Local families share Christmas and holiday gatherings
A string of Christmas and New Year visits fills homes across the region. Dinners and afternoon gatherings include the Lindburg, Stohl, Ostberg, and Long families with relatives from Idaho to Anchorage joining in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvena Lind
Wallace Lind
Ed Bonne
Howe
Idaho
Beverly Lambert
Idaho Falls
Kermit Lindgren
Bob Strange
Minnesota
Jim Clarke, Jr
Joe Clarke
Central City
Vance Stohl
Walter ‘Stoh
Hordville Happenings: 4-H learns knit crochet at Fridhem
In Hordville Marie Clayton notes 4-H girls will meet at Fridhem Lutheran Church on Saturday Jan 5 at 2 p.m. to start a knitting and crocheting project. Readers are asked to bring a yarn and crochet hook if possible. The column then lists Christmas gatherings and family visits across Hastings Chapman and surrounding areas with multiple households hosting dinners and overnight guests during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fridhem Lutheran Church
LeRoy Nelson
Robert Husmann
Kenneth Lilienthal
Chapman
Charles Osterman
Nelson
Dwight Bachenburg
Hutchinson, Kans
Bruce Fransen
Beverly
Mass
Eric Fransen
Lincoln
Marx Holtorf
Richard Carnes
Aurora
Omer Troester
Carl Holtorf
Maynard
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Milton Anderson
Davenport
Iowa
Karin Anderson
Moline
Mary Lee Metscher
Campaign
Kent Anderson
Washington, D.C
Dennis Anderson
Mari Ann
Darren
Wichita
Kans
Carl Anderson
Stromsburg
Alan Clayton
Des Plaines
Ill
Rob Clayton
Ronald Veburg
Edwin Prante
Astings
Ivan Bengtson
John Veburg
Marie Clayton
Paul Clayton
Conrad Veburg
Columbus
Harris Ells
John Weburg
Gilbert Driewer
Don Driewer
Holdrege
Grand Island
Don Driewers
Bob Driewer
Clarence Benson
Roy Kuhn
Ames
dEdie Benson
Fremont
Richard Nygren
Mead
Dale Benson
Chris Benson
Kenneth Klaasmeyer
Clarinds
Lemmerman
Benard Andreasen
Albin Benson
Lennis Benson
Swede Home News Christmas Visitors and Events
Clarence Nielsen and family and many others were listed as attendees at Christmas Eve suppers across Stromburg and Aurora. Myron Larson, Elwyn Yungdahl, Clark Yungdahl hosted and guests included the Gordon, Oquist, Johnson, Forss, Hahn, Nielsen, Kloke, Shenk, and Berggren families. Myron Larson’s son Russell left for Dyess Air Force Base after a December visit, with numerous relatives in attendance from Des Moines to Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Ostberg
Harold Burge
Ruch
Rolland Stromberg
David
JoElla
Gary Stromberg
Anchorage
Alaska
Myrtle Davenport
Aurora
Lloyd Stromberg
P. W. Aker
Enoch Peterson
Bush Home
Dennis Weeks
Omaha
Everett Blender
Benedict
Howard Bush
Dorothy
Weeks
Goldie Bush
Valerie
Great Falls
Montana
Carrol Ortegren
Lillie Ortegren
Central City
Howard Hansen
Archer
Roy Ortegren
Merle Ortegren
Hastings
Harold Ortegren
Lilie Ortegren
Clarence Nielsen
Hal Gordon
Levert Oquist
Mardell Johnson
Stanley Oquist
Myron Larson
Viking Center
Stromburg
Elwyn Yungdahl
Clark Yungdahl
Fred Yungdahl
Ruth Gestrine
Adolph Forss
Harold W. Johnson
Wayne
Frey ‘Church
Wilbur Olson
Nellie Olson
Iowa
Russell
Dyess Air Force Base
Texas
Margaret Jones
Max
Jane
Leslie
Rober Baack
Well Bills
Lanny Ang
Kevin
John Boyle
Heather
Yor
Charles Shenk
Mark Albin
Des Moines
Evelyn Shenk
Forrest Berggren
Stromsburg
Ga Breuning
Matt and
Joey
Mant
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dwayne Hahn
Pauline
Hordville
Dale Lindpure
Maurice
Lindbure, Jr
Sieodarice
Dale Lindburg
Myron
Nor Guest
Mars
Lovette McCoy
Dave Ekdahl
Branford Ang
Signe Hanquist
Gerald
Jerome Widge
Karen Alfred and
Robbie
Merlin Lampshire
LaVaughn Adelson
Clarence Johnson
Ronald Beins
Lanny ‘Ang
Stanford Ang
Melvin Bender
Paul Bender
Clarks
Duane Eaton
Heriaton
Oleo
Chuck
7-Bone
Rainbow
Bartlett
Charmin
Martha Gooch
Happy Brand Wieners
Wimmer’s
Ring Bologna
Stromberg’s
IGA
By Marie Clayton
G. I
Swede Home News
Hannah Hahn
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