Busy week ahead for Methodists Osceola
Osceola Methodist Church braces for a busy week with junior MYF roller skating party and WSCS meeting. Layman Sunday under way with local lawmaker invitees and a public forum on 1966 amendments planned for Fellowship Hall. Memorial service set for Dr. Jay Buchta with burial in Osceola Cemetery.
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Osceola
Mervin Ransom
Elmer Johnson
The
Christian Social Concerns Commission
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Local Obituaries and Notices from Polk County and Area
Reuben Lundstrom lifelong Polk County resident died Oct 19 1966 at age 73 at his Swede Home Community home funeral held Oct 22 at Calvary Lutheran Church Swede Home with pastor in charge. Survivors include sister Esther Appleton brother Martin Lundstrom niece Mrs Tom Hetzer nephew James Lundstrom and others. Graveside Swede Home Cemetery. Marine private Webster M Cotter son of Mrs Marian M Cotter Osceola graduated recruit training at San Diego with drill instructors and plans combat and communications training before unit assignment. He is expected home on leave in November. Beckys liquid plastic display at Shelby featured prizes to Mrs Richard Bohaty David City Mrs Don Schott Silver Creek and Mrs Bill Kumpf Shelby. Valley Cemetery meeting set for 2 pm Sunday Oct 30 at Valley Church basement. Births at Jeffrey Hospital Richards Mr and Mrs Dennis Richards Central City welcomed a son born Oct 24 weight 7 lbs 14 ozs.
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Ernoon
Presentation Catholic Church
Bellwood
Laurence
David City Auditorium
Th Oak
Schuyler
Donald Sterups
Laurence Meisters
Nick C. Schmits
Columbus
Osceola
Jerome Meister
Lyle Ernsts
Wayne L. Johnston
Virgil
John Iske
Alice Morrill
Lincoln
H. S. Eklund
Joe Hunter
Kansas City
R. N. Hastings
Ray Hastingses
Minnie Cadwell
York
Hastings
Dennis Jones
Joel Eikenhorst
Carole Sterup
Lincoln General Hospital
Joe Hill
Harold Thayer
Dick Howe
Thayer
Howard Pierces
Shelby
Walter Koehlers
Tucson
Ariz
Alice Richards
Gary Gustafson
Mark Gustafson
Paige Gustafson
Flora Fentress
H. G. Cady
la Jolla
Calif
Oscar Hartman
Dorothy
San Diego
Norval Pearce
Englewood
Colo
Dwight Webster
Sioux City
Lester Seegar
Hazel Fentress
Norfolk
Dale B. Jenkins
Christina Jenkins
Korea
Everette Jenkins
Marine Corps
Viet Nam
DaNang
Bill Zedicher
Nick Zedicher
Nick
Charleston
S. Car
Reuben Lundstrom
Carl August
Helena Stohl Lundstrom
Polk County
Calvary Lutheran Church
Esther Appleton
Martin Lundstrom
Tom Hetzer
James Lundstrom
Swede Home
Stanley W. Floth
Carl Johnson
Gerald Holm
Genevieve Anderson
Lillie Chindgren
Walter Larson
Harold Johnson
Dave Jones
Adolph Forss
Walter Berck
Oscar Jones
Swede Home Cemetery
Webster M. Cotter
Marian M. Cotter
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Feld
Priv. Cotter
Becky
Richard Bohaty
David City
Don Schott
Silver Creek
Bill Kumpf
Jeffrey Hospital
Richards
Dennis Rishards
Central City
Hospital List of Dismissed and Patients Named
A hospital report lists dismissed patients and a roster of patients continuing. Names include Mrs Irven Rystrom Stromsburg Mrs Ralph Linkswiler Stromsburg Mrs Michael Way and baby boy Shelby Mrs Lawrence Koza and baby girl Silver Creek and others in Stromsburg Osceola Gresham Shelby Central City Polk York and adjacent towns.
