Sumner Obituaries and Notices Highlight Local Losses
Ella Farnum, 94, Sumner resident, dies December 30 in Mercy hospital Oelwein after nine days there. Funeral at Salem EUB with Rev. Miller officiating. burial Union Mound. Survivors include two sons, three daughters, 17 grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren. Additional notices report Joe Volker death, Jeanette Volker wedding, a hunting accident involving Delwin Meier, a bridal shower for Joy Vanderly, and multiple brief community updates from Sumner in late December.
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Oelwein
Ella Farnum
Sumner
Mercy Hospital
Bakke Rest Home
Salem E.U.B. Church
Union Mound Cemetery
Elton M. Miller
Dumont
Ella Jane
William Mumtower
Dana
Ill
Nebraska
Wesley Farnum
American Legion Auxiliary
Gailord
Ray
Waterloo
J. J. Chukker
Worthington
Minn
Charles Ki
Readlyn Ladies Aid Hosts Stork Shower and Meetings
Readlyn's Immanuel Lutheran Ladies Aid held a regular meeting and a stork shower honoring Mrs. Roger Buck. Installations named new officers and committees. Readlyn and area residents, including the Buenzows, Newells, and Hartmanns, hosted relatives for post-Christmas dinners and New Year gatherings across several towns.
Poli Community School Lunch Menu Week
Poli Community School offers a weekly lunch menu with Monday beef stew and corn bread plus sandwiches and fruit, Tuesday barbecued luncheon meat with scalloped potatoes and spinach, Wednesday goulash with carrot sticks and fruit, Thursday Spanish rice with bread and milk, and Friday tuna noodle casserole with egg salad and peaches.
Christmas and New Year social visits in Fremont area
The report lists numerous Cedar Rapids, Sacramento, Waverly, Iron River and nearby residents visiting or hosting events in Fremont. Several couples and families including Svoboda, Ganske, Dettmer, Wikner, Hoppenworth, hei nemann, Kirchhoff, Chapin, Clausing, Platte, Schweer and others are shown visiting each other for Christmas dinners, New Year’s gatherings and weekend calls, with multiple interlinked visits noted across towns.
Readlyn social notes show local visits and travel
Mrs. Mary Deverding and Mrs. Elda Hartmann visited in the Wm. Everding home Thursday. Dinner guests Sunday in the Earl Rommel home included Frank Reis, Steve and Cindy, and others from Oelwein and Wallingford. Mrs. Elda Hartman and Mrs. Adella Buhrow joined Mr. and Mrs. Soren Jacobsen to Waterloo Friday. Buhrow seeks therapy there.
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Adella Buhrow
Soren Jacobsen
Waterloo
Mrs. Buhrow
Readilyn and Kirchhoff Guests at Supper Gatherings
Social notes list numerous visits and guest receptions in Readlyn Buck Creek and surrounding towns. Readiyn and Debbie Kirchhoff joined the Moellers for supper, with many families hosting and visiting through New Year and weekend gatherings. A bridal shower for Marlys Dancer is noted along with teaching duties resuming for Carol Blume.
Walther and Brandt Families Entertain House Guests
Denver couple Mr and Mrs Phillip Walther of Waterloo visited the August Walther home Sunday. Albert Thiemann and his niece Lucinda Brandt were New Year guests in the Lawrence Brandt home near Waverly. Elmer Buhr and family called on the Richmann home Wednesday evening. Thomas Woodall hosted a New Year dinner for relatives. John Schlueter of Paulina and Emma Buckenthal of New Hampton visited Fred Paul’s home last weekend. Sunday evening visitors included Jack Schleuter of Cedar Rapids and Harold Paul family. Mrs Henry Koepke hosted the Happy Hour club Friday evening. Mrs Clara Schneer is recovering after a heart attack at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Shop in Tripoli.
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Fred Westendorf
Zion Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Paul Treloar
Arthur Aschbrenner
Paul Liebau
Waverly
Ed Braunn
Vernon
Herbert Plaster
Lydia Aschbrenner
L. A. Ludwig
Robert Corkery
May
Margaret Corkery
John Corkery
Tom Murphy
Marvel Wolfgram
al Wolfgram
Herman Keding
Tripoli
Harold Frisch
Sumner Hospital
Donald Legh
Sumner
Leghs
Elmer Timm
Arthur Brandt
John McClain
Westgate
Earl Brandt
Edwin Dedor
Ronnie
Joan
Martin Weidler
New Hampton
Judy Dedor
Minneapolis
Edwin Dedors
Theron Ackerman
Cedar Rapids
George Ross
Orval Niemeyer
Dale
Betty
Arthur Niemeyer
Dennis
Cletus Miller
Wanda Hayes
Phillip Walther
Waterloo
August Walther
Albert Thiemann
Lucinda Brandt
Lawrence Brandt
Elmer Buhr
Richmann
Thomas Woodall
John Schlueter
Paulina
Emma Buckendahl
Fred Paul
Jack Schleuter
Harold Paul
Henry Koepke
Happy Hour Club
Clara Schneer
Allen Memorial Hospital
Knittel Rev Dornbusch installs church officers at St Matthew
Rev Erich Dornbusch installed officers at St Matthew s Lutheran church on Sunday morning naming Ervin Stahlhut as church chairman Brotherhood officers include Wilbert Peters president Albert Ganske vice president George Drewis secretary Kenneth Heineman treasurer. Martha Circle presidents Mrs George Drewis and Mrs Kenneth Heineman treasurer Mary Circle vice president Mrs Willis Sauer brei secretary Mrs Elmer Schneer and educational secretary Mrs Ronald Beevers. Mitchell Wayne infant son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Sauerbrei was baptized with sponsors Robert Petersen Walter Sauerbrei Jr Ervin Petersen and Walter Sauerbrei Sr. Dinner at Ervin Petersen home followed for sponsors families and Rev and Mrs Erich Dornbusch and David and Mrs Christena Oberman. New Year s guests Mr and Mrs Arnold Platte. Carl Platte and Waltery spent Sunday with Arnold Platte.
