Local Social Roundup Totals A Week Of Gatherings
Read this social ledger from the Merf area listing numerous visits and gatherings. Families including Lampe, Van Ahn, Holm, Moeh lis, Hunemuller and Brase share meals, birthdays, and weekend trips at homes in Sumner, Frederika, Readlyn, Castalia, Waterloo, and Clear Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novak
Lyle
Lois Lampe
Gehlichting
David van Ahn
al Merri
Arvin Knoploh
Frederika
Carol Jean Bock and Doug Petersen Wed At St John’s
Carol Jean Bock and Douglas D Petersen wed in a double ring ceremony at St John’s Evangelical and Reformed church Siegel with 320 guests. The bride from Cedar Rapids wore a silk Shantung gown with Dior bow and cathedral train, bouquet of white Phalaenopsis orchids, and her veil held by seed-pearl crown. Maid of honor Lois Wagner wore moss green satin. bridesmaid Robin Venenga wore maize yellow. Groom’s party included Wesley Fox best man and Ronald Venenga usher. Guest list spans Cedar Rapids Tripoli Waverly Reinbeck and Minnesota. The couple will live in Rock Island Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Siegel
Carol Jean Bock
Cedar Rapids
Douglas D. Petersen
Leonard Wood
W. D. Weidler
Richard Buhr
Gary Stromer
Most
Dior
Lois Wagner
Robin Venenga
Grundy Center
Wesley Fox
Ronald Venenga
Joan Bock
Marion
Larry Moeller
Tripoli
Dale Stover
Eldridge
Janet Henniges
Waverly
Waterloo
Reinbeck
Sumner
Denver
Ft. Leonard Wood
Minnesota
Erwin Beck
Tripoli Community High School
Wmt-Tv
Elmer Petersen
Reinbeck High School
Gates Business College
5Th Army
Rock Island, Ill
Groom
Readlyn Readers Host Weekend Guests and Reunions
Reading program winners and locals hosted houseguests over Friday and Saturday in Readyn. Visitors from Cedar Falls, Westgate, New Hampton and beyond joined family gatherings, picnics, and a Readlyn park reunion with relatives from multiple towns.
Local Socials and Guests Reported in Tripoli City
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Fink and Fred Fink return from Mequon Wisconsin with granddaughters, after visiting the Lowell Fink home. Rev and Mrs Gerald Bishop and Rebecca and Johnstown Pa visited S. A Maurer family in Waterloo. Overnight guests in Crane Creek were Mr and Mrs John Bruns and Dennis Glidden, and Mr and Mrs Harold Filmer and Eddie Lake City. Birthday dinner honored Lavern Tegtmeier with Fred Holm Edwin Tegtmeier as dinner guests. Evening guests included Robert Selck and family Margaret Campbell and Duane Holm and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Fink
Fred Fink
Mequon
Wis
Lowell Fink
Gerald Bishop
Rebecca
Johnstown
Wm. Beach
New Hampton
Stephen A. Maurer
Waterloo
S. A
Geo. J. Gundel
Crane Creek
John Bruns
Dennis
Glidden
Harold Filmer
Eddie
Lake City
Wisconsin Dells
Fred Holm
Edwin Tegtmeier
Lavern Tegtmeier
Sassmann Reunion At Chapin Park Draws 91 Attendees
The Sassmann family reunion took place Sunday at Chapin park. Ninety one relatives attended including the oldest John Sassmann of Tripoli and the youngest Lisa Bast, daughter of Wayne and Bast of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sassmann
Chapin Park
John Sassmann
Tripoli
Lisa Bast
Wayne Basts
Waterloo
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Pac Ol al
Duane Holm
ReVern Holm
Den
An Lavern Foelske Tricky
Niagara Harmony, Minn
Wednes
Wm. Bravener
Avener
Fredayne Br
Ight and Friests
Russell Grone
Mrs. Skaggs
Striday
Nda Frahm
Lynne O'Hara
Castalia
Ising
Frahm
Lavern
Arthur Bunger
Renettaer
Moehling Y
Wendall Heaton
Carroll
Creek
A. J. Hunemuller
Hunemuller
Hon- Linda
Russell
Iowa Falls
Ly Baldwin
Chas. Klemp
Alice
Martha Moehlis
Cletus Goodenbour
Ernest Brase
Ray Brase
Clara Zabel
Ernest Rodemeyer
Herman Gebert
Virgil Bonarden
Bonarden
Steven Pattison
Scott
Oelwein
Edw
Lavern Foelske
Ruth Woodcock
Bloomington
Ill
Eugene Woodcock
Cletus Goodenbour and Sons
Leonard Moehlis
Hulda Gebert
Dora Kappmeyer
Augusta Hooper
Christina Schroeder
Lyons, II
Emma Kappmeyer
Edwin Kappmeyer
So Alcock
Albert Schnieder
Bertha Hankner
Adolph Bierman
Fred Brase
Lavern Brase
Readlyn
Harvey Kowalsky
Carl Kowalsky
Monica George
Pomeroy
Marilyn Blume
Wm. Degelau
Callender
Coretta Dettmering
Arnold Degelau
Gordon Niemeyer
Charles City
Clara Niemeyer
Ivadelle Niemeyer
E. H. Gehrke
Howard Gebert
Minneapolis
Ray Buchholz
Larry Buchholz
Mike
Addison
Florida
Charles Maschke
Rockville
Lawrence Schwartz
F. C. Dodd
Judy
Rosenthal
Dexter Krueger
Hopkinton
Renetta Krueger
Nora Peacock
Lavern Hunemuller
Linda
Wm. Propp
August Krueger
Walter Hunemuller
Steven Hunemuller
Clear Lake
Arlin Hunemuller
Elcome
ABC
Braunschweiger
Gooch
SWIFT
the Farmers Store
Iowa
Doug Petersen
St. John’s
Mr. and
Mrs
Douglas Petersen
Emil Schneer
Betty J. Aries
Lester Kalkbrenner
Daniel
Jerry Nichols
Cedar Falls
Russell Gronemeyer
Forrest Burch
Meriden
Debra Gronemeyer
Paul Ford
Westgate
Harry Heine
Harry
Carolina Struck
Fred Hildebrandt
Elliott
Harvey Hildebrandt
Ozarks
Ina Bonorden
Everett Bonorden
Ed Bonorden
Virgil Hind
Lake Benton
Verdi
Jeanne
Pamela
Jane Wikner
Donald Mirs
Rahlf
Edwin Kasemeier
Rochester
Minn
Cooperstown
Binford
N. C
Circle
Mont
Les M Hoppenworth
Conrad
Ben Moeller
Moellers
Moeller
Readlyn Park
South Park
Willis
Robert Hildebrandt
Roger Callanan
Clara Hildebrandt
Robert Kuhrt
Teresa
Little Theatre
Wartburg College
Readlyn Community Library
Meier
Nadine Bock
Stephanie Homeyer
Jerry Macken
Teresa Homeyer
Sherri Meier
Doris Bock
Lorri Lobeck
Tommy Meier
Leslie Huck
Eddie Huck
Connie Homeyer
Sandra Poock
Pam Brase
Becky Brickman
Jane Buhr
Christine Whitehill
Rhonda Wehling
Winfred Meyer
Fred
Ethel
Dial
State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Bloomington, Illinois
State Farm
Aleda
Fashionere Beauty
Ann’s Beauty Shop
Doris’ Beauty Salon
Geneva
JoAnn’s
House of Beauty
Ruth
Kellogg’s
Nabisco
Graham
Hershey’s
Colorado
Charmin
U. S
Michael’s
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