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Irven Rystrom
Stromsburg
Ralph Linkswiler
Michael Way
Shelby
Lawrence Koza
Silver Creek
Emma Ericson
Henning Carlson
Louis Sievert
George Richert
Gresham
Dennis Emmons
Osceola
Gust Lundberg
Rex Dake
Julia Vincent
Robert Rafert
Aster Kessler
Hattie Randell
Clifford
Bowman
Victor Johnson
Polk
Victor Altberg
Charles Nuttelman
William
Otto
York
Ella Baird
Mercie ‘Smith
Julia
Johnson
Vern
Fan Club Meeting and Halloween Prank Report
The Fan Club met with Mrs Milton Maraks on Oct 19 with 12 members present. Roll call echoed a Halloween prank as Mrs Wal dean Johnson presided. A report on extension day and entertainment by Marie Lewis followed a lunch by Mrs Marak. November gathering set for Nov 16 with Mrs Milton Johnson. Birthdays listed for October include Effie Jones Marie Plageman Frank Micck. Lone Star Project Club of Columbus contributed tray favors while St Paul Lutheran Unit One and Circle 2 First Methodist shared cookies and popcorn. Items from the Activity Group were on display and for sale. Trick or Treaters are urged to attend the Good Samaritan Center Halloween event Oct 31 from 6 to 7 PM.
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Milton Maraks
Waldean Johnson
Marie Lewis
Marak
Milton Johnson
Samaritan Center News
Good Samaritan Center
Effie Jones
Marie Plageman
Frank Micck
Lone Star Project Club of Columbus
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Circle 2
First Methodist Church
Swede Home News celebrates C Willits 82nd birthday
Sunday guests at the Clair Willits home in Stromsburg included many relatives and friends from the Willits, Johnson, Peterson, and Williams families, with celebrations marking C Willits 82nd birthday. Several visits and social calls occurred around Stromsburg, Osceola, Lincoln, and nearby towns as pastors and families attended events and funerals.
District 54 News: Weekend Visits Around Wyman Home
Leona Imhoff reports a flurry of weekend visits as families from Brewster Omaha Fremont and nearby towns gathered at the John Wyman home. Several couples and children shared leisure time with the Wymans and other locals including Joan Schipporeit and the Bennetts.
Flora Fentress rites Monday in California
Flora Pearce Fentress born March 17, 1879 in Osceola died October 20, 1966 in San Diego California. She married William H. Fentress in Osceola September 3 1902. Survivors include two daughters Zelda Cady and Lois Hartman and a granddaughter Dorothy Hartman. Funeral conducted by Rev R W Odgers with soloist Mrs Ceva Carlson and accompanist Mrs Maurine Schuman. Escorts listed.
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Flora Pearce Fentress
Osceola
Dennis K
Mary Campbell Pearce
San Diego
Calif
William H. Fentress
Zelda Fentress Cady
la Jolla
Lois Fentress Hartman
Fentress
Osceola Locals Share Weekend Visits and Attendance
Coffee guests of Miss Elsie Peterson included Wren Sherwood John Anderson Lillie Johnson and Vernelle Carl. Visitors this week of Mrs Leonard Wieseman were her son in law and daughter the Fred De Waeles of Galesburg Illinois and her grandchildren the Phil Porters and daughter of Missouri. The Wren Sherwoods visited Chauncey Gustafsons at Polk Sunday and attended Floyd Rice funeral at Clarks Monday. Gary Gareys Omaha Everett Gareys Beaver City and Richard Kleins attended the Boulder game. The Gary Garey children stayed at the Klein home.
