Local social notices from area gatherings and visits
A long list of Sunday and weekday visits, dinners, and birthday observances across families in Waverly, Waterloo, Sumner, Parkersburg, Oelwein, and surrounding towns. Residents attended services, hosted guests, traveled for eye checkups, and shared family events from Osborn to Denver and beyond. Significant travel includes Mohling's Vietnam tour return and Frankfurt posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bremer
Gerald Harken
Shell Rock
Ed Matt
Chapel of Memories West
Waterloo
J. P. Wedemeier
Denver
Wilbert Frahm
Janell
Larry Judisch
Waverly
Lawain Judisch
Paul Judisch
Duane Judisch
Brent
Jo Ellen Miller
LaVern Schmidt
Vernon Moeller
Dale Mohling
Vietnam
Mohlings
Frankfurt
Germany
Ed McNamee
Minneapolis
Paul McNamee
Melborne
Florida
Jay Rigdon
Carl Zabel
Wm. Leverence
Elmer Schneer
Marlowe Gaede
Eugene Zabel
Clara Zabel
Lawrence Zabel
Jack Flynn
Wm. Zabel
Fredericksburg
John Ohlendorf
Sumner
Melvin Gaede
Bernard Miller
Zabel
Frederika Couple Honored at Golden Wedding Anniversary
Fred erika Mr and Mrs Jake Timmer celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary Sunday afternoon February 28 at St John Lutheran Church. About 120 relatives and friends from multiple Iowa towns attended. The couple wed February 25 1921 in Waverly and later moved to Frederika in 1956 after farming in Butler and Bremer counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. A. Chapin
L. H. Fink
Otto Rieck
VFW
Waverly
Jake Timmer
St. John Lutheran Church
Allison
Clarksville
Parkersburg
Cedar Falls
Elgin
New Hampton
Shell Rock
Ionia
Nashua
Hampton
Fredericksburg
Tripoli
Oelwein
Waterloo
Sumner
Frederika
Alvin Hahn
Fred
William Bravener
Nellie Modderman
Butler
Bremer Co
Latimer Couple Joins Peace Corps Mission to Africa
Mr and Mrs Glen Crabtree of rural Latimer depart March 3 for West Cameroon with the Peace Corps to serve two years. He becomes a general farming advisor while she aids women in teaching food preservation and sewing alongside about 60 fellow volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Crabtree
Latimer
Cameroon
Africa
Peace Corps
Sergeant Kastner Receives Bronze Star in Vietnam
Sgt. John Kastner, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Kastner of Yale, was awarded the Bronze Star by a major general in Vietnam. He will continue service as a tank driver in Vietnam until March 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
John Kastner
Carl Kastner
Yale
Vietnam
John
Fire near schoolhouse trims damage at roof edge
A small roof fire near the chimney at the school house was quickly extinguished Monday causing little damage. Bremer County resident Mrs. Conrad Becker died Thursday morning from a paralytic stroke. Leonard Buhrow and wife celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with relatives and friends. Tri Poli voters consider a $50 000 bond for a new town hall at the March 25 election. Floyd and Lawrence Gebert Robert Kuhrt Howard Holm Alene Koschmeder and Alfred Schneer were discharged from service or married at St. Matthew’s Church Readlyn on Feb 17. Ernest Hagen remains confined with a heart ailment with little improvement. Larry Hansen appointed local manager for Peoples Natural Gas Co in Tri Poli. Herman Reding and Herman Wittenburg celebrated their 45th wedding anniversaries at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Hagedorn
