Community Socials and Visits Fill Tripoli Area
Local residents from Tripoli and neighboring towns share visits and events. Many households host or attend birthdays confirmations hospital stays and family gatherings with relatives from Waverly Sumner Denver and Readlyn. Multiple helpers and guests include Kappmeyers Brases Mahlstedts Dornbuschs and Websters among others.
Social and Family Gatherings Highlight Sumner Area News
Engaged couple Mr and Mrs L J Magnall and guests visited Beaver with the Dorans. Holiday Inn Cedar Falls hired Mrs Marlowe Rieck as assistant housekeeper. Berdi Minnesota guests stayed at the Inn Bonarden while in town for Elmer Huck's anniversary. Numerous local families hosted or attended confirmations, weddings, and family dinners across Sumner, Plainfield, Readlyn, and Waterloo with attendance from Niemeyer, Mahlstedt, Meier, Peters, and Heinemann families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Gronemeyer
Chad Oaken
Lucinda Beck
Rose McDonald
Waverly
Hulda Mahlstedt
Otto Rieck
Justena Webster
Harriet Lawton
Sumner
Fred Barth
Warwick
Rhode Island
E. A. Kleiss
L. J. Magnall
Tony
Claus Wibblemann
J. C. Doran
Beaver
Marlowe Rieck
Holiday Inn
Cedar Falls
Ed Bonarden
Berdi, Minn
Bonarden
Elmer Huck
Eugene Woodcock
Ruth Woodcock
Dorothy Kirchhoff
Lazola Buenger
Wm. Mahlstedt
Roberts
Wis
Art Niemeyer
Mr. Niemeyer
Waverly Hospital
Sally
Mary Mahlstedt
Stan Smith
Grace Lutheran Church
Russell Gronemeyer
Glen Gronemeyer
LeMars
Greg Gronemeyer
Emilie Peters
Arlin Matthias
Fairbank
Dean Larson
Denver
Virgil Peters
Jody
Nancy
Readlyn
Lester Peters
Erhardt Lahmann
Melvin Ohlendorf
George Meier
Alma Ohlendorf
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Waterloo
Karen Kay Meier
Harry H. Meier
Local confirmations mark weekend church gatherings
A flurry of confirmations and related gatherings filled Sunday events at Lutheran churches in Camanche Sumner Waterloo and surrounding areas. Families including Zabel Haase and Petersen hosted dinners while others joined open houses and birthday observances for long time couples. Guests from multiple towns attended celebrations, dinners, and plays such as My Fair Lady as part of weekend observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Zabel
Camanche
Crystal Schult
Rudy Schult
Ernest Haase
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Western Douglas
Arthur Petersen
Donald
Melvin Ohlendorf
Sumner
Alman Ohlendorf
Waterloo
Harry H. Meier
Family Notices and New Equipment Highlight Local News
The report records births in Waterloo with Merlin and Elizabeth Franzen as parents to a 9 lb 5 oz girl named Ann Elizabeth born April 13 at St. Francis hospital and a 4 lb 14 oz boy to Allen Heinemann and wife on April 14 at Scholtz hospital. It also notes confirmations at Pleasant Valley church and visits in Clarksville and Plainfield. A VA invention aids paralyzed veterans by steering wheelchairs and turning on TVs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin Franzen
Denver
Ann Elizabeth
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Allen Heinemann
Letsch St
Scholtz Hospital
Lawrence Heinemann
Tripoli
James Winters
Davenport
Otto Buls
Dinner guests honor Debi Sassman confirmation
Dinner guests gathered Sunday at the Robert Sassman home in Tripoli to honor the confirmation of their daughter Debi. Attendees included EB J Fink Marlyne Lynne John Sassmann Mildred Klemp Lawrence Heideman Martha Heideman Danny Kuecker Dan Biesterfelt Paul V Bremer and family Jerry Heideman and Jeff Hollis Niemeyer and Lynn Sherri Buss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Weiland
