Sumner News Highlights Marriages and Local Events
Marriages in Oelwein and Sumner include Susan Blanch Fish and Ronald R. Gaede on December 14 at Zion Lutheran Church Oelwein with Rev Michael Dixon officiating. The bride, a 1967 Oelwein High School grad, worked at Collins Radio Cedar Rapids. Gaede, a Fort Hood Army draftee, will depart for Vietnam after Jan 15 and Cedar Rapids residence is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Blanch Fish
Cedar Rapids
Donna Fish
Oelwein
Pfe
Ronald R. Gaede
Fr. Hood
Alvina Gaede
Roy Gaede
Sumner
Zion Lutheran Church
Michael Dixon
Bride
Oelwein Community High School
Collins Radio
Pfc. Gaede
Sumner Community High School
Army
Ft. Hood
Vietnam
Looking at Life as It Used to Be
A 1928 life snapshot notes deaths injuries and moves in Readlyn Tril poli and Frederika with brief obits and civic shifts including a new night operator at Tri Poli exchange and a funeral for Mrs John Pavelee. Second section recalls weddings and school events from 1958 and 1963 with local reunions and a winter concert and graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Gable
Frederika
Tripoli
Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone Co
Ira O’rourke
Los Angeles
Denver Soldier Receives Army Commendation Medal
Army Sergeant Stephen C. DeVries of Denver earned the Army Commendation Medal while serving near Pleiku, Vietnam with the 4th Infantry Division. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Emil O DeVries and served as a rifleman in Company B 2d Battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleiku
Vietnam
Stephen C. DeVries
Emil O. DeVries
Denver
4Th Infantry Division
DeVries
One Year Ago Obituaries and Local Highlights
ONE YEAR AGO Dec. 20 1967 for Mrs. Alwine Rucker 78 died at a Waterloo rest home. ONE YEAR AGO Dec. 20 1967 Funeral services were Tuesday at Readlyn for Herman Niedert 77. Mr and Mrs John Ohlendorf observed their 44th wedding anniversary Tuesday evening. The women s city bowling tournament has been set for Feb 25 through March 1. Hunters in this area reported taking 10 deer during the three day season. Over 600 persons attended the grand opening of Farmers Savings Bank Frederika at their new location Saturday. Wapsie Valley high school basketball teams won the Cedar Wapsie tournament at Jackson Junction this year. Community Chest fund drive completed but fell 5 percent short of its intended goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delwain Meier
Corey
Carl Lang
Lavern Meier
Hartman
Readlyn
David Meighan
Willie Lalk
Lawain Meier
Herman Lalk
Hawkeye
Stan Kleiss
Ames
James Moore
Iowa City
Alfred Buenzow
Martin Creager
Rock Island
Ill
Joann Johnson
Monroe
Wis
Rory €Reager
Rochester
Minn
Pfc
Larry Oltrogge
Ft. Gordon
Wayne Priebe
Clifford Bennett
Decorah
Carl Chapman
Hannah Mosby
Ossian
Elliott Schroeder
Lauren Wescott
Chicago
Stanley Wescott
Myra Pease
Lamont
Ed Braun
Paul Braun
Sacramento
Cal
Harold Kennardy
Jim Arnty
Waterloo
Arlan Braun
Carol de Grott
Cedar Rapids
James Baier
Emil Lanto
John Henry Matthias
Ernest Schellhorn
Tripoli
H. H. Buhr
H. A. Keding
John Pavelee
Alwine Rucker
Farmers Savings Bank
Frederika
John Ohlendorf
Army Commendation Medal Granted to 8th Infantry Soldier
The Army Commendation Medal recognizing heroism and meritorious service was established December 18, 1945. Sgt. DeVries, 22, enlisted June 1967, trained at Fort Campbell and stationed in Louisiana, arrived December 6, 1967, after graduating from Community High School and Ellsworth Junior College. His wife is Audrey of Readlyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8Th Infantry
Army
Secretary of War
DeVries
Ft. Cam
Cenmunity High School
Ellsworth Junior Colle Falls
Audrey
Readlyn
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Gettings, Jr
Fieldon, Ill
Janet
Stanley Stevens
W. D. Stevens
Jersey Community High School
Jerseyville
Elmhurst
University of Illinois
Iowa State University
Department of Economics
Sumner United Methodist Church
John Lawton
John Mohr
Walter Leibfarth
Joseph Kleiner
Chris Banzhof
Ruth Evans
JoAnn Metzgar
John Metzgar
West Union
Neal Bishop
Clifford Bishop
First Methodist Church
E. E. Basye
Winterset
Elmer Erickson
Cliff Burr
Erickson
Earl Kirchhoff
Roger
Navy
Larry
Milan
Connie
Heinemann
Ernest Heinemann
Buck Creek
Emerson-Milnes Funeral Home
Henry Schneer
Bruce Carr
Allen Memorial Hospital
Ellis Tucker
Chatsworth
Beverly Ann
Bruce H. Senft
Miss Tucker
Morningside College
Sioux City
Morningside
David DeHaven
Roy Pease
Herbert Niemann
Herman Frisch
Willard Frisch
Jerry
Steven
Omaha
John Lilly
Cedar Falls
Elmer Timm
Jean
Michael McClain
Loyal Frisch
John McClain
John
Joel
Donald Mirs
Frederick Whitcomb
Ft. Meade
Howard Whitcomb
Fred Davis
New Ulm
Minneapolis
OES
Masonic Temple
J. M. Murphy
al Wolfgram
L. R. Ludwig
Lesley Lamprecht
Felix Morf
Richard Haw
Arthur Elliott
Reid Giese
Eva Shaver
Sigourney
Ruth Wolfgram
Boone
Leo McGuinn
Red Oak
John Corkery
Tom Murphy
Lloyd Ludwig
Bertha Nacke
Russell Stoffregen
Freeport
Herman Hay
J. F. Treloar
Rex Lucas
Virgil Sisam
Fir
Tripoli Hardware
Family Service
Iowa
Fred Rathe, Sr
Ray Buchanan
Baker
Camp Farragut
Idaho
Margaret Holm
Jean Sauerbrei
Harold Biermann
Grace Lutheran Church
Ruth Ann Pipho
Clayton Wiltse
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Maxfield
Tripoli High School
Chris Pipho
Walter Beisners
Greeley
Colo
State Teachers College
Henry Klemp
Sumner Hospital
Yvonne Denner
New Hampton
Lynn Hassman
Plainfield
Sydney Rae Dirksen
Mark Wikner
Methodist Church
Fredericksburg
Wapsie Valley High School
Jackson Junction
Herman Niedert
Andise Fluatty
Best
E.&l. Sundries
Renunber Good Records
McEax Good Business
Pew
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