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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.
Wenzel Franzluebbers - March 21, 2012
Mass of Christian Burial for Wenzel Franzluebbers, 76, of Beemer, were Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Beemer. Interment with Military Honors by the Beemer American Legion Post #159 was in the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.Wenzel passed away on Friday, March 16, 2012, at Colonial Haven Nursing Home in Beemer.
Survivors include wife, Cecilia Franzluebbers of Beemer; children and their families, Mark Franzluebbers of Germantown, MD and daughter, Ana; Patricia and husband Brent Lorensen of Elkhorn and children, Alli, Nick and Jack; Steve and wife Tiffany Franzluebbers of Highlands Ranch, CO and sons, Zachary and Matthew; Jim and wife Karla Franzluebbers of Elkhorn and daughter, Sophia; brothers, Joe and wife Rose Franzluebbers of West Point, Charlie and wife Irene Franzluebbers of Dodge and Tony and wife Connie Franzluebbers of Dodge; sister, Bernadine and husband Mel Kampschneider of Columbus; and several nieces and nephews.
Minnick Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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