Sumner Community Mourns Multiple Obituaries and Notices
Obituaries report the unexpected death of A Heyer 61 of Sumner due to a heart attack at Sumner Hospital and memorials for Mae Koch Florence Loeffelhardt and other residents. Engagements and marriages are announced for Bernice Corkey and Melvin McCrea and Jeanette Watkins and Lt Joy Snyder. Also noted are church resignations, furloughs, hospitalizations, and local social notices from Sumner and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Lee Watkins
Bel Mar
N. J
W. A. Heyer
Marshalltown
Donald Artman
Banks B
Virginia
Pamela Racouriez
Ixie Baier
Donald Gaede
Robert Figenbaum
Melvin Judisch
Willis Potratz
Rausch Brother Dies Unexpectedly in Lincoln
Victor Rausch aged 53 died of heart attack in Lincoln Nebraska on a Friday morning. Fredericka Arlie Rausch notified family and friends, with funeral and burial held in North Platte. The notice lists many relatives and a busy period of travel and social visits across multiple Iowa towns and surrounding states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Heyer
Sumner
Charles
Mirl
Robert Cismouski
Upland
Calif
Robert Fridley
Ella Mueller
George Butcher
Portand
Ore
Erwin
Claude
Walter
Berg Funeral Home
Ms. John’s American Lutheran Church
Lutheran Cemetery
John Mohr
Arlie Rausch
Victor Rausch
Lincoln
Nebr
N. Y
Joe Truax
Don Baker
Cedar Falls
Paul Smith
Bruce Smith
Muriel Smith
Nellie Smith
Mary Thompson
Frances Kibbs
Carol
Irene Sherman
Mollie Thompson
Watsons
Bockhaus Cabin
Mrs
Carol and
Local Family Visits and Club Gatherings Highlight Week
OnG family and D. onG visiting Albert and wife in town. Al Wolfgram and family with Mr. and Mrs. de Ludwig visited Dale Wilson family in Wadena Sunday. Roberta Harnisch hosted Sumner Stars 4-H at her home Monday July 9. Rainbow Girls hold July 11 instruction day with park potluck. Friendly Birthday club guests at J. H. Olsen home Waterloo for birthday observances and gifts. Ray Surly attended. Barbara and Rebecca Olsen of Cedar Falls helped grandmother with serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rosel
Mervin Buss
Streator
Ill
Buss
Francis Wiremann
Janesville
Stanley Bahlmann
Frank Johnson
Harry Pepperling
Waterloo
Elmer Drape
Ernest Kammeyer
Tripoli
Larry Rosol
Mary Rosol
Waverly
Lawrence Meier
Fredericksburg
C. C. Clary
Ethel Carney
Robert Carney
Johnny Waterloo
Minnesota
Ernest Harnisch
Robert Harnisch
Sumner
Fred Benz
Roy Schmudlach
Marilyn
Walter Schmudlach
Robert Pries
David
Ackley
Theron Carroll
Gus Schwabe
Harmony
Minn
Velva Stephen
Edwin Bender
Ervin Bender
Ontarioville
Lawrence Moeller
Readlyn
John Albrecht
Ewald Miller
Keith Carroll
Leo Cooley
Harold Foelske
Denver
Charles Testorff
Albert
Ernest Testorff
Jimmy Lampe
Marian Drewis
Lillie Rathbone
Lloyd Jordan
D. L. Carver
W. H. Sassmann
Billy
Harold Mueller
A. W. French
William Bruch
Near Sumner
A. H. Jahnke
Ong
Hmory
Albert Petratz
al Wolfgram
de Ludwig
Dale Wilson
Wadena
Roberta Harnisch
Sumner Stars 4-H Club
Order of Rainbow Girls
Park
Friendly Birthday Club
J. H. Olsen
Ed Braun
Fred Grahlmann
Olsen
Ray Surly
Barbara
Rebecca Olsen
Cedar Falls
Denver Birthday and Scout Camp Attendance
Connie Sue Degelau celebrated her fifth birthday on July 3 with 11 guests at a slumber party. July 4 visits included Alvin Sassmann and family, Floyd Sassmann and family, at the Sassmann home near Fredrika. Ed Kohagen hosted visits from Mervin Seegers and family near Amber. Augusta Telshow and Addie from Chicago stayed with the Kohagens. Denver boys Norman Schumacher Robert Kurftt and Wil attended a Scout camp session this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Sue
Harold Degelau
Alvin Sassmann
Floyd Sassmann
