Local families host guests across clear autumn weekend
Numerous visitors stayed with Rolfe area residents including Hilda Nielsen and Annie Johnson of Pine Island Minnesota, and Mrs Elna Kerns hosted events with guests from Ames, Humboldt, Emmetsburg and Des Moines. Weekend attendance included relatives from Cedar Falls and Eldridge and travelers to St Paul Lutheran services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elna Kerns
Hilda
Fremond Nielsen
Annie Johnson
Pine Island
Minn
Gary Miller
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Lois Miller
Doug Hobbiebrunken
Swaledale
Raver Howlands
Hobbiebrunken
Phyllis Flowland
Ernest Cox
Bronson
Laura Anderson
Eldon Cox
Spirit Lake
Cecil Pederson
Humboldt
Kenneth Pederson
Troy
Tammy
Lloyd Cox
Lillian Fehr
West Bend
Esther Ferden
Bob Pedersen
Dennis Heathman
Martin Peterson
Elmer Peterson
Minneapolis
Carroll Jensen
Gilmore City
Gertrude Peterson
Mildred Evans
Louise Johnson
Emmetsburg
Don Johannsen
Plover
Ames
Ron Drieth
Brian
Bartlesville
Okla
Maude Ives Place
Rolfe
Drieth
Joan Cleal
Richard Fisher
Rochester
Mildred Fisher
Ruth Allbee
Frank Christianson
Christianson
Mrs. Johnson
Denmark
Christiansons
Larry
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Palmer
del Poldberg
Community Guests Attend Local Celebrations and Honors
Mrs. Dorothy Isacson of Humboldt visited relatives including Mrs. Joe Johnson and attended John Kaiser’s birthday. Other gatherings featured Greg Kaiser’s family, the Kaiser and Tutt households, and extended relatives from Pocahontas Forest City and Omaha. Creighton University capped ceremonies honored Melody Gardewine among 97 students. a Law Center reception followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Isacson
Humboldt
Joe Johnson
Greg Kaiser
Glen Simpson
Pocahontas
Jack Pierick
Jeff
Jackie Sue
Manson
H.A. Kaiser
John Kaiser
Anna McIntire
Rose Sheehy
Omaha
Jim McIntire
Scott
Todd
Mary Martha
Charles City
Tom McIntire
Justin
Forest City
Bill Tutt
Forrest Tutt
Eric
Amy Pearson
Lawrence Henderson
Everett Jenson
Brad
Laurel
Nebr
Fred McKim, Jr
Don
West Bend
Robert Weseloh
Fort Dodge
Ron Gardewine
Melinda
Roger Gardewine
Glenn Williams
Bradgate
Perry Lanning
Dakota City
Creighton University
Melody Gardewine
Creighton
Obituary of Ben Lehnus 83 Rolfe resident dies after illness
Ben C. Lehnus 83 longtime Rolfe area resident died November 5 1977 at Emmetsburg hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at United Methodist Church with Rev. Clif ford Haider officiating and burial at Clinton-Garfield Cemetery. He married Ivis T. Helvig in 1918 and is survived by his wife daughter Carol Jean three grandchildren and four brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben C. Lehnus
Rolfe
Emmetsburg
United Methodist Church
Clifford Haider
R. D. Dixon
Warren A. Bintz
Lord
Everett Burns
Conrad Majorowicz
John W. Nielsen
Albert Jensen
Everett Rickard
Lester Thorson
George Pirie
Bill Brinkman
Clinton-Garfield Cemetery
Benjamin
Ben
Charles
Ivis
Harley Bradburn
Altoona
Iowa
Oliver E. Charles
George
Edward
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wayne
Clara) Palmer
Jones
Mich
Roy
Nelda) Simonson
Elsie) Wentz
Church Activity Schedule Across Fort Dodge Churches
Readable items show weekly services including choir practice at 8 PM Thursday and worship at 10 45 AM Sunday with sermons quoted. Epworth U M Church hosts a mission workshop 2 4 PM. Other churches list Sunday School at 9 30 AM and evening services at 7 30 PM with children specials and Evangelist Nels Pedersen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist Mission Workshop
Epworth U.M
Fort Dodge
U.M.W
Jesus
U.P.W
Nels Pedersen
Living Dimension
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Peter Brown
Jason
Eldridge
Charlotte Rickard
Rose Calligan
Ilda Grove
Dennis
Jack DeWolf
Mike
Henry Olerich
van Ryen
DeWolfs
Storm Lake
Maudelle Arnold
Earl Houck
Northcrest Manor
Dick DuBois
Ann Houck
Grayling, Mich
David Henderson
Kenneth Truelsen
Belle Plaine
Bloomington
Ill
Bill Henderson
Naomi Henderson
Wayne Meckley
Paris
R.C. Fouquet
Marshall, Mo
Leona Lempke
Edith Turner
Vincent
Mamie Sime
George Beckord
Estes Park
Colo
Bruce Beckord
Margaret Taylor
Brian Joseph Shekey
Mike Shekey
August Nielsen
Lyle Halsted
Thomas Thompson
Zion Lutheran Church
Radcliffe
Rollie Mann
Dawn
Roger Fay
LeRoy Mann
Granger
Jack Manning
Joe Albert Shekey
Richard Shekey
C.W. Bielefeldt
Julia Bielefeldt
Merle Foreman
Des Moines
Art Smith and Sons
Mitch and
Belmond
Virgil Peterson
Law Center
Glenn Markley
the Rolfb Arrow
Brinkman Auto Company
R. D Dixon Insurance Agency
Duff’s Furniture & Appliance
General Telephone Co
Midwest
Charles A. Gunderson
Electric Light & Power
Jerry
Super Valu
Pete
Standard Station
Powers Funeral Home
Rickards Carpet & Lumber Co-op Petroleum & T.B. A. Service
Rickard’s Plumbing & Heating
Rolfe Agricultural Center
Rolfe Auto & Farm Supply
Rolfe Electric
Robinson's
Equip.,. Inc
Our Own” Hardware
Rolfe State Bank
Rolfe Veterinary Clinic
Don Spencer
George J. Smith
Bormie J. Wolfe Insurance Agency
Wood's Family Store
Hagan
Legon Sappy Rep
The
Rolfe Arrow
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Pocahontas, Iowa
United Methodist
Clifford R. Haider
Barb Burns
Inez Wilcox
Lorraine Bintz
Janice Stover
Mary Allen
St. Margaret's
R. E. Dougherty
Joe Reigelsberger
Norbert Alig
Bill Kemna
L.D. Wilson
Father Harrold
Dallas Johnson
St. Paul's
Lutheran Church
James W. Asp
the Rosary Society
ST. Margaret's Catholic Church
United Methodist Women
Rolfe United Methodist Church
United Presbyterian Women
Rolfe Presbyterian Church
Farmers Co-Operative CO
Taylor's Oil CO
Conoco
Iowa Electric Light & Power CO
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