Forty years after the storm wedding at Oska loosa
Lillian Fritz of Oska loosa married Don De Prenger of Leighton on June 27, 1923 with Rev. L S Faust presiding. A 40th anniversary June 29 was celebrated at Leighton Community Center amid electric and water service difficulties from the day after the big storm. About 125 guests attended as relatives hauled water and set up a temporary power supply. Officers and hostesses led by Mrs. Don De Prenger and Mrs. Jerry De Prenger organized the event with music by Mrs. Don De Prenger and Mrs. Jerry De Prenger and Helen Middlebrook. Children and grandchildren present included Diane and Tom De Prenger and Anne De Prenger of Lincoln Neb. Dan De Prenger could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Fritz
Oskaloosa
Don de Prenger
Leighton
L. S. Faust
Wm. Kempe
John de Prenger
Henry Sedrel
Jerry de Prenger
Wm. Rempe
Beulah Klein
Diane de Prenger
Don
Vander Wal Van Soelen Vows Are Solemnized at First Chr
Wedding of Janice M Vander Wal and Marion D Van Soelen took place June 21 at First Christian Reformed Church with Rev P Y De Jong officiating. 175 guests attended as families and friends from Pella Sully and Grand Rapids celebrated a double ring ceremony with elaborate lace gown, floral details, bridal party in white organza, and a four tier reception cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vander Wal - van Soelen
P. Y. de Jong
Janice M. Vander Wal
Marion D. van Soelen
Connie Vander Wal
Pella
Marion van Soelen
Sully
Linda Zuiderveen
Grand Rapids
Shirley Boltjes
Harlan Terpstra
Barbara van Soelen
Kenneth van Soelen
Judy Branderhorst
Jerry Vander Wal
Frank van Soelen
Robert van Seelen
Keith Vander Wal
Kenneth Vander Wal
Allan Wassanaar
William van Ee
Gysbert
Eilen van Tuinen
Forrest Ver Ploeg
Gertrude van Seelen
Marvin van Haaften
Marvin Rolffs
Alfred Weg
Betty van Soelen
Judy de Jong
Albertina Vander Wal
Kerrie van Wyk
Marilyn Vander Pol
Carol Ver Meer
Bernice Vander Wal
Calvin College
Evergreen Park
Prenger of Vinton Ill With Mononucleosis and Portland Visitors
Prenger of Vinton, ill with mononucleosis, is mentioned along with visiting Mr and Mrs White and children Christine Janet David and Charles of Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prenger
Vinton
Mary Lu) White
Christine
Janet
David
Charles
Portland
Ore
Bridal showers mark Pella union events and meetings
Janice Vander Wal is honored with multiple bridal showers hosted by friends in Grand Rapids and nearby towns. The Women’s Classical Union of Pella held a June 26 executive meeting with plans for the Synodical Council in Denver and a Fall Conference in Des Moines, plus officers’ workshops in Knoxville and a missionary home project review. Attendees included members from Pella, Oskaloosa, Newton, Prairie City, Sully, and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Classical Union of
Pella
Wilbur Rempe
Leighton
Henry Monster
Womens Synodical Council
Denver
Colorado
Board of Managers
Women of the Reformed Churches
Meredith Drive Reformed Church
Des Moines
Knoxville Reformed Church
Synodical Council
Wm. van Zee
Calvin Joosten
Union
Jack Boatsma
Andrew Vos
Gerrit van Roekel
Lola Anderson
David Laman
Harold Hagen
Harry Pippel
Oskaloosa
Ronald Grandin
Howard Hanke
Newtons
Prairie City
Harold Kammeraad
Sully
Lower Grove Families Host Many Visitors
Lower Grove community welcomed numerous guests over six weeks. Visitors included Neal Busker family en route to Duke New Mexico for their summer assignment, along with Clyde Greenfield Lavonne Lucille Cole of Kingston North Carolina, Goldie Carter, Della Tyrell of Oskaloosa, and the Vander Pol families from Roosevelt Oklahoma staying with the Boyds and Herman Veerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Grove
Neal Busker
Earl Boyds
Duke
N. Mex
Clyde Greenfield
Lavonne
Lucille Cole
Kenston
N.C
Goldie Carter
Della Tyrell
Oskaloosa
Homer
Earl Boyd
Bert Vander Pol
Jerald Vander Pol
Roosevelt
Boyd
Herman Veerman
Community Notes From Euromeek Page Four
Local families visit, host missionary guests, and attend church events across towns in Canon City and Pella. Kenneth Bokhoven and children spend time at Art Hoks bergen home while Goldie Jackson hosts visitors from Flagler Colorado. Missionary prayer band meets in church basement. accordion music by Mrs. Clarence Wickhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Bokhoven
Art Hoksbergen
Glen Jackson
Tracey Jackson
Flagler
Colo
Goldie Jackson
Charles Walters
Canon City
Boyds
John Brandt
John Verhoog
Allen van Bee
Arid
Selmer
Zee
Johnnie
Jeanie
Clarence Wickhart
Anna de Zwarte
Cora den Hartog
Zwarte Te
Charles Mitchell
Pella
Also Mentioned on This Page
Asybenga
de Wild Photo
Janice Vander Wal
The
University of Town
University
Lansing
Ill
Broadway
Smith-Corona
John Slagter
Mich
Edgar Gritters
Kenneth Sneller
Elmer Vander Linden
Gerald Meppelink
John van Englehoven
Jerald van Wyk
Clarence van Englehoven
Janice
Miss Vander Wal
William Bensink
Frank Boat
Clarence den Heuvel
Harold Wierenga
Evergreen Park Christian Grade School
Marion van Soolen
Betty
Gertude
al Weg
Women’s Classical Union of
Pell
Ladies Day of General Synod
Reformed Church
Reformed and Presbyterian
Purdue University
Vander _Wal
Mrs. Earl Boyd
Euromeek
Karl Schmidt
Delmar Patio
West Plains
Toronto
Canada
Verhoog
Allen van Zee
Sammie Schmidt
Glen Dunwoody
Ivan Chapman
Chapmans
Sam van Rheenen
Marion Vander Linden
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