All-host Christmas Dinner At Roger Hanquist Home
Swede Home News lists holiday gatherings at various farms and towns. Families from Dallas Chicago DeKalb Battle Creek Holdrege Norfolk Denver and more joined Christmas Eve and Day meals and visits with the Hanquist Sandin Johnson Sundberg and other families. The piece notes a St John Lutheran wedding in Rock Island and a Great Plains Youth Conference in Denver, with numerous guests and extended family reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pastor Swasko
Roger Hanquist
Milan Swasko
Philip
Jane
Paul Swasko
Dallas
Marilyn Barber
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Lee Hamperley
Battle Creek
Nebr
Everett Anderson
Burdette Sandin
Holdrege
Max Ernst
Norfolk
Rudolf Sandin
Nancy Oquist
Leanne Sundberg
Duane Oquist
Ricky Jones
Denver
Colo
Great Plains
Jim Bennett
Fort Collins
Cole
Carl G. Johnson
Johnson
Theron Carlson
Robert Willits
Pam
Martin Lundstrom
Ronald Sarow
Christiana Sarow
Laurence
Rex Obermier
York
Rex Fusby
Hastings
Hans Nielsen
Walter Bush
Lester Gestrine
Martin Gestrine
Karen
Raymond Gestrine
Christmas Day Guests Across Local Homes
Mr William Larson attended a Christmas day dinner at the Myron Larson home. Mr and Mrs Paul Gustafson spent Sunday and Monday in Lincoln with Wilma and Margaret Peterson. Christmas Day dinner at the Martin Lundstrom home included Mrs Esther Appleton Walter Samuelson and Mr and Mrs Jim Lund. Wayne Johnson flew from Lincoln Wednesday to Phoenix Arizona to visit Marlowe Johnson and family. Mr and Mrs Ronald Sarow joined Christmas supper at Jack Malek’s in Osceola. Harold W Johnson hosted Christmas supper with Mr and Mrs Roger Hanquist and family Wayne Johnson from Lincoln and Keith Johnson from St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Gestrine
Harold A. Johnson
Ben Berger
Roger Hanquist
Dennis Berger
Irvin Gestrine
Harold W. Johnson
Wayne
Keith
Chindgren
Victor Krol
Bob Dittmer
Ellen Oquist
Nellie Olson
Wilbur Olson
Dennis Johnson
Joe Schinzel
Raymond D. Johnson
Roland Ekstrom
Richard Ekstrom
Omaha
Gary Mosier
Lincoln
William Larson
Myron Larson
Vance Teegerstrom
Adolph Forss
LeRoy Ang
Myron
Valpariso
Harvey Sundberg
Leanne
Kent Anderson
Willard Adelson
Raymond D Johnson
Harold W Johnson
Lynn Sundberg
Krysta
Brad Sundberg
Edith Larson
T Adolph Forss
Kermit Larson
Keith Johnson
St. Paul
Minn
Osceola
Wayne Johnson
Minnesota
Arborville Youth Fellowship Hosts Hordville Youth
New Years Eve party at Arborville Hall featured games and lunch. A parade of guests from Matteson Illinois to Arroyo Grande California visited local families over the holiday, with multiple New Years Eve and New Years Day gatherings among the Norquest, Shenk, Blender, Tewell, and Shockey households and extended relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arborville
Hordville Baptist Youth Fellowship
Arborville Hall
David
Douglas
Dana Penrose
Matteson, Ill
Lovette McCoy
Mervin Samuels
Myron
Brian
May
Wayne Swanson
Carroll Shenk
Maude Shenk
Clarks
L. L. Calhoon
Susan
Arroyo Grande
Calif
Gary Calhoon
Marion
Ohio
D. C. Morris
Ed Hanson
Eilene
Francis Tewell
Charles Perkins
Corie
Grand Island
L. D. Perkins
Harold
Floyd Bittinger
A. A. Shockey
Fred
Freda Shockey
Art Worth
Wm. Blender
W. L. Blender
Everett Blender
Francis Doremus
Teresa Engel
James Doremus
Hannah Meline
Rockford, IL
Noel Kealiher
D.C
Mildred Norquest
Harry Kennel
Josie
Janet
Virgil Tenniges
Daryl
Cheryl
