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Alice Kolsrud accompanied David and Char Kolsrud to the Arena in Sioux Falls Sunday where Jill Marie Kolsrud graduated from Augustana College. Jim Sandager, West Des Moines, Iowa, was an overnight guest Friday in the home of his parents, Vic and Fran Sandager. Saturday, May 17, Jim and Marj Roning attended the birthday party for their four-year-old granddaughter, Lydia Boehlke, at New Ulm. Friday, Joanne and Tom Goehle attended Zachary Hadler’s graduation in Edgerton. Troy Fredriks, Ripon, Calif., her mother, Jeanneva and daughter, Lindsey, spent a few days in the area and visited in the Wilmer and Betty Elbers home. They were getting their daughter home after attending college in Orange City, Iowa. Luella Schlueter met Alvera Schlueter and son, Bob, of Clark, S.D., at Canistota, S.D., last Wednesday for lunch while visiting the cemeteries.Guests a week ago Wednesday in Mildred Klosterbuer’s home in Luverne were Margaret Pommer, Ellsworth, Vi Klosterbuer, Luverne, Ruth Meester, Rock Rapids, Iowa, and Mae Top, Hills. Friday night Don and Edyth Briggs attended the dance recital in Luverne in which Carly Schoneman, Don’s great-granddaughter, participated. Tom and Joanne Goehle went to Bonesteel, S.D., for a Jons family reunion on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday dinner guests in the Vic and Fran Sandager home were Mark and Karen Sandager, Ian and Tom. Guests over Memorial Day in the home of Warren and Mary Olson were Wayne, Ruth, Jessica, Bailey, Luke, David and Lucus Kramer, Orange City, Iowa; Marinus and Harriet Van Hofwesen, Rock Valley, Iowa; Kon, Dawn, Gracia and Spencer Post, Doon, Iowa; Hattie Olson, Luverne; Derek Ryan, Nebraska; Wade, Rylie, and Kyler Huisman, Rock Rapids; and Joe, Becky and Abbie Nadgwick, Omaha, Neb. Sunday, Jim and Marj Roning attended Memorial Day services at Spring Valley Lutheran Church, rural Viborg, S.D. On Saturday they attended the graduation open house for their grand-niece, Holly Boe, at Lennox, S.D.Sunday, Don and Edyth Briggs drove to Spencer, Iowa, to attend the graduation of Jennifer Hynes, granddaughter of Gleva Jacobson.John, Laurie, Gregory and Ellen Hynes, St. Louis Park came Friday evening to spend until Saturday evening with her mother, Luella Schlueter. Saturday, Don and Edyth Briggs drove to South Sioux City, Neb., to attend a bridal shower for Edyth’s grand-niece, Megan Peipho. Saturday afternoon Mae Top accompanied her daughter and husband, Gerry and Jim Sandstede of Luverne, to Sibley, Iowa, to celebrate her great-granddaughter, Brooke Norgaard’s, third birthday. Spending Memorial Day in the home of Joanne Goehle were Leanne and Alyssa Carmany of Tyler. Chuck and Rheta DeBoer drove to Rapid City, S.D., last week to spend four days in the home of the Rev. David and Bonnie Fagrey and family. Berneta Johnson, Russell, spent Memorial Day in the home of Bob and Twila Kirsch. Sheldon and Ellie Sandager, Charles and Aaron and their foreign student spent a few days at the ranch at Herrick, S.D. Beth Sandager came from Japan to spend some time with her parents and other relatives.Friday night Ray and Lois Nelson attended the graduation for Sara Anderson in Dell Rapids, S.D., at St. Mary’s High School Sara’s mother, Nancy, is Lois’ niece. Lunch was served at the Dan Anderson Home. Mae Top was invited to her cousin’s home on Friday for supper. Kenneth Lutz and his wife, Frances, of Sioux Falls, and his two daughters and spouses. Gloria and Ron Jacobson and Joyce and Don Rodman, all of Sioux Falls, were also there as was Mae’s cousin from California, Richard and Patty Forde. Vicki Nelson, Mankato, spent the weekend in Hills for her birthday and Memorial Day program.

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