Alvin Sassmann Jr
Frederika
Ed Kohagen
Mervin Seegers
Amber
Augusta Telshow
Addie
Chicago
Denver
Norman Schumacher
Robert Kurftt
Wil
Scratch Me Not With Itch Me Not Product Ad
An advertisement promotes ITCH-ME-NOT from Drever Drug Co offering an instant drying remedy for eczema ringworm insect bites and surface itching. The copy promises relief within 125 minutes and a 40 cent price at participating drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drever Drug CO
Readlyn Families Rejoice and Travel Over July Fourth
Readlyn residents and relatives are mentioned across a flurry of family gatherings travels and visits. Activities include furloughs from Fort Sill, Thomas Woodall family reunion in Des Moines, trips to Topeka Milwaukee and New York, and several local gatherings around Clarksville Des Moines and Readlyn. A Salvation Army fund appeal reports a fairly good return toward a 110 dollar local quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Elston
Fort Sill
Oklo
Louis Bitterley
Salvation Army Service Unit Committee
Eldon Konarske
Art Nicol
Evelyn
Paul Konarske
Don Knapp
Clarksville
Thomas Woodall
Dennis
McRae Park
Des Moines
Woodall
Cable Worker In LeMars Hit By Slipping Cable
Francis Willer of LeMars was hospitalized after a freak accident at the freight depot. While assisting in moving a train car with a cable, the line snapped and struck him causing injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Willer
LeMars
The Sun Dial as Early Time Measuring Instrument
The sun dial is identified as likely the earliest device used to measure time, reflecting an ancient approach to tracking hours by the sun's shadow.
Trucker Killed in Quarry Accident Near Marion
Arthur Joslin age 24 of Anamosa died in a quarry accident near Marion when his truck slid from a sand pile and trapped him in the cab. He had been married just one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Joslin
Anamosa
Marion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mael Louise Koch
St. John’s American Lutheran Church
Berg
Koch
Louis Floden
Oelwein
Conrad Nolte
Umner
Fred Koch
Darwin Fink
Alfred
Varand
Carl
Seattle
Wash
Bernard
Sumer
Mary Nolte
Flornee Loeffelhardt
Sheffield
Loeffelhardt
Pauline
Florence Dawson
John Dawon
Umner High School
Iight
Gail
John Westpahl
Whittier
Fred Mashner
First Baptist Church
Bethel Baptist Church
Sheboygen
Wis
Mashner
Midland
Mich
Pound
Cecil Corkey
Bernice Ann
Melvin McCrea
Hary McCrea
Independence
Miss Corkey
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
W.S.C.S
The
Methodist Church
David West
Henry Meier
Orville Meier
Kiam Ardren
Keith Smith
Dennis Saltzman
Kenneth Lahmann
Paul Thurm
LeRoy Kohagen
Stanley Sassmann
Leon Schumacher
Tonny Place
Jerry Kiemp
Arthur Matthias
Jerry Johnson
Tim Sullivan
Denver City Park
Kenneth Burns
St. Paul
Burns
Henry Koepke
Geo. Buhr
Glen Koepke
City Hall
la Porte City
Larry
Judy Burns
Geo. Borchers
Key West
Fla
Kansas City
New Orleans
Florida
Miami
Atlanta
Georgia
Peoria
Home
B. L. Porters
Yellowstone National Park
Washington
California
Colorado
Alfred Buhrow
Marvin Morgan
Virgil Bruns
Masonville
Shiplap
Iowa
Duane Holm
Late Fane
Eugene Thurm
Raymond Thurm
Elmer Thurm
Eldo Platte
Topeka
Kan
al Messerschmidt
Mmes Platte
Messerschmidt
Art Sassmann
Ted Platte
Carl Schneider
Anna Schneider
Roger Fees
Huntley
Iil
Donald Wittenburg
Milwaukee
Harold Milton
Wilbur Gielau
New
York
Leo Wittenburg
August Wille
Julius Wille
Kathy
Art Kirskoff
Ernest Wille
Dora Wille
Roach Farms, Inc. Realtors
Plainfield, Iowa
Yim Ray
Bock
4Th St. N.W
Elden's Photography Service
Waverly, Iowa
Eh Haat
Block’s Auto Service
Tripoli, Iowa
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