Farewell party for Willard Klein on furlough
The June 19 gathering at the Gradus Klein home honored Willard Klein on a furlough with 68 relatives and neighbors attending. Ice cream and cake were served as the Klein family traveled to Ames to join him before he returns to North Carolina camp.
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Chas
Vander Kolk
Gradus Klein
Willard
Gradys Klein
Ames
North Carolna
Fannie Ford
Denver
Zack Slocum
Marysville
Hamilton
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Ben Vos
Dorothy
Frank Boot
Bart Ustermarkt
Des Moines
Jake Ustermarkt
Near Runnells
A. Ustermarkt
William Meindersma
Harry Vanden Berg
Gerrit van Waardhuizen
John Schippers
Sgt
Gerald Pers
Arnold Schippers
Pleasantville
Mindoro Island
Otley United Service Women of America
Otley School
Clarence Bricker
George Ryke
Pella
Connie
Kathie Carnahan
Clark Carnahan
Monroe
Maxwell Carnahan
Louis Hadsall
Colfax
Paul Buwalda
Edward den Berger
Barbara
Leighton
Iowa
Nancy Heemstra
Roy van Essen
Daugh
Vander Kamp family welcomes baby daughter Donna Rae
Mr and Mrs Donald Vander Kamp announce the birth of Donna Rae on Monday June 26 at Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa. This is their second child and first daughter. Nearby relatives and friends from Pella Rehoboth and other areas visited and celebrated in nearby homes and churches.
Service Stars and Tulip Time Reflections in Pella Chronicle
A town muses on service stars from war to homefront life. The column highlights a born child Ralph De Cook, Tulip Time plans for next spring, and local notes on garlic, tulips, laundry soap, and nostalgic echoes of prewar production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Centennial Circle Hosts Picnic for Returned Prisoner
Jo an Vandehaar's Centennial Circle reports Mr and Mrs Raymond Vander Linden hosted a picnic supper last Thursday in honor of Charles De Wild who recently returned to the United States after being a prisoner in Germany. Several relatives and friends visited, including Mrs Tony De Jong Ralph Van Heukelem Verlan Ustermarkt and others at various homes and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Vandehaar
Raymond Vander Linden
Charles de Wild
United States
Germany
Tony de Jong
Ralph
C. R. van Heukelem
Verlan Ustermarkt
Raymond van der Linden
Rosetta de Bruin
Connie de Bruin
Louis van Heukelom
Glenn
Mary Ellen
C. Vandehaar
Lena de Jong
J. B
Local visits and family gatherings in Leighton area
Leighton News records visits across Iowa and Chicago. Families such as Vander Linden Glendening De Reus Van Haaften Rempe and De Prenger gather for weekends and holidays at homes in Moline Pella Bussey Monroe and Janesville. One note marks Don De Prenger home on furlough and the De Prenger 22nd wedding anniversary with a pot luck supper.
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J. C. den Hartog
I. W. Vander Linden
Howard Glendening
Moline
Illinois
Gerald Versteegh
Chicago
Caribbean
Dick Tolsma
B. Groenendyk
M. M. de Reus
Dan Dieleman
Pella
Cora van Houweling
Tryna
Gloria
Abe Rempe
Wilbur Rempe
H. M. Rempe
Henry Sedrel
Carol Ann
Connie Elaine
Ben Sedrel
Bussey
Betty Joyce Don Hartog
Mildred Hagen
M. M. de Rous
M. D. van Haaften
Mra
David van Haaften
Marion van Haaften
Monroe
Henry K. Rempe
Darrel de Rous
Charles Bpintoma
Washington State
de Prenger
Don de Prenger
Robert Banisterl
Janesville
Frank van Halften
Mary van
Cordova News Bits Reflect Local News And Personal Notices
An assortment of community items includes letters from a serviceman in India noting good health and a desire for new reading material, local family movements, hospital and funeral notices, farm work updates, and minor wildlife observations. Also mentioned are a cancer diagnosis for Gerrit Hoksbergen, a relative’s burial, and several social visits and transfers among Cordova residents.
Obituary of a Mother Survives by Five Stepchildren
A mother who devoted her life to others died peacefully. Survived by five stepchildren John Heywood Duluth Nell Evenson Seattle Birdie Donahue Mankato Daisy Johnston Rachel Warnick Vere. Funeral services were held at Red Rock church with Rev M M Pigi officiating. Burial followed at Red Rock cemetery.
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John Heywood
Duluth
Minn
Nell Evenson
Seattle
Wash
Birdie Donahue
Mankato
Daisy Johnson
Rachel Warnick
Revere
Red Rock Church
M. M. Pigi
First Christian Church of
Knoxville
Red Rock Cemete
Local Des Moines Area Social Notes Highlight Vriezelaar Family Visits
Kathryn Brunia of Des Moines and numerous Vriezelaar relatives gather for weekend visits in Pella Monroe and Des Moines areas. Families from Monro and Pella share hospitality while several members, including Jean Vriezelaar, plan brief home leaves from Minneapolis and Lemoore Field California.
Tracy News notes from area church and families
Tracy News reports Mrs. John Roozeboom and Mr. John Roozeboom of Oskaloosa attended church in Tracy and visited son Marion at the Van Wyk home in Otley. Maurice Groenendyk spent days in Pella visiting cousin Larry Hoksbergen. De Leeuw visits relatives near Lansing Illinois. Wendall Groenendyk, Army Air Corps, died near Pearl Harbor. Walster visited Marion Vande Kieft. Wanders family welcomed baby home June 28. Henry Roozeboom visits. Nick Hoksbergen in Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa. Eldert Groenendyk of Fort Madison arrives to help on farm.
