort. May birthdays for May Hartson Letha Soll and Ken Cornish are noted alongside a Girl Scout visit and a $2000 donation toward new china for the center. A 25th wedding anniversary dinner honors Dale and Mrs Nahrstedt at Friend Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Rice
Jim White
Bill Gade
Sarah Baer
Gladys Carlson
Charles McBeth
James White
Clarence Walgreen
Pearl Wieseman
May Hartson
Letha Soll
Ken Cornish
Shelby
Beth Anne Ellison
Sandra Kay Coffin
Krystal Gabel
Lorrie Bilstein
Becky Gutz
Memorial Day Services at Swede Home Cemetery
Memorial Day events set for Swede Home Cemetery at 9 am on Monday May 31. The piece lists numerous local guests and visiting relatives from Stanton Iowa, Chapman Nebraska, Grand Island, Columbus and Merna, plus Swede Home residents hosting dinners and weekend gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swede Home
Lennart Johansson
Kippe Ljung
Sweden
Victor Krol
Pearl Smith
Donald Hallquist
Stanton, Ia
Norris Johnson
Lillie Chindgren
Sander Chindgren
Robert Dittmer
Vincent Krol
Sunday social at Osceola and Torrance families
Sunday activities centered on Harold W. Johnson and Martin Lundstrom households with guests from Torrance California and local towns. A Scout cabin picnic honored birthdays of Anderson and Yungdahl families and included extensive attendance from Yungdahl relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Lundstrom
Howard Andersen
Torrance
Calif
Lena Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Willits
Allen
Pamela
Carita Peterson
Lillie Chindgren
Florence Ekstrom
Osceola
Harold W. Johnson
Roger Hanquist
Ruth Gestrine
California
Martin Gestrine
Fred Anderson
Omaha
Fred Yungdahl
Anderson
Yungdahl
Larry Cuddaback
Exeter
Elwyn Yungdahl
Schuyler
Oscar Imm
Robert
Harry
Alfred Yungdahl
Walter Yungdahl
Algot Yungdahl
Harold Grossnicklaus
Clark Yungdahl
Donald Yungdahl
Wesley Chapel Club Holds May Meeting at Dawes Home
Nine members and five guests attended the Wesley Chapel Club meeting on May 19 at Lillian Dawes home. Thelma Burke served as co host. Marjorie Richards and Alice Gustafson led a macrame lesson for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel Club
Lillian Dawes
Thelma Burke
Marjorie Richards
Alice Gustafson
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Valley News
Eda Burritt
Donald Schmoker
Carol
Bryce Jenkins
York
Alice Jenkins
Frank Flatt
Patton, Missouri
Frank
Southeast Hospital
Cape Girardeau
John Ringle
Teri Ringle
Osceola City Park
Allan Kresha
Art Gabriel
Osceola Legion Club
Connie Sue Kresha
Virgil Bugbee
Good Samaritan News
Friend Country Club
Dale Nahrstedt
A Products
At Polk
Osceola, Nebr
Lloyd’s
Stromsburg
Arnie’s Locker Plant
Osceola, Nebraska
Small Business Administration
United States
Atti
National Research Council
Columbus
Duncan and
Q Lakes
Elco
Union Pacific Railroad
Pacific
Countryside Homes OF Columbus Inc
Nebraska
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