Local church notices and community updates
Worship services and sermons at multiple churches are listed along with Sunday school times and youth activities. The Sumner area reports baptisms, weddings, and anniversaries, plus several obituaries, fire call, and community events including reunions, firefighter updates, and notes on local weddings and births.
Funeral notices and obituaries from Sumner and Oelwein
Mrs Floyd Hoth 60 died after a four week illness. Service and burial were held at Salem EUB with Rev Paul Beckman officiating. Hilda Pauline Schmidt, born May 13 in Bat Haven Kan, married Floyd in 1998 at Zttthe Bron church. Survived by husband, three children, three grandchildren, sister Clara Mueller. Twin infant deaths noted. Former resident Kiteford, 80, died at home in Oelwein after years on a farm. details incomplete.
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Randalia Methodist Church
Dunham Grove
J. A. Nelson
Randalia
Clyde Scott
Sumner
Whiteford
Lee County
Owen
Everett Breneman
London
Darlene Joyce Mohr
John Mohr
Thomas Lee O'Brien
Everett O’brien
St. John American Lutheran Church
St. John Parish House
Luther College
O'Brien
State University of Iowa
Luther College Barracks
Martha Potratz Crawford
Des Moines
Dunn Funeral Home
Ernest Potratz
E. E. Potratz
Ella Platte
Minnie Kretzschmar
Waverly
Ruth Fritz
Hawke
Robert Meyer
LeRoy Gray
Daryl Minard
Robert Kroeger
Harry Wade
Cloquet
Minn
Wade
Elsie Rose Timm
Elmer Timm
Charles Duhrkopf
Primghar
R. E. Duhrkopf
G. N. Treloar and Sons
Howard Treloar
Richard
Waterloo
Mary Ludwig
Cedar Falls
Lloyd Klotz
Robert Trevar
L. R. Ludwig
Patricia Gitch
Cedar Rapids
Sumner Hospital
Arnold Gitch
John McClain
Westgate
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Michael Alan
McClain
Luella Timm
Lavern Plaster
Washburn
Ed Flanscha
Herbert Plaster
Plaster
Ed Braun
Verena
Fredericksburg
St. Joseph's Hospital
New Hampton
Erwin Rucker
Bevyerly
Artesian
Marvin Young
Brainerd
Arthur Frisch
Minnie Westendorf
Werner Westendorf
Jack Steidler
Emil Spier
Readlyn
E. A. Thurm
Fairbank
E. A. Devis
Mesa
Ariz
Marcia Gentry
Petratz
Sumner Park
Walter Kuepker
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Lydia Aschbrenner
Paul Braun
Emil Lanton
H. H. Lease
Nettie Wilkins
Hollis Hunt
Peggy Lamprecht
Hopkinsville
State College of Iowa
Leona Gerhardt
Alma Reinhart
Cresco
Ruth Haeflinger
Grundy Center
Iowa Falls
Ted Anders
Phoenix
Floyd Hoth
Inner Hospital
Salem Eub Arch
Zionceme NY
Paul Beckman
Hilda Pauline Schmidt
Henry
Lena Borchertng Schmidt
Bat Haven
Kan
Umney
Floydee
Sumner Yors
Roger Hoppen- On
Artur
Newton
Clara Mueller
Smouth
Plate Kiteford
Yean
Mer
Wedding showers and family gatherings in Waverly area
A sequence of neighborhood social events spans weddings birthdays and anniversaries. Hosts Mr and Mrs Sherwood Pleggenkuhle and others welcomed guests from Waverly Denver Clarksville Plainfield Republic and Waterloo while Alma McDermott and Kristi celebrated milestones with relatives and friends across several towns.
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Ruth
Clarence Haeflinger
Anaheim
Calif
John Corkery
Margaret
Robert Corkery
L. R. Ludwig
Marvel Wolfgram
al Wolfgram
Arnold Weidler
Jerry Weidler
Boston
Sherwood Pleggenkuhle
Steve Clark
Waverly
Robert Edgar
Art Sohle
Edwin Schroeder
Wm. DePeuw
Harold Luchenberg
Richard Schwab
Ralph Bart
E. F. Lawton
Ray
Olive Mae Lease
Sumner
Roscoe Frank
Elmer Baier
Waterloo
Harold Mueller
Harold Wente
A. W. French
Denver
Miriam French
McDermott
Frederika
William Hagedorn
Orvillle Oltrogge
Bert Parker
L. B. Parker
Republic
Gilbert Long
Leo Moody
Lester Buenger
Wm. Bremnan
Alfred Bull
Keith Carroll
Fredric Rewoldt
Joe Truax
Ralph Drewis
Harlan Schilling
Iowa City
Carol Sherman
Irene Sherman
Bruce Schilling
Melvin Bergmann
Tripoli
Clarence Bergmann
Alvin Bergmann
J. C. Ruehs
Will Ruehs
Horton
Alvin Hahn
Buengers
Dennison Leitch
Charles City
Oren Hinecker
Wayne Bravener
Herbert Sonday
Lawrence Schwartz
Marilyn
Robert Bergmann
William Bravener
Kent Stephen
C. C. Clary
Gary Stephen
Earl Schneider
New Hampton
Gary Bahlmann
Stanley Bahlmann
Harry Bockhaus
Vern Bockhaus
Kristi
Gold Coast West Africa Known as the White Man's Grave
The phrase White Man's Grave labels the Gold Coast region in West Africa for extreme disease and mortality faced by European colonialists and traders during historical contact and exploration.
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Gold Coast
West Africa
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Puhlmann
Humility
Marvin Dancer
South Park
Freese
Ben _ Larry Ormston
Diane Sch
Phyllis Buchholz
ODIST
Frederika Lloyd Bair
St. John's Lutheran Frederika
W. H. Klein
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed
Siegel W. D. Weidler
Schoor
Young People’s League
ST. John's Lutheran
Western
Douglas W. H. Lindquist
St. Paul's Theran Church
Wartlg College
Luther League
Ithe Scharnhors
Daisy Shales
Clifford Douglass
J. M. Murphy
Miss Lamprecht
Pfc
Neil Schwabe
A. J. Haag
Earl Petcher
Adam Potratz
Raymond Giesemann
Sumner Junior Chamber of Commerce
John Christiansen
Merlin Borcherding
Willys Fritz
Paul Wittrock
Laverne Lampe
Duane Buenzow
Robert Dahrkopf
Meadowbrook Country Club
Ken Hartung
Jim Thies
Dale Schluter
Sumner Rotary Club
Meadowbrook
Walter Hetzel
Ames
Waterloo Rotary Club
Granneman
August Granneman
Hawkeye
Emerson - Gersonde Chapel
Far! Epperson
Lillian Federer
Romaine Brase Farm
Here
Owa
Wallace Tucker
Buffalo Center
John Johnson
Very Johnson
Donald DeWald
Wesley Mahlstedt
Lawrence Johnson
Everett Johnson
LeLand Bergmann
Lionel
Siegel
Waldo Ruehs
Western Douglas
Dixie
Sheila Ruehs
Stanley Bahilmann
Jeffrey
Debby
Ed Treloar
Waucoma
PennZoil
Buhr
Tripoli Sales Co., Inc
J. M. Snyder
Mgr
Phone
Jowa
Ray’s Clothiers & Cleaners
Tripoli, Iowa
Block & Klemp
Navaaoo Ski
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