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Portland area obituaries and community notes mix
Local column records a funeral for Mrs. Ole Kavensdale, better known as Rosal ie Molins, and recalls school teaching in district No. 1. It lists numerous visits, illnesses, new births, barn construction, and social calls across Algona, Elmore, Eagle Grove, Grundy Center, and surrounding areas, with many names including Larson, Nelson, Phelps, Burger, Graham, and Bryon. The item blends social updates, farm notes, and a court notice fragment for Florence Jennings seeking divorce from James Jennings with a Sept 1941 court deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin ‘Larson
Henry Nelson
Ole ‘Kavensdale
Swea City
Ralph Jain
Elk Mound
Wis
J. R. Daniels
George Graham
Jacob Godden
Algona
Frank ‘Burger
Kossuth Hospital
Leota
Elwood Nelson
Gen
Dixie Eliot
Lois
Ralph Roberts
McDonald Estate
Roberts
Vernon Smith
Gene Reichuff
Eagle Grove
Henry Smith
Vernon
Andrew Hanson
JL. H. Bartlett's
Weert Asche
Eunice Moore
Godfredson
Chas
Phelps
Pershing Marlow
Lloyd Bartlett
Frank Burger
Hazel Jenkinson
Glen Jenkinson
Jenkinsons
Pareland
Bob Cogsdill
Clapsaddis
Laverne Bryon
Priday
Bryon
Baby
Alfred Godfredson
Seneca
Gerd Henken
Tommy Hurley
Lloyd Bartlexe
Herman I Dan
Harrison
Arkansas