Marge Winter, Sioux City, Iowa, and Bob and Barb Daiker, Oldebolt, Iowa, met Don and Edyth Briggs at the Pizza Ranch in Rock Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday and came to Hills for a short visit. Sarah Kirsch, Riverside, Iowa, spent Saturday in the home of her grandparents, Bob and Twila Kirsch. She is the daughter of Barry and Jane Kirsch.Last Saturday, Cliff and Vi Van Wyhe attended the graduation service at Brandon Valley High School when Matthew Van Wyhe, son of Tom Van Wyhe, was one of the graduates. Saturday evening they attended his graduation party at his home in Sioux Falls. Sunday, May 30, Joanne Goehle and family were at the Jons family reunion at the home of Hank and Shari Sunne, rural Valley Springs, S.D., with 62 in attendance.Last Tuesday, Betty Elbers visited her sister, Dorothy Petersen. Sunday Joanne Goehle went to Edgerton to Katie Hadler’s last softball game of the school year.John Berdahl and Tamme Williams were united in marriage at Augustana Chapel in Sioux Falls Saturday. Jim Berdahl and wife, Sue, Carbondale, Colo., were special guests and helped with the rehearsal dinner.Ray and Lois Nelson attended a Memorial Day program Sunday afternoon at Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. Lois bugled taps. Rick, Michele, Nikki and Pat Nester, Winona came Friday to spend the weekend with Joanne Goehle. Wednesday, Betty Elbers joined friends at Luverne Pizza Ranch for lunch in honor of Hendrene Veldkamp’s birthday.Jim and Louisa Sandager, Philip and Molly, West Des Moines, Iowa, spent the weekend with his parents, Vic and Fran Sandager. Alice Van Raalte, Larchwood, Iowa, was a coffee guest Tuesday afternoon in the Chuck De Boer home.Zach Hadler, grandson of Rod and Carol Hadler and Joanne Goehle, is spending a month in Australia. Lois Nelson and Al Berdahl, members of the Sioux Falls Municipal Band, took part in the annual Memorial Day program on the grounds of Veterans Hospital in Sioux Falls. This is the second of 38 concerts for the 2004 summer season.Doris Blom, Luverne, and Ida Langstraat, Alcester, S.D., were Thursday visitors of Vic and Fran Sandager. Saturday afternoon, Betty Elbers attended the graduation of Donald Boeve in Sioux Falls. In the evening, Betty and Wilmer Elbers had dinner at the Kimbre in honor of Ruth Verbrugge’s birthday. Steve, Leanne, Alyssa, Andrew, Elliot and Allison Carmany spent Sunday evening at the Goehle home along with Mark, Brenda, Katie and Colby Hadler and Tom Goehle. Jan and Mark Ausland, Apple Valley, spent the weekend in the home of her parents, Dick and Audrey Heidenson. Sunday the two couples were guests in the Ray and Lyn Heidenson home for dinner. They also saw a Canary baseball game. Monday the couples were entertained at dinner in the Heidenson home in Hills. Daryl and Jane Schubert, Claire and Isaac arrived in the states Monday night from Tanzania and to Hills to spend some time with her parents, the Vic Sandagers, and other relatives. Allison Carmany stayed overnight Sunday with Grandma Joanne Goehle and returned home to Tyler with her dad, Steve Carmany, Monday evening. Vicki Nelson, Mankato, spent the weekend with parents, Ray and Lois Nelson. Monday, following the Memorial Day service, they drove to Edgerton to view the newly dedicated Area Veterans Memorial on Main Street. They then went to Sioux Falls’ Falls Park to see the swollen Big Sioux River rush past rocks and crowds of people. Vicki returned to Mankato Tuesday and on Thursday attended a Twins baseball game in Minneapolis with a group of friends.
