Markers Placed At Sites In Sioux County Bicentennial
Signage announces unplowed acreage on Martin Cullinan farm north of Rock Valley with Virgin Prairie marker directing visitors to a historical site. Officials from Sioux County Heritage Committee and Bicentennial Commission attend as Cullinan and locals note two parcels of land never touched by plow near Rock Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux County
Cullinan
Virgin Prairie
Marie Buckley
Rock Valley
Leonard Rensink
Boyden
Tom Noteboom
Orange City
Martin Cullinan
Henry van Aattsen
15Th Street
Rock River
Rock Mills
Roantree
Engagement announced of Miss Diana Ruhr and Thomas Higgins
Miss Diana Elizabeth Ruhr daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Ruhr Seana South Dakota will marry Thomas Francis Higgins son of Mrs Leona Higgins and the late Mr Antes Higgins of Rock Valley Iowa The couple will wed in September Miss Ruhr works for Sullivan Inc Sioux Falls South Dakota Higgins is employed near Rock Valley Iowa Also noted are numerous visits and family events across Iowa Michigan Minnesota and Nebraska involving relatives and friends.
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Diana Elizabeth Ruhr
Frank Ruhr
Seana
South Dakota
Thomas Francis Higes
Leonains
Antes Higgins
Rock Valley
Iowa
Ruhr
Sullivan, Inc
Sioux Falls
Anening
John Blankespoor
Inwood
C.E. van Zanten
Omaha
Nebr
Carla Cress
Carla
David Cress
Clarence Cress
Nebi
Henry Ykema
Michigan
Wanda Ykema
Grand Valley State College
Henry ¥Kema
John Feenstra
Eastmanville
Clarence Miller
Joe Gilman
Julie
Mankato
Minnesota
Alfred Claussen
Claussen
Sherman Park
Sisax
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and New Baby
Sunday social rounds include Winnie Ver Mulm visiting Gilbert Vande Street and Ed Schmidt hosting guests. Sioux Falls visitors, Platte residents, and families from Rock Valley and Sheldon attended dinners, showers, and the Bicentennial program. A baby girl, Sandra Lynn De Kam, was born June 17 at Sioux Center hospital weighing 8 pounds 13 ounces, with siblings and extended family listed.
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Steve Lottswold
Ralph O'Connell
Sioux Falls
Gerard Knorr
Gretchen
Ed Schmidt
Harold Jongewaard
Rock Rapids
J.C. Mec Cune
Long Beach
Calif
McCune
Jim de Kam
Rock Valley
Sioux Center Hospital
Sandra Lynn
Clarence de Kam
Rural Rock Valley
Wilbur Boer
Frank de Graaff
Roy Miner
Robert
Mitchell
So. Dak
Debbie Pudwill
Alice Bothmer
Tom Brands
Sheldon
Obituary of Mrs. William Meendering of Rock Valley
Mrs. William Meendering 84 of Rock Valley died June 18 after a long illness. Services were June 21 at First Reformed Church Rock Valley with burial at Valley View Cemetery. Born August 8 1893 Hospers she married October 15 1912 Rock Valley. Survivors include five daughters thirty grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren.
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William Meendering
Rock Valley
First Reformed Church
Roger Voskuil
Valley View
Meendering
Marie van de Vegte
Hospers
Simon
Gertrude) Post
Doon
William
Anna) de Boer
Peter
Jenny) den Boer
Henrietta) Uittenbogaard
Sheldon
Eugene
Marie) Kriszenga
Emerald
Wis
Sioux County Bicentennial Events Highlight Local Celebrations
Sioux Center hosts July 3 4 5 events including Musical 1776, a county religious service, and a July 5 baseball and stunt show with fireworks. Plans for an Iowa state map stone at the fairgrounds urge counties to contribute native stones. contact Tom Noteboom or William Top in Orange City. Gerald Meendering joined a Black Hills wilderness survival workshop sponsored by South Dakota State University to boost ecology awareness.
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Harold Hughes
Tom Noteboom
William Top
Sioux County
Gerald Meendering
Rock Valley
Black Hills
South Dakota State University
Warren Williamson
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