Community gatherings spotlight Van Haaften family ties
Numerous relatives and friends from Pella, Leighton, Oskaloosa, Cedar Rapids and beyond gathered at homes in Montezuma and nearby towns. Attendees included the Van Haaften, De Jong, Sedrel, De Prenger, Rempe, and Van Duseldorf families, sharing birthdays, picnics, and reunions across several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neb
Ray N. Hoksbergen
Tressa
Janice
Pella
Wm. van Hanften
Henry Sedrel
Carol
Connie
John de Prenger
Cedar Rapids
Grand Rapids
Mich
Frank Visser
Ada
Wm. de Prenger
Wilbur Rempe
Stanley
Ralph Kruseman
Thomas
de Cook
Nancy
Willis van Haaften
Dane
Ina
Dick Tolsma
Hecca’ Rempe
Ernandson
Jack
Monroe Social Notes Richly Populated With Visits and Guests
Monroe residents hosted many visitors from Des Moines Newton Los Angeles and Cedar Falls. Families including the Tempars Van Barens and Schlarbaughs gathered for dinners and a birthday celebration at the Andeweg and Zerley homes while car clubs and local families joined in parades and gatherings in August.
Sunday services led by Rev Ritzhaupt in Coal Ridge
Coal Ridge News reports Sunday School at 9 30 and a 10 30 preaching service led by Rev Ritzhaupt of Newton though he was ill Sunday Mrs Ritzhaupt substituted Ted Tubbs recovered from flu and resumed duty Ernest and Mrs Anderson and Philip returned Mrs Helen Hargesheimer to Ottumwa then came back Saturday Mrs W A Anderson and Diana visited Ernest Anderson Mrs Floyd Roland and children to return from Dex ter Minn Everett Roland family moved to Tonie De Joode residence Wilbur Crosby and sons visited Don Agan's home near Chariton Sunday afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Andeweg
H. D. Rhine
New Sharon
Marie Ore
Madison
Wis
Frances ‘van Ness
Zelpha Colvin
J. Coffman
Newton
Ned Douglas
Jim Butler
Des Moines
Madge Ible
Monroe
Max Tool
Fancy Flivvers Club
Jasper County
Carl Crane
Star
Arie Breed
Ottumwa
Peter Breed
John Breed
J.D. Long, Jr
Janet
Joey
Albuquerque
N. M
Dick Herdman
David
Michael
Jeffery
Mt. Clemens
Mich
J. D. Long
Robert A.” Lyons
Neva
Elmore
Minn
Rozella LeGrand
Raymond Thomasson
Denver
Colo
Shirley Zickel
Mesdames R. B. Floyd
John LeGrand
Floyd Wilson
Florence Pye
R. F. Duncan
Abram Kool
Ben van Wyk
C. ‘J. Huigen
Russell Worth
Lloyd Zickel
Larry Zickel
Barbara Worth
Carroll Tool
Neighborhoo Club
Edgar Weber
Roy Brock
Ed Scheffers
Henry Bensink
Mark Walker
Kenneth Tool
Hugo Vander Velden
David Hawkins
Earl Hawkins
Renest Bump
Clear Lake
Harold Bowie
Florence Fisher
O. M. Wilson
Charles McCauley
Floyd Boat
Grinnell
Ernest Boat
Neil Pruitt
Ackley
Carl
Paul
Ann
Carl Ammer
Rodney
Duane Bowans
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Archie Bowans
Milo Christianson
Newell
Peter van Ryswyk
Maude Scarborough
Earl Scarborough
Cedar Rapids
Clarke Scarborough
Ross Neilsen
Sharon
Cedar Falls
Magnus Nielsen
Ritzhaupt
Ted Tubbs
Ernest Anderson
Philip
Fairfield Visitors and Local Gatherings Chronicle
Fairfield residents hosted and visited over the weekend with extended family and friends. Alma Avery and Marjory Hoffelfinger accompanied their daughter Joan to Iowa City for nurse training. June returned to Chicago while Heffelfingers and Avery visited Washington. A Tupperware party in Columbia featured Mrs. Leo Shives leading the demonstrators and a wide circle of local ladies. The Coal Ridge reunion is set for Sept 8 on the school yard with invitations extended. Several families, including the Andersons, Franklins, and Clem ents, enjoyed visits, fairs, and horse races in Kentucky, Knoxville, and Des Moines. Mrs. Coster and Mrs. Blackman mourned the death of Georgia Van Haaften, wife of Frank Blackman, who died Aug 12. interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Durham
Fairfield
J. Anderson
Alma Avery
Marjory Hoffelfinger
Indianola
Joan
Iowa City
June
Chicago
Heffelfinger
Avery
Washington
Iowa
Leo Shives
Near
Columbia
W. Anderson
Floyd Ustermarkt
Clarence Mathes
Clarence Chamberlin
Chester Blackman
C. H. Reynolds
C. F. Blackman
Don Phipps
Don Agan
Bob Sager
Raymond Karr
W. A. Anderson
C. Coster
Ted Tubbs
G. H. Franklin
Mary
Des Moines Fairgrounds
Tom Fisher
Shirley
Oskaloosa
Percy Clement
Wm. Franklin
Lorena Ann
Kentucky
Pamela
Sandra
Forrest Bishop
Knoxville
Georgia van Haaften
Frank Blackman
Forest Lawn Memorial
Wohlford Sisters Celebrate Shared Birthday in Dyersville
Four Wohlford sisters of Mr and Mrs Walter Wohlford in Dyersville celebrated their birthdays on the same day though each is a different age. All were born on the same date, making a unique family coincidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wohlford
Walter Wohlford
Dyersville
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Leighton News
Connie Sedrel
Harold Thompson
Montezuma
Carl van Dusseldorp
Debbie
Hermon Wyngarden
Denise Kay
Irene van Haaften
Lincoln
Alvin de Jong
Dean
A.W. van Hatten
Arianavin
Nelva
Willis van Maaften
Dane Ann
Inai
Henry Carol
Edward van
Macy
Eileen Hasselman
Gene Sedrel
Mike
Chrissy
Ben Sedrel
Edmundson Park
Julia de Jong
Frank Buurstra
Henry’ Sedrel
Wm. van Haatten
A. de Jong
Gerald Bogaards
Kenneth, Ronald and
Loren
Leighton
Johanna Olivier _o Pella
Penney
BIG Mac
Western Foremost Jeans
Skelly Products
Three Star
Bartlett Pears
Jack Sprat Oleo
Heinz ‘Catsup
Kraft Orange Drink
Monroe News
H. W. Vriezelaar
Leslie Templar
Sutherland
Towa
Bernice van Baren Olso
Ed van Baren
Helen Brightwell
Kansas City
Walter Creger
Bernice Spratt
Ernest Bump
Emma Schlarbaugh
van’ Horne
Pella Sand and Gravel CO
Na A Ieiaares
Craig
Cao Serencere
Philco
Freezer
Seatone
Coal Ridge News
Mrs. Wilbur Crosby and Sons
Chariton
FELCO
Farmers’ Coop Exchange
Pella, Iowa
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