Cards of Thanks and Retirement Acknowledgments
A collection of thanks notices from multiple families. Messages express gratitude for prayers memorials flowers cards food and kindness after losses and for retirement and anniversaries. Names include Mrs Perry Crittenden Mr James Crittenden Mrs Lu Anne Wood Miss Cassie Critten den Rev and Mrs Geo J Gundel Mrs Fred Stoffregen and families and many friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Crittenden
James Crittenden
Luanne Wood
Cassie Crittenden
Crane Creek Church
Geo. J. Gundel
Denver American Legion
Fred Stoffregen
Raymond Thurm
Garylee Thurm
Eugene Thurm
Anna Kelling
Art L. Kelling
Herb
Elvera Blume
Leland Alcock
Sumner Rites Honor Longtime Residents and Engagemen
Mrs. Carl Reuter 74 died Saturday at home. funeral May 1 at St. Paul Lutheran. Alvina Gienapp, born 1899 in Delaware, married Carl Reuter in 1926. they started Reuter Truck Line and lived in Sumner Waterloo and Manchester. Survived by husband two sons two daughters and numerous relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Reuter
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Union Mound Cemetery
Douglas Corniels
Alvina Louise
William and
Frederika (Voelker) Gienapp
Delaware
Sartori Hospital
Cedar Falls
West Union
Reuter
Waterloo
Sumner
Carl
Steve
James
Manchester
Frances Nilges
Scholtz Hospital
United Methodist Church
Adair
Iowa
Robert MacCannon
Olde
Myrtle (Campbell) Wortman
Paul Nilges
Atlantic
Rolfe
Britt
Dale
Elma
Dean
Donald
Darlene) Haasemeier
Corwith
Arthur Vortman
Garland Vortman
Boone
Vista Hundley
Marshalltown
Peggy
Milton Federer
Margaret
James Harris
Florence Harris
Waukon
St. John American Lutheran Church
Postville
Black Hawk Construction
Beverly
Dale Weidemann
Lester Weidemann
Hawkeye
Federer
First National Bank
United ‘Building Center
Floyd Stumme
Robert McGrumphy
John Allen
Estherville
Howard Frisch
David Thompson
Elk Grove
Ill
Oliver Winter
Lloyd Ludwig
George Kane
Mary
St. Paul
Minn
Ann Marie Kane
Chicago
Vesta Rhea
Albert Rees
Sigourney
Ann Hall
Oskaloosa
Will Adrian
Sylvia
Phyllis Pagel
Debbie Dubal
Larry Craft
Central Christian Church
Robert Wignall
Tracy
Harold Rooker
Banks Study Club
Kansas City
Jackson County
Truman Library
Electronic Computer Programming Institute
Police Dept
Elmer Timm
George Ross
Harpers Ferry
Thomas Murphy
Marvel Wolfgram
Webster City
Robert Corkery
Mary Corkery
John Corkery
al Wolfgram
Lloyd Ladwig
Ladwig
Record of 1100 pound Poland China hog in Iowa history
A photographed 1100 pound Poland China hog named Colossal Orange is traced from H. W. Meier on a Tripoli farm to Panzer Produce in Tripoli. The photo was found by Earl Mestad of Evansdale and later studied by Louis Platte, with notes on sale to Chicago in 1921 for six dollars per hundred weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
H. W. Meier
Tripoli
Lorenz Meier
Earl Mestad
Evansdale
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Route 2
Louis Platte
Mestad
Gus Panzer
Panzer Produce
Chicago
Panzer
Church notes and services across multiple congregations
A regional church schedule lists services for St John’s United Church of Christ St Paul’s Siegel Bid Faith United Tripoli Grace Lutheran and United Methodist Frederika and other area churches. It covers worship times Sunday school confirmations choirs and council meetings through May with event notes and receptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Luther League
ST. John’s
United Methodist Church
Frederika
James S. Pittman
Richard F. Gronewold
Barbara Lampe
Mary McBride
Carla Jaschen
Bruce Lampe
Waterloo
Zion Lutheran Church
Faith United Church OF Christ
Church Council
Women’s Fellowship
ST. Paul's Lutheran Church
Siegel
Meyer
ALCW
Church Council & Finance Committee
Ray's Dry Cleaning Promises Germ and Moth Control
A local dry cleaning ad urges customers to send clothing to Ray's to kill moth eggs larvae and germs hidden in garments, emphasizing effective protection and urging action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray’s
Take It or Leave It: A Family Mealtime Dilemma
A childhood memory recalls a simple at table choice two options take the meal or skip it. The note captures a young narrator and their family's dining routine with a blunt parental rule.
Bremer 4 H'er To National 4 H Conference
Kristi Dienst of Waverly was named one of four Iowa delegates to the National 4 H Conference. The honor was celebrated with a Bon Voyage breakfast at Des Moines Municipal Airport April 14, with Governor Ray and Iowa officials in attendance. The conference runs April 15 21 at the National 4 H Center near Washington DC, including Capitol Hill visits and a White House tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kristi Dienst
al Dienst
Waverly
Iowa
Cloud Room
Des Moines
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Iowa Farm Register
Robert D. Ray
Robert Lounsberry
D.C
Center
Capitol Hill
White House
Tripoli Theatre Event Sparks Local Gathering in May 1973
In Tripoli Iowa on May 2 1973 a theatre performance drew attention as delegates Kristi Dienst Rose Dolan Darrell Frey and Paul Schomberg represented counties at a national gathering. The Kitchen Band from United Church of Christ performed at the Mt Vernon Township church during a mother daughter banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
National 41
Kristi Dienst
Waverly
Mer County
Rose Dolan
Chester
B County
Darrell Frey
Henderson
Millsi
Paul Schomberg
Lone Johnson County
United Church of Christ
Mt. Vernon Twp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maytag
Dial
Frederika Locker
1St Ave
N.E. Ph
N.W
Daniel Drape
Apt
Anchorage
Alaska
North Main
Erwin Biermann
Orville Schumacher
Valspar’s
Valentine Line
Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Company
Moeller’s
Artesian
Walt’s Electric
W. Prospect
New Hampton
Moeller Construction Co
Beki Sassman
Janell Lahmann
C. J. Jahnke
Bremer
Leland
Colburn
Earl
James Nuss
Tripoli Hardware
Virgil Bull
Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Co
Farmers Grain & Feed
Tri-Fab, Inc
American Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
ST. Paul’s Lutheran
Gary D. Georgi
Trinity Lutheran Church
ST. John‘s Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Glenn Kappelmann
Miriam Circle
Hulda Hesse
Larry Kuecker
Pam Gann
Lydia
Vernon Kirchhoff
GLCW
Esther
Rebecca
Ruth
Martha
ST. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Readlyn, Iowa
John Albrecht
Dan
Renae Beevers
Zion Lath
Jim Macken
ST. John’s Lutheran Church
Western Douglas
James A. Mattson
Ray
Clothiers & Cleaners
Gustav Brase
St. John’s Luthers Lors
Viola Schwemm
Brase
St. Paulgeran Church
Lorenz
Plainfield
Marian Schortau
Fredericksburg
Rolanderly
Elaine Gauger
Tucson
Ariz
Nyberg
Schildroth, Inc
Towa
Minnesota
Verne Schildroth
Toro
Bergmann Insurance Agent
Edgar Bergmann - Or - Allen
Frederika Plainfield
Kris and
Her
Kristelairs
Rosol
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