Christmas gathering shared by Polk families in Central City
Mr and Mrs Dennis Richard and boys of Central City visited Horace Stevens. Thirty members of Vern Jones family held their annual Christmas supper and gift exchange at the Jones home. Santa visited. Guests included the Howard Romsdahl family Matt Hoffman of Bradshaw Verland Widga and Larry Jones families Mrs Marilyn Goertzen and girls Dan Beber of Omaha Ben and Lucy Beetem of Central City and Everett Kevin and Mark Goertzen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Richard
Central City
Horace Stevens
Vern Jones
Jones
Santa
Howard Romsdahl
Matt Hoffman
Bradshaw
Verland Widga
Larry Jones
Marilyn Goertzen
Dan Beber
Omaha
Ben and
Lucy Beetem
Everett Kevin
Mark Goertzen
Hospital Notes From Osceola and York
Mrs Josephine Samuelson of the Good Samaritan Home Osceola. Mrs Laura Bolton a patient at York hospital. Mrs Julia Flodman a patient at Annie Jeffrey hospital Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Samuelson
Good Samaritan Home
Osceola
Laura Bolton
York Hospital
Julia Flodman
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Christmas Happenings In Borderville Area Churches and Families
Nancy Garrett returns from Omaha rehabilitation to join holiday weekend caroling with Baptist and Arborville church groups. Families from Davenport, Denver, Wichita, Hastings, Lincoln and other towns gather for Christmas dinners, gift exchanges, and a school program. Reuben Gustafson returns home from Aurora hospital for holidays as relatives share meals with Barbee, Lampshire, and Erickson households.
Polk Mary Lou Sandell Returns After Holiday Visit
Mary Lou Sandell returned to Lincoln on New Years day after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Elwood Sandell. A series of Friday luncheons and New Year gatherings included Mrs Wayne Stevens of Ewing and Mrs Ray Stevens of Dallas along with multiple Stevens and Neuhaus family members at the Horace Stevens home. Mark Sandell traveled to Omaha and then to St Paul before boarding for the Holy Land for two months. An extended dinner gathering featured Mr and Mrs Horace Stevens and Mr and Mrs Glen Stevens with several guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Sandell
Lincoln
Elwood Sandell
Wayne Stevens
Ewing
Ray Stevens
Dallas
Tex
Horace Stevens
Darwin Neuhaus
Arnold Neuhaus
Randy
Walter Nielsen
Levar Sandell
Mark
Omaha
St. Paul
Min
Holy Land
Glen Stevens
Dinne
Texas
Larry Hammond
Brad
Rockford
Earl Stevens
Jim Lindburg
Floyd Miller
Tom
JoAum Stevens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Swede Home News
Comfort Maker
Sundberg’s
Arborville News
POLK
Bordville
Nancy Garrett
Baptist Church
Orville Garrett
Douglas County Hospital
the Baptist Church
GMG
Milton Anderson
Karin
Kent
Davenport
Sylvia Bloomquist
John Weburg
Jack Lincoln
Clifford Kahler
Jim Clayton
Los Angeles
E. L. Clayton
Dean Cobb
Gary Clayton
Sheri
Roger Clayton
Edwin Cobb
Dean
Richard Weburg
Ronald Weburg
Edwin Prante
Iowa
Sylvia Blomquist
Dennis Anderson
Wichita
Kans
Ivan Bengtsson
Mabel Samuelson
Aurora
Robert Clayton
Carl Anderson
Stromsburg
Marie
Paul Clayton
Reuben Gustafson
Gustafson
Jim Barbee
Sutton
Ralph Abernathy
Donald Lampshire
Calmar Lampshire
Helen Salt
Dwight King
Bobby
Orwin White
Ellen Anderson
Gerald Larson
Lennart Johnson
Victor Erickson
Margaret Larson
Robert
Verna Erickson
Lauretta Neuhaus
Mer
Stromsburz
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