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Where there’s smoke...
First truck was good investment
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
Fantastic finish
Where there’s smoke...
Beemer’s Volunteer Fire Department made use of a perfect day Sunday for a practice burn. Firemen set an hold house on fire at the farm place of the late Marcella Belling, located on County Road 15, about 3.5 miles from Beemer. Basic fire practice, including entering a burning house, was conducted during the controlled burn.
First truck was good investment
By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter /
Seventy-seven years ago Eddie Doescher took a chance and sold the only vehicle he owned and bought a truck. It marked the beginning of Doescher Transfer Company, located in Beemer.
Doescher’s family acknowledges that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Doescher’s family acknowledges that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter /
Lance Parsons searched for several years to find where his father was buried. He had lost contact with him through the years and knew he had died.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
Fantastic finish
It wasn’t by chance, but rather hard work and dedication that Bluejay senior Emily Petz evolved into a star sprinter.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
Eldon Peterson - November 23, 2011
Funeral services for Eldon Ray Peterson, 85, of Stanton, were Monday, Nov. 21 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Stanton. Interment with military rites by Stanton VFW Post #3602 and American Legion Post #88 was in the Stanton Cemetery. He died Thursday November 17, 2011 at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk.Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Leanna Peterson of Stanton; son and wife Eldon Dale “Chip” and Marge Peterson of Cedar Rapids, IA; daughter and husband Sandra and Gerald Kennedy of Pilger; brother and wife, Norman and Eva Peterson of Pilger; sister-in-law, LaNell Hille of Crowley, TX; five grandchildren: Pamela Peterson, Dr. Kristie (Drew) Fisher, Paul Harvey (Chris) Peterson, Kate (Mark) Swinarski and Amy Kennedy; seven great-granddaughters: Lauren, Rachel, Kennedy, Taylor, Parker, Piper and Peyton; a special cousin, Larry Nelson of Pilger; best neighbors, Mark and Nancy Sonnenfelt of Stanton; and a host of friends and relatives.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be given to the Stanton Fire and Rescue or to St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Stanton.
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