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Arletta Terlouw
Donald Vander Kamp
Donna Rae
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Richard Meyer
Pella
Peter Meyer
Dauger Mary
Rehoboth
New Mexico
Peter Kloostra
John Zegers
A. P. Vander Beek
Tuttlelake
Nick Hoksbergen
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloost
Denver
Colorado
Rs. Peter Pie
O. Macy
Dick Dekker
Michigan
Fridi Peter Kloostra
L. W. Bondurant
Renaud
Sadie Smith
Will D'enton
Alice
Rapids
Oudshoorn
Higan
Pfc
Hoses
T Reformed Church
Arthur Friday
Bennink
Gerard Roorda
John O. Terlouw
Newton
Jake Elscott
Edward Conn
G. J. Terlouw
Pfe
Bert van Rei
Fort Meade
Maryland
Oregon
Earl Coakley
Mercy
Tunis Blom
Blom
Joe Kaldenberg
John van Gennup
Aletta van Sant
Gerrit van Norden
Ludolph Zylstra
Corp
Henry Lanser
Winters
Topeka
Kansas
France
Henry Jansen
Connie van Maren
Arie Lanser
Brandt Lanser
Gerrit van Kooten
John Lanser
Betty
Johnnie
Peter
Marvin
Harriet
Dewey Nikkel
Ida van Kooten
Warren Stanley
Jake Brand
Don de Jong
John de Jong
Taintor
Arthur Huyser
Bert de Jong
Con de Jong
Harry de Jong
Will van Dusseldorp
Lewis de Jong
Mary Jane
Minerva
Dwight
Darrel
Andrew van Rees
Jessie Carpenter
Mary
Fred de Jong
Bernie Menninga
Willard
Erma de Jong
Earl de Jong
Floyd Ver Steegh
Bruce
Norman
Ruth
Amy
George Coleman
Leon
Miami
Florida
Edna Shutts
Amy Huyser
Gerrit Ver Steegh
Lynnville
Edd Thompson
Newbury, Low
Mr. and
Mra
J. C. Brand
Ruth Huyser
Brand
Roy
Karl
India
Frank Pearson
China
Maxine Alley
Richmond
Virginia
Donald
Melvin Roetman
Joe Templeton
Donald Ford
Minnie Graham Heywood
Red Rock Church
Red Rock
Gerrit Hoksbergen
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota
Cook's Hospital
Clarence Bricker
Hoksbergen
Gerrit
Grace Carter
Sylvia Slykhuis
Aid
Daisy Buttery Blanche
Templeton
Kate Karr
Murray van Semert
Reuben Kamerick
Warricks
Forrest Mutherly
Shenandoah
Wabash
Lloyd Shilling
Imogene
Louie Carter
Flagler
Carter
Cordova
Joel Templeton
Osceola
FSA
Minnie L. Ford
Frank and
Melissa Ford
Marion County
Iowa
Glenn Fee
Knoxville
Herman
Graham
Frank
Myrtle Price
William
Albert
Helen Fee
John of
Richard Earlef
Navy
South Pacific
Elphie
Lottie
George Hegwood
Walnut Grove
Mary Karr
Luella Groenendyk
John Roozeboom
Tracy
Marion
Lewis van Wyk
Otley
Marinux Roozeboom
Maurice Groenendyk
Larry Hoksbergen
de Leeuw
Lansing
Ilinois
Zenard Spaur
Wendall
Army Air Corps
Pearl Harbor
Case Walster
Marion Vande Kieft
William Wanders
Henry Roozeboom
Eldert Groenendyk
Fort Madison
Ben Groenendyk
Eldert
Insurance and savings offer from WM, Dilfeman of Sully Iowa
A local outreach urges farm and city property insurance, crop and automobile coverage, and a savings plan with life insurance for future security. The ad promotes reliable companies, low rates, and personal visits from WM Dilfeman of Sully Iowa, contact via phone 50 or P. O. Box 146.
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Sully
P. O
Difleman
Iowa
Monroe News Briefs Remain Busy With Local Families
The Monroe News reports a string of local happenings including funeral services for Mrs. A T Kain in Knoxville and interment in Monroe Cemetery. It lists survivors, extended family, and community events such as reunions and visits among residents like the Matherly family, Moline, Haight, Carter, and Des Moines visitors. Several born or adopted children are noted, with military postings, college attendances, and summer visits shaping the season’s social notes.
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H.W. Vriezelaar
S. V. McKeever
Forrest Wilcutt
Knoxville
A. T. Kain
First Baptist Church
A. D. Mohr
Grandview Baptist Church
Des Moines
Kain
Ruth Langebartels
Aaron Kain
Lawrence Kain
Haxtum
Colo
Nola B. May
Gilman
Iowa
Enel L. Kain
Prairie City
Gladyce Emmons
Bellflower
Calif
Coral L. Kain
Chicago
Ill
William Worth
Newton
Needham Worth
George Worth
Nola Roush
Belle Mullins
Monroe
Forrest Matherly
Alice
Ann
Elizabeth
Sgt
Carl Matherly
Cary
Centerville Park
Otto Moline
Rosalie Haight
Ponetadula
L. Rev
Clyde Carter
Des
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