Ray Nelson attended the annual afternoon service and program at Eden Church near Jasper Sunday afternoon. His father, Otto, was a member of Eden as a young man. The family of Robert and Twila Kirsch had a reunion over the weekend. Attending were Barbara and Ron Koch, Bismarck, N.D.; Joel and Susan Aukes, Fargo, N.D.; Emily and Sean Janoscrat, Endicott, N.Y.; Becky and John Fallenstein, Seth, Amanda, Devan, Cayden, Brytton, Chelena and Jimmy, Eugene, Ore.; Meghan White, Aloha, Ore.; Brian Kirsch, Wailuku, Hawaii; Barry and Jane Kirsch, Sarah, Bridget and Terri, Riverside, Iowa; Debra Mathias, Dylan and Alison, Heron Lake; and Cynthia Lentz, Jessica, Riley and Breann Wheeler, Windom. Special guests on Sunday were Shirley Olson, Arnold Swanson, the Rev. Lowell and Sonja Berg, Ray and Lois Nelson, all of Hills, Berneta Johnson, Russell, Bill and Merlyn Veenhof, Luverne, and Ted Polhman, Eli and Ike, Lakefield. On Sunday, Devan, Cayden, Brytton and Chelena, adopted children of Becky and John Fallenstein, were baptized at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Becky’s home church. Luke Mathias was unable to attend because he is undergoing a stem-cell transplant in Minneapolis. Sunday, Carroll and Judy Hol, Cedar, Iowa, were dinner guests in the home of Chuck and Rheta DeBoer. Thursday evening, Wilmer and Betty Elbers joined Ed and Iva Elbers, Luverne, for dinner with Ron and Faith Talsma, Bellflower, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. D. Klumpenhower and son, Gerrit, were Sunday evening visitors in the Chuck and Rheta DeBoer home.Dewayne and Margo Edwards, Forestburg, S.D., and Harriet Skattum flew to California. At Laguna Niguel they visited Lon and Ann Skattum and attended their son, Nick’s, high school graduation. They returned home last Monday night. Pat Baxter, Sioux Falls, was in Hills last Monday and called on Luella Schlueter and other friends. Pat taught business at the high school from 1966 to 1969.Gene and Shirley Sundem, Sioux Falls, were Friday afternoon visitors in the home of Martha Lindrud. Wednesday afternoon Betty Elbers visited her mother, Jessie Boeve, at Edgebrook Care Center in Edgerton. The Rev. Jeff and Karen DeBoer and two sons, Josiah and Micah, Garner, Iowa, are spending this week in the home of his parents, Chuck and Rheta DeBoer.
