Cards of thanks from grateful readers
Thank you messages express gratitude for visits cards gifts and support. Notable items include 40th wedding anniversary thanks to family friends and a ruby goblet giver, hospital visits and prayers for Erwin Beck Anne Osborn and others, and gratitude to firefighters who helped save a home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selberg
Kirchhoff
Oscar Kreis
Amma
Leonard
Anne Osborn
Herb
Bernie Jahnke
Schoolward attire ready at Rays
We regret to inform you your school stuff is ready at Rays. Come in for slacks jeans shirts a jacket or sweater. We may not make you look happy but with clothes like these we’ll darn well make you look smart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray's
Obituary notices for Edith Ritchie and Elmer Shanewise
Edith Ritchie 76 died Aug 3 at Sumner Community Hospital after a heart attack in 1973. Funeral Aug 6 at St John American Lutheran with burial Wilson Grove Cemetery. Survivors include Faye Strumpell and several nieces and nephews. Elmer Shanewise 74 died July 27 en route to Iowa in Albuquerque. Funeral Aug 1 in Waterloo. Survivors include wife Helen and daughter Mrs Wayne Nolting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harve
Edith) Ritchie
Sumner Community Hospital
St. John American Lutheran Church
Wilson Grove Cemetery
Elmer Shanewice
Elmer Shanewise
Tustin
Calif
Sumner
Waterloo
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Iowa
Chapel of Memories West
Helen
Wayne Nolting
Mary Klemp
Walter Klemp
Lee Pries
Ernest Pries
Kenneth Alpers
Sumner Community High
Couple observes 60th wedding anniversary in Waterloo
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burke of Waterloo marked their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner Aug. 12 hosted by their children. The couple, married Aug. 12 1913 in Ashton, farmed near Sumner before moving to Waterloo. they have four grandchildren and two daughters in California and Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Burke
Waterloo
Sumner Area
Katherina Wiltgen
Burke
Ashton
Sumner
William
Alfred Vellett
Arkansas
John Livingston
Evansdale
Dwynan Pint
Elk Run Heights
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Wapsie Sportsmen’s Club
Neto
Maytag
Dial
Tripoli
Tripoli Hardware
Buysell
First Street
1St Ave. N.E
Frederika Locker
Frederika
Beki Sassman
Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Co
Waverly
1St Ave
N.E. Ph
Walt’s Electric
Prospect
New Hampton
Mas
Valspar’s
Valentine Line
Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Company
Gary Stromer
Call
Robert J. Kerr
Donald Mirs
Schult
Fredericksburg
Mehei
Howard Mainardt
Earl
Nyberg-Schildroth, Inc
Farmers Grain & Feed
Judy Ludwig
Paul Judisch
Jane Garner
Cedar Falls
Marcia Judisch
Janesville
Shell Rock
Miss Ludwig
Steve Frost
Michael Myers
Oakland
Mike
H. J. Frese
Leland
Colburn
Department Bvv
Meadowbrook Rd
St. Louis Park
Minn
Don DeBusschere
Kenneth Wedemeier
Erwin Beck
South Park
Clothiers & Cleaners
Edith Ritchie
Faye Strumpell
Strumner
Lois Smyth
Des Moines
Kathryn Wells
Clarksdale
Miss
Winston Strumpell
Los Ange S
Henry Strumpell
Novaroo
Husbann
Viola Shanewise
Melba Shanewise
Klemp-Pries
Maple
Marvel
Oliver Winter
Winter
Holly
Ernest Miller
Cletus Miller
Meyer
Ronald Stee
Haro
Wil
Purina
Ality Pmil
Bergmann Hatchery
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!