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Life Events and Local Notices from Sumner Area
Miss Vollie Schwerin of Sumner will marry Lester Gaede at St John’s Lutheran Church in Sumner on December 6. Several local obituaries and marriages are noted, including the death of Mrs. Peter Fergemann in Waterloo and Edna Kuethe of Readlyn after injuries from a car crash near Bremer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vollie Schwerin
Sumner
Lester Gaede
St. John’s Lutheran Church
W. C. Fergemann
Peter Fergemann
Waterloo
Edna Kuethe
Readlyn
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Bremer
Glenn Kappelman
Grace Lutheran Church
Reinhart Beewers
Lydia Carstensen
Sue Murray
Richard Steffen
Kathryn Edwards
Women’s Army Corps
Fort Des Moines
Mabel Hagen
Hulda Mahlstedt
Lucinda Bock
Clary, Waverly
Minnie Redies
Elice
Lester Mahlstedt
Fredericksburg
Jolyon Stewart Ferguson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hawkeye