Swede Home News Weekend Guests and Local Gatherings
Community notes list visits and dinners among Rock Island Illinois and Swede Home residents. Families including Nelsons, Moens, Krols, Gestrines, Dittmers, Chindgrens, and Nordstroms are mentioned hosting or visiting across multiple weekends, with church notices and Calvary Lutheran community events.
Easter Family Gatherings Highlight Arborville Notes
Easter meals and visits fill the Arborville area with friendly gatherings. Families from York Scottsburf Benedict Central City O’Neill Grand Island and Omaha share meals and conversations across homes and cafes over the holiday weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Brockevelt
Caroline Timms
Wilfred Smith
David City
Bob Brockevelt
Chris
Sioux Falls
S. D. Rich Brockevelt
Pat Heins
York
John Wochner
William Blender
Harry Kennel Home
A. A. Shockey
Fred Shockey
Virgil Tenniges
Daryl
Brian
Doug Crowdell
Benedict
Neal Sandell
Ed Beckner
Lloyd VanHousen
Dennis VanHousen
Neal VanHousen
O'Neill
Lauren Calhoon
Arroyo Grande
Harry Kennel
Clyde Kennel
Lee Morris
Lloyd Morrris
Donald Morris
D. C
Jamie
John O’brien
Omaha
Owen Bedient
David Kennel
Grand Island
Carroll Shenk
Erma Traudt
Katherine
Ida
Robert Nordstrom
Central City
Jerry Traudt
Wood River
Richard
Dale Tenniges
Seward
Wayne Swanson
Linda
Steve
Allen
Duane Tenniges
Wayne
Rod Swanson
D. C. Morris
L. L. Calhoon
Lloyd Morris
J. C. Rust
Ed Recknord
Lawson
Herb Bankson
Marquette
Rex Kdeutz
Trumbull
Francis Tewell
Mary Perkins
Mike Crowdell
Polk Happenings Weekend and Holiday Visits Across Towns
A series of Easter and weekend visits are reported across Polk and neighboring towns. Names include Gustafson Omaha Loreman Stromsburg Johnson families Jones Kearney Osceola Lincon Hamp ton and Gothenburg residents visiting relatives and attending services. One funeral noted as Horace Stevens attended Chester Walgren’s service in Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Gustafson
Omaha
Jennifer Loreman
Stromsburg
Rudolph Gustafson
Lyle Johnson
Rodney Johnson
Russell Johnson
Colleen
M. O. Johnson
Duane
Ted Pfeifer
Lincoln
Hilmer Jones
Leland Jones
Hampton
Shirley
Wichita
Ruth Kroger
Margaret Jones
Tom Stevens
Horace Stevens
Joann
Levert Oquist
Martin Jones
Curtis Mickey
Harold Nelson
Osceola
Chester Walgren
Peggy Lindburg
Jan Bankson
Hordville
Robin Orendorff
Gothenburg
Bob Lindburg
Kristen
Mary Sue Lindburg
Kearney
Jim Lindburg
Conrad Lindholm
Bessie Green
Osceola Hospital
Tom Kess
Forrest Anderson
Olga Graves
Central City
Tof Ostberg
Walter Nielsen
Darwin Neuhaus
Kansas City
Carroll Flodman
Patty Hanson
Merton Flodmans
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Swede Home News
Ted Nelson
Rock Island, IL
Bradley Nelson
Victor Krol
Nelson
Korea
Wie
Phoenix
Chris Moen
River Forest
Robert Dittmers
Lois Leatherman
Lee Nelson
Vincent Krol
Harold W. Johnson
Milan Swasko
Ray Gestrine
Lester Gestrine
Martin Gestrine
Brenda Paulus
Duane Oquist
University In
Carl G. Johnson
DeVon Johnson
David
Diane
Harlan Johnson
Merlin Steele
Earl Jones and
Murray
Raymond Lindblade
Irene Ericson
Evelyn Fjell
Merlin Simpson
Ralph Simpson
Janet
Marvin Ericson
LeRoy Lindblade
Walford Hellstrom
Roy Jacobsen
Rock Island
Lillie
Sander Chindgren
Fred Yungdahl
LeMoyne Anderson
Walter Yungdahl
Fred Yungdahls
David Jones
Duane Jones
Evan Nordstrom
Fremont
Lori Leatherman
Bob Dittmer
Ralph Jones
Lori‘ Leatherman
Ted Dittmer
Kathie
Ruth Gestrine
Ellen Oquist
Edna Gestrine
Ben Berger
Harold A. Johnson
Clarence Nielsen
Wilbur Olson
Calvary Lutieran
Milan E. Swasko
Mary
Elaine Anderson
Rachel
Violet Anderson
Lois
Edith Larson
Midland College Planetarium
Elizabeth
Ruth Heckman
Miriam
Helen Fredrickson
Wendell Spalding
Gresham
Braunschweiger Ib
Chuck Roast
Alpo
Bright & Early
Indiv
Duncan Hineayer
MacDonald
IGA
Arborville News
Leland Bills Home
Dewain Watt
R. BE. Harry
Jean
John
Linda Harry
Scottsburf
Charles Gray
Bradshaw
Steven
Dale Perkins
Fred Bedient
Frank Dick
Henderson
Tom Morris
Roger Rust
W. L. Blender
Lawrence Miller
Lutheran Hospital
Wilfred Stephens
Pearl Dyer
Memory Manor
Exeter
Guy Easely
Fairbury Hospital
Bill Wrigley
Diller
Art Worth
Walter Worth
Revenna
Leland Bills
Lynn
Lana
Ruth Bills
McCurdy
Dave Kennel
Eilene Hanson
Ed Hanson
Ray Werner
Milfred Stephens
Polk
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