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Erich Dornbusch
St. Matthew’s Lutheran
Ervin
Ervin Petersen
Erich J. Dornbusch
David
Christena Oberman
Arnold Platte
Chris Petersen
Carl Platte
Waverly
North Dakota College and Civil Service Dates
North Dakota Agricultural College was created by an 1890 legislative act. The United States Civil Service Commission was organized in 1883.
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North Dakota Agricultural College
United States Civil Service Commission
Grant assumes full command of Union forces in 1864
Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant takes overall command of Union armies on March 10, 1864, signaling a major reorganization of the Union war effort and a new phase in the Civil War.
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U. S. Grant
Oberlin College History Emerges From Early Charters
Oberlin College began as Oberlin Collegiate Institute in 1834 after its 1833 founding. The institution evolved from a small religious school to a notable liberal arts college with a long, documented chartering path.
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Oberlin College
Oberlin Collegiate Institute
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PHE
Iowa
Joe Volker
St. John's Lutheran Church
Buck Creek
William Kraemer
Berdina
Gottlieb
Emma Seehase
Roger
Jerald
Ronald
Jeanette) Lundberg
Sharon
Louis Westendorf
Paul
Herbert
Reinhart
Arnold
Volker
Lundberg
Jeanette Volker
Ronald Lundberg
U. S. Navy
L. Lundberg
Charles Boody
Jesup
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Minnesota
Naval Air Base
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Station, Hawaii
Delwin Meier
LaVern Meier
Ronald Gaede
Roy Gaede
Gaede
Delwin
Norman Kuepker
Joy Ann Vanderly
Des Moines
Paul Zabel
Charles Kuepker
Miss Vanderly
Dale Vanderly
Afton
David Kuepker
John Mobbs
Rowley
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Independence
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Robert Cannon
Fred
Fayette
Archie
Phillip
David Niedert
Paul Beckman
Salem E.U.B
Klinger
Roger Buck
Lawrence Matthias
Vernon Poock
Ed Rathe
Frieda Huebner
Vernon Matthias
Walter Hesse
Arlin Matthias
Charles Buenzow
Storm Lake
Donald Newell
Omaha
Carl Everding
Elsie Buenzow
Jefferson
Wis
Osage
Everding
Reinhart Zars
Texas
Walter Sauerbrei
Elda Hartmann
Neil Hartmann
Brenda
Denver
Otto Hartman
Karen
Lawrence Steege
Carol
Fredericksburg
Elmer Buls
Joyce
Virgil Hartman
Paulette
Kevin
Cheryl
Elmer Kuethe
Henry Weber
Martha Rueker
al Judas
Ida Judas
Rinehart
Poli
Fremont
Ruth Svoboda
Steve
Virgil Schwabe
Charles Ganske
W. L. Ganske
Ivan Phillis
Iron River
Mich
Robert Ganske
Jay
Timmy
Peggy
Sacramento
Cal
W. H. Ganske
Virgil Schwake
Leslie Dettmer
Emil Tiedt
Lyle Bergmann
E. C. Heinemann
Vernon Wikner
K. H. Hoppenworth
Joe Kroblin
Council Bluffs
Dennis Kirchhoff
Vada Platte
Robert Chapin
Elmer Clausing
Fred Brase
Dean and
Craig
Wilbert Bunger
Alfred Schweer
Stanley Buhrow
Donald Schweer
Herb Judisch
Phillips Gas and Oils
Towne’s 66
Readiyn
Debbie Kirchhoff
Lloyd Moeller
Vernon Kirchhoff
Diane Moeller
Paul Kappmeyer
Anna Kappmeyer
Clara
Lizzie Rathe
Lawrence Arns
Herman Rathe
Ernest Barkknecht
Orville Wolfgram
Glen Wolfgram
Oliver Brewer
Ed Lohmann
Paul Huebner
Louie Dorn
Susan Lohmann
Ed Selck
Ernest Spier
Dunkerton
Arnold Stromer
Marlys Dancer
Marvin Dancer
Henry Seelhammer
Elmer Towne
Barbara
James Wolf
Arnold Westendorf
Mary
Betty Ann Judas
Elmer Judas
Kuturah Spier
Beverly
Arnold Zander
Patricia
Susan
Karla
Leighton Sommer
Virgil Moeller
Bonnie
Lester Peters
Louis Gienau
Herbert Niemeyer
Myrna
Grant Grove
Oren Hinecker
Myrna Niemeyer
Phyllis Schnurstein
Marjorie
Marilyn Blume
Carol Blume
Young America
Herbert Blume
Lawrence Bockhaus
John Berlin
Ben Moeller
Oscar Kohagen
Helena Doepke
Everett Hildebrandt
Ronald Nielsen
Cedar Falls
Janet Hildebrandt
Harmon Hildebrandt
Jerry Snelling
Lawrence Snelling
Ewald Miller
Erhardt Lahmann
Ewald Lahmann
Herbert Miller
Ward Reinhardt
Erwin Hoppenworth
Wm. Oberleu
Asst
Tripoli, Iowa
Gohmson + Johnson
O'Brien
American Savings Bank
United States
Melvin Krumm
C. C. Eichmann
R. L. Cousin
Carl E. Hagemann
R. R. Downing
State of Iowa
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