Spencer
Robert Fink
Dubuque
Emil Degelau
Denver
Arnold Degelau
Coretta Dettmering
Lavern Foelske
Ricky
Emil Schneer
John Hagenow
Norma
Waverly
Ewald Stumme
Louise Buchholz
Alma Gunderson
Arnold Gunderson
Dean Gunderson
Postville
Rebern Holm
Duane Holm
Monte
Darlene Holm
Bob Selck
Andra
Lavern Tegtmeier
Gertrude Quade
Alfred Mueller
Paul Mueller
Fred Schumate
Sumner
Pleasant Valley Church
Clarksville
Dennis Quade
Vernon Quade
Plainfield
Wallace Miller
Robert Wendland and
Harold Quade
Cara Jo
Travis
David Quade
Keith
Robert Sassman
Debi
EB. J Fink
Marlyne
Lynne
John Sassmann
Mildred Klemp
Lawrence Heideman
Martha Heideman
Danny Kuecker
Dan Biesterfelt
Paul V. Bremer
Jerry Heideman
Jeff
Hollis Niemeyer
Lynn
Sherri Buss
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Fred Brase
Readly
Wm. Bunger
Mr. and
Bunger
Paul Kappmeyer
Jes Mueller
Willis Mahlstedt
Hulda ‘Ors
Erich Dornbusch
Bartels Waverly
Allen Bockhaus
Dennis
H. W. Henning
Virgil
Dora Henning
Elmer Clausing
Amanda Heine
Dorothy Chapin
Duane Watermann
Benji
Sheboygan
Everett Watermann
Dennis Kirchhoff
Michael
Donald Dettmering
Allen Hospital
Erwin Reding
R. J. Bunger
Willard Seeger
Charles Biermann
Verlyn
Ruloff Wedeking
al Dana
Rochester
Minn
Stanley Wedeking
St. Mary’s Hospital
Clark Snelling
Jeff Chapin
Clifford Joens
Hudson
Willie Feckers
Faith United Church of Christ
Ronald Warner
Mary
Kenneth Morgensen
Richard Buhr
Emma Warner
Kenneth Chapin
Elizabeth Buhr
Keith Selberg
Scott and
Shane
Rosol
Frederika, Iowa
Deni Co'e SS
FMEA
Camp ‘Ork
Pepsi Cola
Pac
Nissen
Ibs
California
Land O’ Lakes
Heile
Budweiser Beer
Schmidt’s
Plus Cooperage
the Farmers Store
Iowa
Ruben Engert
Fredericksburg
Ruth Ann Engert
Steven A. Gaede
Elmer Gaede
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Miss Engert
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Bantam Division
Koehring Co
E. H. Hoppenworth
Jayson
Dave Foelske
Ray Dietz
Janesville
Jeff Hoppenworth
H. H. Hoppenworth
Martin Drewis
Dale Grahlmann
Jerry Klosterman
Phil Snyder
Howard Tegtmeier
Loren Bergmann
Jerry Snelling
Don Buls
Bob Schmidt
Virgil Buls
Ina Bonarden
Everett Bonarden
Britt
LaPorte City
Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Church
Jubilee
John Schnieders
Floyd Sauerbrei
Malinda Nicklaus
Wilbert Frahm
Janell
Grace Lutheran
Dean Davis
Mabel Frahm
Emma Grutzmacher
Russell Bergen
Brad
Lawain Judisch
Donald Young
Kristi
Earlville
Larry Judisch
Arthur Frahm
Littleton
Ernest Frahm
Richard Buenzow
Paul Judisch
Duane Judisch
Brent
Emelia Sommerfelt
Louisa Pavelec
JoEllyn Miller
Darwin Topping
Kevin
Manchester
Charles Ganske
Brent Platte
Wm. D. Kuker
Pam
Tim
Louis Platte
Lorenz Meier
FE. A. Kleiss
Scott and Shane
Leon Kleiss
Jeffrey
Humboldt
Lorenz Mummelther
Dean Ganske
R. Island
Ted Ganske
Virgil Weidler
Catherine
Art Rieckenburg
Dennis Weidler
Scott
Allen Weidler
Lynette
Todd
Lisa
Lorin Weidler
Curtis Zieman
Luana
Glenn Kappelmann
Jennifer
Mark
H. H. Hoppen
Carol Heinemann
Janice
Florissant
Ervin Heinemann
Dan
Heinemann
Don Heinemann
Erna Heinemann
Oran
Everett Williams
Fritz Heine
Diane Buchholz
Leo Buchholz
Lyle P. Schmit
Harold L. Schmit
Oelwein
Miss Buchholz
Myrtle
John Deere Tractor Works
St. John’s United
The
Veterans Administration
Riviera
Ruth Judisch
Buck Creek
A. J. Lechner
Jerry
Lois) Nevendorf
Judy
Gene
Jill Nevendorf
Rath Ham
del Monte W. K
Campbell’s Cream of Chicken Soup
del Monte
Eve
Wilderness
Heinz
Michael’s
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