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Bob Sterups
Martin Gestrines
Ellen Oquist
Evelyn
Stromsburg
Gestrines
Mmes
Ann Anderson
Florence. Johnson
Wausa
Mabel Olson
Palmer
Wilmer Carters
Eugene Sterup and
Walter Koehlers
Mike Lynches
Pittsburgh
Mr. Koehler
John Koehlers
Oakland
Calif
Larry Boye
Lawton
Okla
Roy Trotters
Harold Johnson
Clair Willitses
Willits
Grant Willitses
Reynold Petersons
Raymond D. Johnsons
Walter Jones
Louis Willits
Ralph Willits
Jim Williamses
Bill Williamses
Sarah Williams
Linnie Hoffer
Vernie Hoffer
Joe Schinzels
Don Bankson
Roberta Allen
Steven
Hilda Hottsch
Columbus
Neela Dunn
Larry Davis
Clarence Neilson
Lester Gestrine
Raymond Gestrines
William Larsons
Hiram Towells
Keith Johnson
Lincoln
Boulder
Colo
Victor K
Edgar Peterson
Harlan Johnsons
DeVon Johnson
Carl G. Johnsons
Robert Jamisons
Todd
Rose
New Mexico
Ents
Edgar Petersons
Frank Thelanders
Vernon
Norfolk
Wesley Thelander
Stanley Floth
Omaha
Marlowe Johnsons
Diane
Greeley
Harold W. Johnson
Helena Robertson
la Jolla
Victor Krol
Herman Jones
Good Samaritan
Osceola
Hilma Toline
Ellen Anderson
Albert Hult
Alex Adelson
Covenant Home
Paul Gustafson
Covenant
Tom Hetzer
Dallas
Tex
Martin Lundstrom
Reuben Lundstrom
Williams Larsons
Rolland Ekstrom
Vance Teegerstrom
Janet Girard
Myron Larson
Nadine
Verlene
Frank Oquist
Florence Johnson
Martin Gestrine
Edna Gestrine
Harold A. Johnson
Greeley, Cole
Wayne Johnson
Roger Hanquist
Charles Coles
Timmie
Donald Schipparells
Bob Wymans
Bill Wymans
Fred Meredith
Kent
Clear Lake
Nellie Benson
Darlene Hinkle
Grand Island
Donald Schott
Ed Schotts
Polly Newcomer
Elmer Rouses
Silver Creek
Albert Morris
Clarks
Donald Schippareit
Bill Imhoffs
John Imhoff
Central City
Elsie Peterson
Wren Sherwood
John Anderson
Lillie Johnson
Vernelle Carlson
Leonard Wieseman
Fred de Waeles
Galesburg
Ill
Phil Porters
Missouri
Wren Sherwoods
Chauncey Gustafsons
Polk
Floyd’ Rice
Gary Gareys
Everett Gareys
Beaver City
Richard Kleins
Gary Garey
Klein
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Francis Urbans
Dale Dunn
Laurence Meister
OHS
Dan Dunn
Linda Meister
Gregg Urban
Donald Sterup
Larry Meisters
Paul Meister
Paul
Shirley Krafka
Clarence Krafkas
Ronald Hilger
Alfred Hilgers
Osceola Locals
Emil Monson
Edna Peterson
Irene Ericson
David Stouts
Tailorsville
Burdette Bakers
A. T. Wilsons
Lilly Wahlstedt
Frank Gallagher
Leanna
Hoxie, Kans
Gallagher
J. A. Thompson
McKeag
James McKeag Sr
Good Samaritan Home
Smorgasbord
Sweden
Wes McCoys
Albion
Kepner-Roberts Funeral Home
Mr. McCoy
Valley Cemetery Meeting
Valley Cemetery
Valley Church
Swede Home News
C. Willits
Real Nice
Fullerton
Fullerton Livestock Market
Fritz Engel
District 54 News
Wyman Home
Leona Imhoff Bennie
Arthur Schipporeit
Brewster
Ed Totenhaupt
Janice
Minnie Jonuscheit
Albert Schipporeit
Fremont
Henry Schipporeit
John Wyman
Jonuscheit
Schippareit
Robert Oberling
Topeka
Kans
Robert Tooker
Dale Buchtas
Darrell Atkinsons
Norman Carters
Beth Imhoff
Marilyn
Phyllis Gondringer
Jean Campbell
AkSarBen Cor
Kepner - Roberts
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Posit
First National Bank
Osceola, Nebraska
Osceola Record
Nebraska
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