Dean and Peggy Goettsch and children, Tony and Annette, motored to Freeborn to have an early Thanksgiving at the home of her mother, Helen Schoen. Eighteen relatives attended. Kouri and Nora Wysong, their sons, Jax and Zander, arrived from Washington, D.C. and are temporarily at the home of her mother, Janet Wysong. Kouri has been serving in the U.S. Army, and after eight years, has received his discharge. There was a gathering last Wednesday in the Dale and Sue Bartels home for relatives for a supper honoring John and Cordeen Top of Mansfield, Mo. Wednesday afternoon, Richard Vestlie and daughter, Kaylyn, and father, Ruben Vestlie, Sioux Falls, were visitors in the home of Martha Lindrud. Last Tuesday, relatives in the area met at the home of Dale and Sue Bartels to honor her mother, Katie Top, on her 89th birthday.Wendell Erickson was on the Veterans Day program Tuesday, Nov. 11, when he was the speaker at Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Ellsworth. On Wednesday, Nov. 12, he spoke to the residents at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. Dale and Sue Bartels attended the Gospel Mission Harvest Banquet in Sioux Falls last Friday evening at The Oaks. Vic and Fran Sandager returned home Monday after spending the weekend in the home of Jim and Louisa Sandager in West Des Moines, Iowa. While there they helped their granddaughter, Molly, celebrate her 7th birthday. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson attended the play, “Steel Magnolias,” performed by the Green Earth Players at the Palace Theatre in Luverne Sunday night. Sue Hofman and children, David and Grace, Melvin, Iowa, and Rachael DeBoer, Doon, Iowa, were Sunday visitors in the home of their parents, Chuck and Rheta DeBoer. Corrie Schouwenberg fell Saturday in her home and broke her hip. She underwent surgery, Nov. 18, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls.
