New people in Hills are Ron and Starla and their two sons, Thomas, 10th grade, and Andrew, 7th grade. They moved from Steen on Feb. 24. They live in the south part of Hills, having purchased the home built by Rodney Verhey. Welcome to Hills!Mary Carter returned home Thursday after visiting her sons and families for more than a month. At Sun City, Nev., she spent time with Ron and Joyce Carter and at Camarillo, Calif., she visited John and Julie Carter. Last Tuesday Shirley Olson and her brother, Bob Nerison, Renner, S.D., attended funeral services for Ove Nerison at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. Burial was in Flowerfield Cemetery, Hills. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson have been visiting their son-in-law, Patrick Anderson, in Sioux Falls. He underwent surgery on his leg from a gunshot injury he had received earlier. Patrick’s parents, Carl and Laverne Anderson, Stanchfield, were also visiting him.Coffee guests Wednesday afternoon in the home of Harriet Skattum were Martha Hoyme of Sioux Falls and her son Terry of Texas.Vi Van Wyhe visited her brother, Marvin Warner, at the Fellowship Village in Inwood, Iowa, on Wednesday. John Sandager left for his home in Colorado Springs, Colo., after spending several days with his mother, Fran Sandager. Pastor Doug and Grace Barnes and children, Michael, Sam, Luke, Jacob and Joanna, returned home Saturday from Pennsylvania where they attended funeral services for Doug’s uncle who was in his 70s.Wendell and Kathryn Erickson spent a few days in the home of their son, Hans and Susan Erickson, at Eagan, and they helped their granddaughter, Siri, celebrate her third birthday. Frada Erland, 81, died March 5 at the Madison, S.D., Community Hospital. Funeral services were Tuesday, March 8, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church with the Rev. Robert Vinslauski officiating. Burial was in Belle View Cemetery, Howard, S.D. Freda was the wife of Chester Erland, who survives and who is the brother of Violet Hecht, Hills. Chester recently celebrated his 95th birthday. Orv and Bonnie Sundem and Ashley spent the weekend in Champlin and got acquainted with the new baby boy born to Aric and Amy Sundem. They returned to Hills Sunday night. Guests over the weekend in the home of Dick and Audrey Heidenson were their son, Steve, his wife, Deb, and son Max of Battle Lake. On Friday night they joined another son, Ray, and his family of Brandon, S.D., for dinner out.
