Coming Friday to spend the Easter holiday in the home of Dennis Roning were his daughter, Deneise and husband, Bill, Swanson, Big Fork, and their four boys, Scott and Julie and three children, Woodbury, Paul and Gina, Plymouth, Dennis, New Hope, and Matthew and two boys, Proctor. Kris and Brian Hoelker, Sioux Falls, spent Easter with her sister, Sonja and Pastor Berg. With them were their daughter, Bobbi and Tony Leggett, and daughters, Annalee and Holly, also from Sioux Falls. Arie and Maryann Drooger and Sharon Weever, Edgerton, drove to Rock Valley last Saturday to help Grace Van Maanen celebrate her 75th birthday.Mike and Nancy Sandager hosted the Sandager families for Easter dinner. Present were Sheldon and Ellie Sandager; Pucky and Shirley and family; Tarah Sandager and Chole; Charles and Dawn and family; Dawn’s parents, Bob and Marie Petersen, Tyler; Nancy’s father, Merlin Garlid, en route from Tucson, Ariz., to Center City; Carolyn Norton and friend; and the foreign exchange students. Greg and Dianna Spath, Wells, came Thursday to spend until Monday visiting relatives in the area, namely Jill and Shawn Swenson and McKenzie; Jennifer and Ardell Van Wettering, Brooke and Ashley; Mike and Robin Spath and Madison; and also Greg’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Spath, Sioux Falls.John and Carol Van Maanen returned home from a two week vacation where they visited their daughter, Dana and Tim Vink, and three girls at Tulare, Calif., and also relatives in Ripon, Calif. They also visited Yosemite National Park. Bonnie and Brian Olson, St. Paul, spent the weekend with her mother, Luella Schlueter, and also visited Willard and Phyllis Gropel in Luverne. Anna and Mike Gilman and three children, Eden Prairie, spent the weekend in the home of her parents, Wendell and Kathryn Erickson. Other dinner guests on Sunday were Margaret Erickson, Worthington, and Pat and Kirsten Anderson and Nicole, Sioux Falls. Saturday morning Martha Hoyme and Gloria Engels, Sioux Falls, visited with Opal Swanson.Wednesday evening Betty Elbers was a supper guest in the home of Cheryl Elbers in Valley Springs. On Saturday afternoon Cheryl and Michelle and Madison visited her in the Elbers home. Carol Lonkey, Brooklyn Center, spent the weekend in the home of her mother, Martha Lindrud, and they joined the Ruben Vestlie family for Easter dinner Sunday in his home in Sioux Falls.Todd and Jane Paulsen, Molly, John and Emily, Le Center, spent the weekend in the Jack Paulsen home. Mike and Tracy Paulsen and Kelli Jo, and Jackie and Steve Wells and Ian, all of Sioux Falls, were additional dinner guests Easter Sunday. Cyndi Ebert spent the weekend in the home of her son, Jeff and Josie, in Omaha, Neb.Roger and Ruth Jackson and Lee spent their Easter break in the home of her sister, Rita Engels, in Marshall, along with her father and other family members. Cliff and Vi VanWyhe hosted a four o’clock Easter dinner with those present being Steve and Marilyn VanWyhe and Justin, Steen; Heather VanWyhe, Bloomington; Amber VanWyhe, Kearney, Neb; Travis Arends, Brookings, S.D.; and Lexi and Ron DeWit, Lindsey and Ashley, Sioux Falls. Dana and Kay Dahlquist spent Easter in the Dick Lewellen home in Wessington Springs, S.D.Mary Carter spent the weekend in the home of Alf and Marilyn Metzger in Hawarden, Iowa.Betty Elbers drove to Edgerton last week Tuesday to visit her mother, Jessie Boeve, at the Edgebrook Care Center and helped her celebrate her 90th birthday. Sunday afternoon Wilmer and Betty visited Jessie at the Center. Deb, Luke, Dylan and Alison Mathias, Heron Lake, Cindy Lenz, Breann, Riley and Jessica, Windom, spent Easter in the home of Bob and Twila Kirsch. Riley remained to spend overnight. Shirley Olson has moved from Padre Island, Texas, to her apartment in Hills where she is making her permanent home. Easter dinner guests in the home of David and Nancy Swanson were Chad and Jennifer Nelson, Taylor and Jaxson, Magnolia, and Opal Swanson. Betty Elbers attended the Easter brunch at Steen Reformed Church Friday morning. Tim and Brenda Plimpton, Jamie and Stuart, and the McCormick families of Sioux Falls spent Easter with relatives in Lennox, S.D.Kent and Paul Kolsrud and Kylie, Sioux Falls, were Easter dinner guests in the home of Alice Kolsrud and visited Grace Slieter also at Tuff Memorial Home. Easter guests in the home of Chuck and Rheta DeBoer were Seth and Susan Hofman and David, Melvin, Iowa.Easter guests in the home of Dean and Peggy Goettsch were Annette and Tony Goettsch, Sioux Falls, and Alice Goettsch. Evelyn Rogness received word that her youngest brother, Glen Thomson, passed away Saturday in Springfield, Mo. He was 82.
