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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.
Laura Zimmermann - June 13, 2012
Laura Zimmermann, 100, of Beemer, formerly of West Point, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at Colonial Haven in Beemer. Funeral services were Monday, June 11, 2012, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in West Point. Burial was at the Lyons Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Colonial Haven in Beemer or St. Paul Lutheran Church.Stokely Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She is survived by sons, Gary (Lila) of Omaha and Lowell (Carole) of Newton, Iowa; 10 grandchildren, Todd (April) Palmer, Scott (Teresa) Palmer, Mitch (Brenda) Palmer, Laura (Paul) Carmen, David (Nicolette) Zimmermann, Gail (Mark) Taylor, Linda (Tom) Deegan, Suzie (Chuck) Hankins, Michael (Bernice) Zimmermann and Chris (Kolleen) Zimmermann; 16 great-grandchildren; Colt and Jordan Palmer, Afton and Bailey Palmer, Tyler, Jason and Thayne Palmer, Aubrey O’Connor, Claire and William Zimmermann, McAllister Deegan, Andrew and Zoey Devney, Asher and Nathan Zimmermann and Anna Zimmermann; sister-in-law, Elaine Zimmermann and many nieces and nephews.
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