Sumner Area Hosts Numerous Graduation Gatherings
Farmers and townspeople held numerous graduation celebrations across Sumner and nearby towns. Families including Bergmanns, Brases, Riha, and Cooleys hosted receptions while relatives traveled from Ames, Denver, Waverly, and Cedar Falls to attend ceremonies and join post graduation visits.
UNI Holds Four College Commencement with 1364 Graduates
At the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls 1364 candidates earned degrees during Saturday ceremonies. Among graduates were Tripoli natives Rise Barkhoff with high honors and Dan Biesterfelt, plus several others from Sumner Readlyn Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Purple and Old Gold honors went to 38 seniors including Doris Schweer and Rise Barkhoff. Doris Schweer had already earned a B A in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
College of Business and
Behaviorial Science
Tripoli
Rise Barkhoff
Dan Biesterfelt
Jeffrey Hoppenworth
Michael Kirchhoff
Dennis Marquardt
Sumner
Roger Hahn
Readlyn
Daniel Huebner
Brenda Lockard
Clarice Schroeder
Rise LaVonne Barkhoff
Doris Schweer
Three Generations Taught by State Center Educator
Mrs Dwight Helen German a fifth grade teacher at State Center has taught three generations of the Roger Weave family in the area. This year she teaches Nancy Weave while last year Nancy had a brother Steven. She also taught their father Roger Weave in junior high and Roger's mother Mrs Howard E Wilkening Weave in the intermediate grades in the early 1930s in Tripoli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight
Helen) German
State Center
Roger Weave
Nancy
Steven
Roger
Howard E. Wilkening
Church notes for several Iowa congregations with schedules
Church notes list St John s United Church of Christ in Waverly Grace Lutheran in Tripoli St Matthews Readlyn and United Methodist services. Details include worship times confirmations vacation Bible school choir rehearsals and upcoming marriage. Also notes on meetings circles and church council events and Ascension Day observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John’s
Richard F. Gronewold
Bartels Home
Bible and Catechism Review
Faith United Church OF Christ
Tripoli
Iowa
Keith D. Selberg
Darlene Raclmann
Roger Buchholz
Church Council
U.C.C
Grace Lutheran Church
Gienn Kappelmann
Pastor Kappelmann
Deborah
Naomi
Glenn Kappelmann
Ruth
ST. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Readlyn
John Albrecht
Zion
St. Matthew’s
Hospitalized Mrs. Martha Heideman Amid Grad Celebration
The report notes Mrs. Martha Heideman hospitalized at Mercy hospital after a Wednesday evening event. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fink and relatives attended a home gathering honoring Ann Carroll Kinset, with Randall Story Bankry Story collecting 40 coin banks spanning childhood eras. The age range includes individuals up to 75 and 50 years or older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Heideman
Mercy Holy 3
Ital
Mrs. Ray
Ann
Carrol Kinset
Randall Story
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Roy Drewis
Jayne Seelhammer
Torrance
Calif
Frederika
Clarence Bergmann
Sharon
Cynthia Hoffman
Lori Greisert
Keith Carroll
Carroll
Ames
Paul Carroll
Iowa State University
al Kager
Kim
Chris
Toledo
Jerry Brase
Alvin Sassman
Denver
Paul Koepke
Pam
Kenneth Wedemeier
Waverly
Robert Brandt
David
