Creager and Meier Rites Held in Sumner
Obituaries from Sumner report the deaths of Florence Louisa Creager 88 and John F. Meier 80. Creager previously ran a dressmaker school and held life memberships in local organizations. Meier farmed near Sumner, later moved to town with wife Alma. Funeral services were held Nov. 29 with multiple local survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Laurel Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
PEO
Methodist Church
Warren Creager
Pauline Creager
Sarah Creager
Casper Wyoming
John F. Meier
St. John American Lutheran Church
Burial Church Cemetery
Kenneth Alpers
Henry
Caroline
Wese) Meier
Fayette County
Alma Jesse
Alma
Robert
Thanksgiving Guests and Local Visits Highlight Tripoli Notices
Thanksgiving dinner guests from Janesville Wisconsin and other cities visited Lavern Westendorf and extended family gatherings occurred across Tripoli area towns. A Cedar Falls couple and others visited relatives. Dr Paul Pickett spoke at Sumner Rotary Club and noted wartime weather forecasting and Weather Bureau duties in Fayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Wolfgram
Marvel Wolfgram
Webster City
Teresa Wolfgram
Arney May
Boone
Mary Corkery
Waterloo
Robert Corkery
West Union
Ruth Wolfgram
Preston
John Corkery
Paul Springer
Lloyd Ludwig
Jackie Krumm
Little Falls
Minn
University of Northern Iowa
Ruth
Jackie
Eric Finch
Arthur Belknap
Tripoli
Madge Finch
Louise Niewoehner
Faye Proctor
Alpha
Edwin Dedor
Joan Douglas
St. Paul
Roger Dedor
Dunkerton
Virginia Dedor
Fayette
Arthur Dedor
Fredericksburg
John Bock
George Dedor
Robert Gersonde
Ernest Dedor
Robert MacCannon
Don Mitchell
Estherville
Marshall, Minn
Webster
Floyd Dahl
Minneapolis
John Meier
Richard Springer
Polly
Omaha
Nebr
Henry Schneer
Bruce Carr
Allen Memorial Hospital
John Lantow
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Timm
Elmer McClain
Oelwein
George Sauve
Cloquet
Herman Warnke
Westgate
Vernon Warnke
Albert Hoeger
Paul Pickett
Upper Iowa College
Sumner Rotary Club
Thank You Notes From Community Groups And Families
Card format notices express gratitude from the Tripoli Music Mothers for Hillbilly Wedding success and thank supporters for flowers memorials cards and food after deaths and illnesses. Recipients include Mrs. Larson and several families offering thanks to pastors nurses doctors and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli Music Mothers
Larson
Leiah
Pastor Kappelmann
William Niemeyer
Edwin Begalske
Erwin Begalske
Sumner Hospital
Ernest Nuss
Lorenz Meyer
Arthur Tegtmeier
Ernest Schedtler
Thanksgiving Day Guest Lists From Local Families
Many households in the area hosted relatives for Thanksgiving meals. The extended notices name numerous guests including Knittel Heineman Leerhoff Sassman Knight Meyers Petersen Hartness Levendusky Platte Knupp Thurm Ganske Westendorf Wesdor f Platte and others from Waterloo Dysart Denver Clarks ville Ottumwa and Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Heineman
Tracy
Tripoli
Kenneth Heineman
Elmer Sassman
Elmer Thurm
Denver
Minnie Kimball
Harland Leerhoff
Clarksville
Scholtz Hospital
Waterloo
Dean Knight
Ross
Stanwood
Burman Knight
Ed Meyers
Ottumwa
Chris Petersen
Carolyn Hartness
Minneapolis
Tom Lewis
George Levendusky
LeRoy Platte
Robert Knupp
Dysart
Larry
Thurm
Beth Westendorf
Clarence Ganske
LeRoy
Nold Platte
Ronald B
Allen Memorial Hospita
Clarence Ske
Dale Ti
Fritz Bu
Adella Buhrow
Clarence Ga
H. Westendorf
Ken Westendorf
Wendell Wesdorf
Elaine
Dunker
Larry Westen
Cedar Falls
al Platte
Mr. Platte
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Maytag
Dial
RED Wing
Bremer Mercantile
Bremer, Ia
Toro
Krueger's Repair Service
First St. SE
Iowa
2Nd Street
Larry Nobel
Mr. Jog Farmer
Bolson
Bolson’s
Frederika Feed Mill
Kenneth Wedemeier
Phc
Frederika
Dick Sprague
3Rd St. S.E
Robert H. Kuhri
Herman Sien
Ames
Frederika Locker
Foley
James Nuss
Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Co
Rettig Furniture
Floyd
Phyllis) Dahl
Minneapolis, Minn
Herman Klenzman
Readiyn
St. John Parish Hall
Eda Dedor
Gersonde
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Sam _ Barth
Cedar
John Beck
Becky
Billy
R. F. Klemp
James R. Klemp
Danny A. Klemp
Larry Bock
Khris and
The
Christelaires
Arnie
Arnie and
Joan Brunsche
Readlyn, Iowa
Ham
Turkey
Joe Brooks
Werner
Bill Cannon
Strawberry Point
Hasbrouck - Voetmann Lumber Co
Hasbrock-Voetmann Lumber Co
Don Henderson
Lakewood
Henderson
Tripoli, Iowa
Ray
Christma
Ray’s
Ray’s Clothiers & Cleaner
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