Tom and Sandy Bush and Colleen and Kevin Martens hosted a gathering for their children, Stacey Bush and Jason Martens, for their families and friends at Tuff Village following their confirmation on Sunday. Harriet Skattum returned home Thursday after spending a week in the home of her daughter, Margo and Dewayne Edwards, at Forestburg, S.D. She helped cook for the hunters who got their limits of pheasants. Guests of Douglas and Lois Boeve following confirmation of their daughter, Brianna, were Bob and Lois Sayler and family, Sioux Falls; Craig and Becky Bontje and family, Rock Rapids; Kim and Nancy Nelson, Hull, Iowa; Hank and Minnie Bos, Luverne; Eric and Wanda Hoyme and family, Bill Kroon, Mike, Robin and Madison Spath, Jim and Sharon Boeve, Lyle and Dorothy Bos, Sherry Paulsen and family, Kari Roozenboom and Pastor Lowell and Sonja Berg. Erma Schubbe returned home after spending a few days with the Paul Randall family at Stillwater and the Tom Schubbe family at Afton.Dean and Peggy Goettsch and Annette spent several days vacationing last week in the Black Hills. Sam and Glenda McGaffee hosted a reception Sunday for their daughter Katie, following her confirmation at Bethlehem. Among the relatives and friends was Katie’s grandmother, Henrietta Wassenaar. Chuck and Rheta DeBoer attended the Gaither concert Friday night at the Arena in Sioux Falls. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson motored to the Cities where on Sunday they attended the confirmation of their grandson, Jens, son of Mike and Anna Gilman, at St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Eden Prairie when 171 young people were confirmed. Charlie and Dawn Sandager and Gene and Shirley Sandager had a combination reception Sunday for their children, Brittany and Aaron Sandager, at the Gene Sandager home. Present were all of Dawn’s relatives, the Petersens, Laurie and Jim Johanson, Pam Koepsell and the Hills Sandagers. Others were Joyce and Floyd Wulf and Beth Sandager. Herrick, S.D.; Sheldon Norton and friend, Desiree, Omaha, Neb.; Kieran and Shonda DeVane and Josh, New Zealand; Charlie’s exchange student; Lee and Betty Sandager, Scandia; Tara and Chloe Sandager; Lee and Casey Westfall and family; Spencer and Pam Sells and family; Larry and Glenda Warner; and Pastor Lowell and Sonja Berg. Vi VanWyhe received word her sister, Bea Pettingill, Denver, Colo., passed away Sunday at the age of 84. She has a daughter in Denver and two sons in California. Lee and Betty Sandager, Scandia, are visiting in the Sheldon and Vic Sandager homes. Robert and Twila Kirsch spent from Sunday until Wednesday of last week in the Cities with their son-in-law, Luke Mathias, who was able to come to his home in Heron Lake on Friday. Lucille Schouwenburg spent a couple of days this week at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls. Ron and Lexia DeWit, Sioux Falls, spent Wednesday evening in the home of her parents, Cliff and Vi VanWyhe. Ashley Marie, daughter of Orval and Bonnie Sundem was one of the confirmands. They had their reception at the Legion club room. Guests included her baptismal sponsor, her brother, Aric Sundem, and wife, Amy, Maple Grove; Grandma Esther Berkhof, Don Berkhof, Dee and Lee Brooks, and Richard and Carol Sundem, Sioux Falls; Mary Steenstra, Holland; Harlowe and La Vane Sundem, Garretson, S.D.; Doris and Dewey Dooyema, Edgerton; R.C. and Lori Curott, Cullen and Lauren, Princeton; foreign exchange student, Linda Piehler, Erfurt, Germany; Kayla and Shelby Rossow, Sioux Falls; Sharon Rossow, Holly Crawford and Kate, Helen Kraayenhof, all of Hills, and Pastor Lowell and Sonja Berg.
