Sumner Community News Roundup and Obituaries
Local notices recount funerals for Matilda Schwerin 83 at Hillcrest Hospital and services at Emerson Milnes. Engagements and anniversaries including Joyce Ann Gitch and Gitch wedding plans, and the Westendorf 35th anniversary in Waverly. Names linked to Sumner residents appear alongside civic notes, weddings, and upcoming Oktober Fest planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillcrest
Schwerin
Emerson-Milnes
Edwin and
Lester
Ner
Lavern
Sioux Falls
Pak
Clarayer
Hulda Kirchmann
Arthur Kuker
Frank Lange
Or Rapids
Salem 4 Methodist Church
Cedar Is
Lange
Sumner
Werner Westen
Joyce Ann
Gitch
Louis Gitch
Westendorf
Sumner Commun High School
The
Sum- Gazette
Sumner High School
Leo
Curtis Bige
Reisner
Max Emerson
Mary Elizabeth
Wignall
Cedar Rapids
Edgar Wigt. Vernon
County School of Nutshicago
Ouple
Cedar Valley
Community notices from the Kimball and Platte families
Annette Knittel and Sandra Kimball stayed overnight with grandmother Minnie Kimball and were joined by Linda on Sunday. Several visits and dinners occurred among the Kimball Platte Westendorf Lever Dusky Ganske Buhr Buenger families.Church events include St Matthew’s Ladies Aid October 1 and Luther League gathering hosted by Larry and Gary Sauerbrei.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette
Sandra Kimball
Minnie Kimball
Linda
Robert Kimball
Erich J. Dornbusch
Arnold Platte
Ladies Aid
Martha Circle
Dan Buhr
Carl Buhr
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Elmer Schneider
Louis Platte
LeRoy Platte
Eugene Leerhoff
Kelli Joe
Greene
Chris Peterson
George Levendusky
Waterloo
Wilfried Westendorf
Emilia Westendorf
Marguerite
Denver
Lorenz Buhr
Waverly
Clarence Ganske
Carl Buenger
Tripoli
Crovisier-Wilson wedding and local gatherings noted
Pinhook and nearby families attended the Crovisier Wilson wedding and reception Saturday. Sunday visitors gathered at several homes in honor of Albert Rieck’s birthday while others shared meals in Fredericksburg and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Jacob
Albert Hoeger
Otto Priebe
Sam Kadera
Eugene Huck, Readlyn
Earl Rohrtsen
Frederick Sell
Ray Schlichting
Edwin Moeller
Eldon Diercks
Kenneth
Arlington
John McClain
Kenneth Diemer
John Schwake
Colwell
David Keppler
Strawberry Point
Paul Fridley
Henry Nacke
Leo Nacke
Reuben Koester
Waterloo Conference
ALCW
Devon Allenstein
Waterloo
Ray Kuethe
Robert Ball
Crovisier-Wilson
Allen Rieck
Carol
Mark
Julie
Robert Schmidt
Tommie
Janesville
Marlowe Rieck
Tripoli
Albert Rieck
Albert
Harry Wilson
Ada McConkey
Robert Figanbaum
Louisiana
Mary Donnley
Fairbank
Alice Rieght
Chester Pals
Weslie Ridens
Charles City
Earl O’connel
Delwin Meyer
Carl Lange
Langes
Europe
Dale Grahlman
Chester Pass
Edwin Brass
Elmer Lampe
Fredericksburg
Ernest Nisdorf
Ionia
Everett Krause
Rosary and
Alter Society
Fredericksburg Commercial Club
Donald Zipsie
Giants of the garden yield enormous squash crops
Weekend visit to Burlington highlighted gardening as Mrs. William Verburg harvested a 40 pound squash in Primghar. Frank Fane aged 86 grew several giants including a 27 pound and a 22 pound squash. Mrs. Earl Martin of Dow City picked a 36 pound gourd last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Verburg
Primghar
Frank Fane
Earl Martin
Dow City
Catfish angler lands 34-pound flathead on Des Moines River
Gary Laird of Woodward caught a 34-pound flathead from the Des Moines river upstream from Frazier Dam near Boone last month. Two helpers, Ted Campbell and George Erwin of Granger, assisted in the two hour fight to land the fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Laird
Woodward
Des Moines
Frazier Dam
Boone
Laird
Ted Campbell
George Erwin
Granger
Centenarian Alice Ryan marks 100th birthday in Manchester
Mrs. Alice Ryan celebrated her centennial on September 21 as a New Manchester resident. Immigrating from England at age 13, she first lived in Earlville with her family before settling in Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Ryan
Manchester
Ryan
England
Earlville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marjorie Foster
Deses
Lloyd Foster
Sumner Resi
Christ United Methodist
McCue
Long Sumner
Sacred Heart Catholic
Alvary Cemetery
Edward
June Koch McCue
Mary Keegan
Westgate
Sumner Produce
Donald
Meadowbrook
Country Club
Marvin Meyer
Jerry Sabus
William Lane
David Hennessy
Jerry Gitch
Everett Zupke
Fairborn
Ohio
Walter Zupke
Michael Murphy
Robert Murphy
Orange
California
College of Letters and Sciences
UCLA
Department of Economics
J. M. Murphy
American Legion Hall
Sumner Community High School
Debra Duhrkopf
James Duhrkopf
Roger Seehase
Raymond Seehase
Salem United Methodist Church
David Emerson
U.S. Marines
San Digeo
Calif
Sumner United Fund
al Wolfgram
L. R. Ludwig
Herman Warnke
Vernon
Friendship S.S
Matt Leyh
Harry Kleppe
Vernon Gonnerman
Ernest Rueckert
John Mohr
Wis
Elroy Buhr
Parkersburg
Frank Mennega
Henry Buhr
Martin Weidler
New Hampton
Edwin Decor
Edward Higgins
Willys Fritz
Verla Schultz
Clara Bartels
Laura Graf
Minnie Knoll
Bertha Nacke
Arlyn Weirs
Wyron Buchholz
Elma
Bremer County Quality Pork Producers, Inc
Pinhook
Duane Holm
Dial
Mrs. J. Fentons
Burlington
Erouahiey
Malate
Emiclimhe
Abe Sealy
Petree Lely
Rettig Furniture
Iowa
Caprice
Mr. Big
Chevrolet
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