Lloyd Sievers
Kevin
Kevin Sievers
Allen Memorial Hospital
Orville Niemeyer
Art Niemeyer
Dennis Niemeyer
Cletus Miller
Alvin Hahn
Steve Hahn
Stephanie
Larry Hahn
David Drewelow
Jake Timmer
Kenneth Triplett
Charlie Mihm
Lawler
Charles
Nick Digregorio
Tara
Jeffrey
Mason City
Everett Williams
Harold Quackenbush
Reinbeck
Elmer Joens
Waterloo
Roger McBride
John McBride
Walter Crooks
Emil Schmudlach
Sherwood Pleggenkuhle
Arlie Rausch
Karl
Wally Refshauge
Dewey Peters
Harold Lindermann
Oscar Kreis
Earl O’connell
Dean
H. R. O’rourke
Truman Stahr
Tillie Stahr
West Union
Gaylord Converse
Bill Burrow
Paul Magnall
Kenny Burrow
Jim Burrow
Clear Lake
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Drewis
Stanley Feuchtwanger
Helen Feuchtwanger
Nashua
Richard Burrow
Tammy
Gerald Buhrow
Scott
Merle Mack
Susan Ingersoll
John Ingersoll
Stanley Bockhaus
Robert A. McCracken
Fredericksburg
Allen Bockhaus
Wendy and
Perry Bockhaus
Orville
Steve Duecker
Anthon
Bill Breman
Leslie Shufelt
Laura Brase
David Vanatta
Iowa City
Wayne Bravener
Clarence Johnson
Valeria Schwartz
Susie Pratt
Harry Pratt
Sheldon
W. R. Pratt
Sandra Forney
Lester Buenger
Elmer Matthias
Neil
Connie
Dale
Victor Matthias
Rake
Ronald
Bill Katzenburger
Tina
Port Byron
Ill
Karen Bergmann
Kenneth Bahlmann
Leonard Kacher
A. J. Kacher
Little Turkey
Stanley Bahlmann
Marty
Ed _ Treloar
Wancoma
Lavern Schumacher
Paul Karstman
Postville
Art Munson
New Hampton
Robert Bergmann
Roger Bergmann
Bertha Drape
Lulu Buls
Clarence Hassman
Gustav Brase
Dean Wiltse
Helmuth Brase
Debra
Stephen Brase
Greg
Plainfield
Larry Riha
Gary Schmidt
Linda Hubka
Protivin
Charles Riha
Art Riha
Ft. Atkinson
Howard Tegtmeier
L. W. Bockhaus
Brian Bockhaus
Nancy Pleggenkuhle
Bud Blasberg
Leo Sauerbrei
Darrell Neuendorf
Wilson Dinsdale
Frank Wolfgram
Tracr
Larry Hassman
Humboldt
David Hagedorn
Louis Hagedorn
Jay
Darrin Hagedorn
Ervin Bahlmann
Kansas City
Clarence Bahlmann
Duane Bahlmann
Robert Hoffman
Tom Cooley
Leo Cooley
Tom
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Melvin Dettmer
Minorus
Sharon Buenger
Oelwein
Gov
Ray
Orville O’connell
Fort Dodge
Martha O’connell
Melvin Schwartz
Erwin O’connell
Billy
Carl Abbas
George Abbas
Latimer
Dennis
Harold Ager
Sportsman's Club
Ross Ager
Debbie
Carlyle Knutson
Jerico
Fietta Bergmann
Kevin Pose
Harlan Pose
George Banwell
Donna
Ernest Nuss
Library of St. Paul Christian Day School
Elroy Nuss
Madelin
Minn
Merlin Nuss
Mike Nuss
Kenneth Brown
Dysart
Lavern Hooper
Alfred Specht
Cathy
Maytag
Dial
Frederika Locker
Adler Electric
RUSCO
1St Ave
N.E. Ph
Moeller’s
Artesian
1St St. S.W
T. J
Beki Sassman
Foley
James Nuss
Towa
Sweet’s Marsh
Tegtmeier Oil Company
Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Co
C. J. Jahnke
Bremer
Leland
Colburn
Valspar’s
Valentine Line
Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Company
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Earl
26Th Ave
Rock Island
Illinois
Jay Hagedorn
Pillow
Ray’s Clothiers and Cleaners
Rettig Furniture
Walt’s Electric
W. Prospect
Winona ‘Monument Company
L. L. Moeller
Moeller Construction Co
Grace Grosjean
Muscatine
West Liberty
U.N.I
Wehling's Radio
United Methodist Church
James S. Pittman
ST. John's Lutheran Church
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Garet Bast
Esther
Dickie R Vaque
Casualwear
Ray's Clothiers & Clea
Moore
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