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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1972
Page
6
Wayland and surrounding areas show busy social life with numerous visits and gatherings. Families including Voss Kopke Winter Barr and related households shared coffee meals and dinners in Seward Lincoln and Stromsburg while others marked birthdays graduations and club meetings in Aurora Osceola and Beatrice.
A long string of social visits and gatherings from York to Columbus and Omaha fills a weekend in local circles. Residents hosted and attended dinners showers birthday events and family visits reflecting communal ties across Nebraska. Distinct names include Lavina Kopka Elmer Maddox Floyd Jacobsen Verda Richter Ed Lponier Harold Osantowski and many others. Travel includes trips to Denver Colorado Springs and Lincoln for church events and workshops.
Results list for the Classic League on Oct 5 1972 with teams Farmers Elevator Firemen Co op Oil Rising City and others plus high games and series led by Wayne Ruth Richard Schaf Harry Sterup and more. Merchants League standings from Oct 3 1972 show Tenniges Chevrolet Legion Club and Farmers Grain among top teams with high games by Dean Buffington Jim Brigham and others.
Funeral services for Herbert T. Smith were held at Blessed Sacrament Church in Grand Island on September 27, officiated by Rev. Charles Torpey. A rosary was held at Apfel Butler Geddes Funeral Home. Interment followed at West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in the Veterans Gardens, where World War I veterans provided the military honors.
Mr. Smith died September 25 at the Veterans Hospital in Omaha after transfer from Grand Island where he had lived six years following a stroke. Born February 21, 1900 in Grant Pass Missouri he served as a flight engineer in World Wars I and II. Pallbearers were Norman Lux Jerry Urban Larry Meister Ronald Lux Gary Reznicek and Donald Sterup. Survivors include his wife Lillian and stepchildren.
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