Sumner Hometown News Briefs Embrace Life Events
New officers of the Rainbow Order of Girls are installed with Deanne Walker as Worthy Advisor and Debi Giese as Service. Obituaries note Thomas J. Durant Jr. dies in Michigan after years in Sumner, and Otto Schumacher marks 50th wedding anniversary. Various engagements, military news, baptisms, and local visits fill the community page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Rainbow Order of Girls
Deanne Walker
Randi Johnson
Debbie Pagel
Charity
Rebecca Haw
Hope
Debbie Lane
Norette Becker
Shirley Everhart
Christy Volker
Robin Shaner
Confidential Observer
Kathy Griffin
Outer Observer
Carol Harms
Carol McDonald
Kay Harms
Beth Moran
Barb Milnes
Rhonda Moser
Nature
Julie Tremaine
Rosemary Becker
Fidelity
Elva Walker
Debi Giese
Service
Thomas J. Durant, Jr
Sumner
Berrien Center Hospital
Mich
Emerson-Milnes Funeral
Union Mound Cemetery
Lynn King
Birthday greetings and social notes from Tripoli area
A pre Mother’s Day dinner was held at the Elmer Timm home with many family members attending. Several trips and visits are noted, including hospital gatherings, relatives in Waterloo, Williamsburg, and Sumner, and a wedding party attendance in Minneapolis. A two car accident near Readlyn injured several locals. Birth announcements list boys and girls to local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Elmer Timm
Lyle Timm
Lisa
Vernon
Herman Frisch
Robert Richmond
Patricia
Rickie
T. E. Ackerman
John McClain
Lonna Wickman
Edna Paschual
Waucoma
Larry Mee- Cue
Will Tissue
Rex Tissue
William Sneller
Cedar Falls
Clarence
George Gersonde
A. J. McKinney
Glen Nelson
Son Dale
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Readlyn
John Gorman
William Cross
Robert Varnum
University Hospital
Iowa City
George Werner
Williamsburg
Norman Jensen
Sibley
Robert Lohmann
Alfred Buenzow
Elroy Huebner
Strawberry Point
Vincent Brown
Herman Luebbers
Larry Whiteford
Reno
Nev
Owen Whiteford
Arthur Flanschal
Larry Sievers
Waverly
Clarence Meyerhof
Sumner
Ronald Heller
Robert Bart
Armon McKinney, Jr
Armon J. McKinney
San Diego
Cal
AMFW
Memphis
Memphis, Tenn
Judy Dedor
Mert Buetow
Minneapolis
Edwin Dedor
Ronnie
George Dedor
Robert Gersonde
Roger Decor
Dunkerton
Lester Kalkbrenner
Tripoli
William Carter, Jr
White Park
Fla
Russell Tubbs
Arthur Robbins
E. Farnum
Grace Gray
Denver
Colo
Howard Whitcomb
Henry Buhr
Erwin Brase
Les Wente
Wayne Ebert
Clarion
Belle Wescott
Looking Back at Life in 1929 and 1944
A then-and-now look recalls obituaries and anniversaries from May 1 1929 including Mrs Katherine O Rourke and Louis E Aubrey. 1944 notes mark 25th wedding anniversaries for John Wendt and Harrison Parrott and local civic changes in Sumner and Readlyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Loveland
Parker
S. D
John Wendt
Frederika
Harrison Parrott
Waverly
Butler-Bremer Mutual Teephone Co
Residents Celebrate birthdays and anniversaries in Waterloo area
Mr and Mrs Chris Petersen hosted visitors in their home while Mrs Arnold Platte and others gathered at a Waterloo restaurant for a 45th wedding anniversary. Various couples and the Two Table card club met at homes with prizes awarded, and birthday observances were noted for Mrs Petersen and Mrs Hoeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Sullivan
St. Louis
Lucy Claire
Thomas Kroblin
Allen Kroblin
Waterloo
Sumner
St. Mary’s College
Notre Dame
Ind
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Chris Petersen
Arnold Platte
Mrs
Louis Platte
Nell Beevers
Rudolph Ludwig
Aaron Ludwig
W. J. Peters
Leo Meyerhoff
Elmer Sassman
Leslie Koschmeder
Ernest Oltrogge
Lila Maurer
Herbert Judisch
Mary Deterding
Ella Strottman
Elmer Sassmann
Tom Lewis
Ann Samson
Loren Hartness
Armand Hoeg
Petersen
Hoeg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bruce Moser
William Johnson
Thomas J. and
Grace (Penney) Durant
Sumner High School
Alfred
Poulsbo
Wash
Otto Schumacher
Reuben Roesnow
Mrs. Rosenow
Helen Schumacher
Amanda Pries
Mr. Schumacher
St. Paul’s Ucc
Buck Creek
Reuben
Norma) Rosenow
Alvina
Richard Creager
Sumner American Legion Auxiliary
Beth
Ernest Moran
Miss Creager
Vietnam
Carl Roghan
Pfc
Reid B. Roghan
Pendleton
States
Quang Tri
Ft. Vandergraft
Fox Co
Khe Sahn
Camp Carroll
Rock Pile
Dmc
Joe Gitch
Louis Gitch
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Joe
John Argo
Louisville
Roxane Heyer
Laurie Buhr
Marilyn Blanch
Sharon Blanch
Nancy Niewoehner
Tammy Stufflebeam
Ronald
Joan Douglass
Ernest Dedor
Emil Lawton
Mrs. Elmer Baier
Katherine Lynn
Dennis Vandersee
Peace Lutheran Church
Donald Berg
Kurt
Harold
Russell Vandersee
Harold Vandersee
Oelwein
Kurt Vandersee
Marlys Kauffman
Ronnie Steege
Cletus Miller
Ernest Miller
Lavern Steege
Harold Meyer
Arthur Meyer
Larry McCue
Philip Fish
Iowa
Mom
General Electric
Dormeyer
Waring
Regina Electrik
Tripoli, Iowa
Katherine O'Rourke
A. H. Panzer
Fred Lahmann
E. C. Fink
Louis E. Aubrey
Arthur Neuendorf
Hub
M. P. Albrecht
India
Koehler
Robert Sievers
Wayside Inn
Gordon Niemeyer
Henry Blasberg
Tripoli Town Council
Presbyterian Church
Aprlington
Congregational Church
Maurice A. Woodcock
Fremont Cemetery
Henry Everding
Sylvia Zekhoff
William Zekhoffs
CE School of Commerce
Omaha
Elkader
Bremer County
Gus Laube
Harlan Laube
Allsen Memorial Hospital
Ruth Maurer
Seville
Spain
St. John’s Lutheran
Interstate Power Co. i
Ruary
Max Ambrose
Runnis
Wien Gro
Kathleen Kuethe
Cary Baruth
Cansota
Clinton
Clinton Cour Dental Society
Richard Emmons
Herbert
C. D. Grant
Edgar Bergmann
Bremer County Mutual Insurance Association
al Waverly
Mfr
Toro Manufacturing Corp
Krueger's
First Street
S.E
Buick
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