Leslie Hagedorn
New Hampton
Lester Buenger
Eugene Buenger
Tripoli
Eugene
Greg
Alfred Specht
Carolee
Mason City
Hamilton College
Becky Bockhaus
Elmer Bockhaus
Frederika
Hazel Bowers
Lyle Bowers
Herbert Sonday
Esther Burke
Waterloo
Charles Thoms
Hudson
Wayne Bravener
Roger Bergmann
Robert Bergmann
Sonday
Bravener
Alvin Bergmann
Harley Bergmann
Tripol
Elmer Buchholz Jr
Howard
Charles City
Ruben Engert
Art Jahnke
Fred Rewoldt
H. C. Frese
Waverly
Bill Studemann
Kim
Des Moines
Clarence Hassman
Jim Pester
Kenneth Bahlmann
Lynn Hassman
Stanley
Clarence
Hassman
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Joe Denner
Larry Hassman
Cedar Rapids
Wilson Dinsdale
Traer
Conrad Becker
Bremer County
Leonard Buhrow
Larry Hansen
Peoples Natural Gas Co
Herman Reding
Herman Wittenburg
Readlyn
Golden Anniversary and Funeral Notices Highlight Tripoli News
Multiple items from Tripoli Iowa report obituaries for J F Rathe 87 Anna Hale 88 Martha Pries 75 Theo Peters 75 and Louis Gaede 80 as well as wedding Barbara Rathe Jurgen Lohnert at Readlyn. The VFW hosts the 3rd District meet and local wrestlers advance to state. Blood donation totals 109 pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Rathe
Readlyn
Congregational Church
Anna Hale
Tripoli
Dan Mast
Wim. A
Wm. D. Kuker
Martha Pries
Waverly
Louis Gaede
Allen Hospital
Tripoli Vfw
Theo. Peters
Tripoli Nursing Home
Tripoli Pantherettes
Barbara Rathe
Jurgen Lohnert
Also Mentioned on This Page
Covents
George Bisby
H. H. Bull
Henry Ulrichs
K. C. Frank
L. H
F. J. Meyerly
Erhardt Lahmann
Fred Brase
Munday
Rs. Herman Brase
Elmer Clausing
Vernon Quade
Gertrude
Robert Home
Hulda Schilling
Clarence Tonner
Louie Tonne
Alma Ohlendorf
Sumner Srs
Henry Red Trinity Lutheran Church
Erich Dorn
Cirthe Maxfield Lutheran
Arnold Thalacker
Sweden House
Rev
Dornbusch
Richard Happel
Paul Kappmeyer
H. L. Harms
Ernest Haase
Erwin Bock
Wesley Gebert
Herman Gebert
Marvin Brley
Lester Kalkbrenner
Earl Brandt
Art Brandt
Ada Bussey
Iowa City
Walter Tarter
Carolin and
Kenley
Ruth Woodcock
Gary Klenzmann
Dawn
Ray Bloem
David
Kristie Bloem
Fred and
Lawrence Buss
Elroy Leistikow
Kristie
James Zander
James Leistikow
Fairbank
Edwin Zander
H. H. Buls
Lorin Hagen
James Damon
Lloyd Buls
Barbara
Teresa
W. H. Bockhaus
Darlene Holm
Oe Dodd
Rosenthal
Leon Treptow
Edw
Henry Bahlmann
Mabel Hagen
Ernest
Louis Tietje
Ida Wendt
Carl Abbas
Jim Abbas
Lisa
Larry Abbas
Camp Pendelton
Calif
Viet Nam
Dale Abbas
Dike
Hawkeye
Henry Maurer
Sharon Buenger
Sandy Forney
Bertha Ward
Clinton Ward
Rockford
Wayne Mobblis
Westgate
Elia Lemke
Veterans Auxiliary
William Ganske
Ernest Nuss
Henry Scheddler
Art Tegtmeier
Mark
Michelle Munson
Art Munson Jr
James Buchholz
Sonia
Melvin Schwartz
Harold O'Connell
Tripoli Twinklers 4-H Club
Fact Club
Leigh Gleason
Carol Hunemuller
Margaret Buenger
Pat Warner
Ruby Greenless
Kaye Osborn
Ake
Tippy
PKI
Ing Jos
Ibs
Rath Ham
Wilson
Vac
Sunkist
Pacacks
Swaukee
UN Cola
Pepsi Cola
Pac
the Farmers Store
Hias
Iowa
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Floyd
Lawrence Gebert
Robert Kuhrt
Howard Holm
Alene Koschmeder
Alfred Schneer
St. Matthew's Church
Ernest Hagen
Ernest Brase
Mike Harms
Steve Blasberg
Randy Neuendorf
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