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Joe and Lisa Williams of Mitchell and Tate, Callie, Jack and Tommy Williams of Letcher were visitors on May 28th in the home of Joe's sister, Lynn and Jon Stather. The following day Jim and Vicki Schuurmans of Tyndall and Diane Ewing of Sioux Falls were supper guests in the home of their sister, Lynn and Jon. Diane was an overnight guest.
Jeff Namminga of Pella, Iowa was a visitor for a few days over the Memorial Day weekend in the home of his mother, Beth Namminga.
Loren Vilhauer spent a week visiting in the home of his sister, Charlene and Kevin Tjeerdsma.
Mike and Kris Haller of Omaha, Nebraska; Gene and Laura Wagner of Creighton, Nebraska and Haley Ridgway and Addy, and Stuart Bass of Yankton were Memorial Day weekend guests in the home of their sister, grandmother and great-grandmother, Reta Ridgway.
Wally and Debbie Voigt attended the State Track Meet in Sioux Falls where they enjoyed watching their granddaughter, Emma Yost of Wagner participate.
Lyle and Kay Johnson of Salem and Eric and Brady Thompson of Brandon were visitors the day before Memorial Day in the home of their sister, mother and grandmother, Arlys Thompson.
Conrad and Erma Meyer drove to Ramona to help their daughter, Karen Gearhart move to Hartford over the Memorial Day weekend.
Jan Wagner of Sun City, Arizona was a Memorial Day weekend guest in the home of her brother, Wally and Debbie Voigt.
Jim and Myrna Eben of Grand Rapids, Michigan were visitors on Thursday in the home of his mother, Irene Eben. Mark and Roxie Pier of Crofton, Nebraska were visitors on Saturday. Rosalie Schack of Owatonna, Minnesota was a visitor of her Irene for a few days.
Howard Elliott of Avon, Gary and Rita Elliott of Jefferson City, Missouri and Ethel Elliott Kruger of Papillion, Nebraska were weekend guests of Leslie and Mary Louise (Elliott)Jensen of Alpena. On Saturday all attended the Wedding of Tabitha Schmidt and Dylan Unruh of Redfield in Aberdeen. Tabitha is the granddaughter of Leslie and Mary Louise. They will both be teaching in the Music Department in Redfield this fall.
Sally Weber and her daughter, Jennifer and Bodhi Blais of Fargo, North Dakota and Robin Schnaidt of Menno were visitors on Saturday in the home of Jim and Shirley Yonkers.
Kelly Ridgway of Sioux City, Iowa and Dan Ridgway of Sioux Falls were weekend guests in the home of their mother, Reta Ridgway. They were here for Avon's All School Reunion.
Dan and Arlis Van Gerpen of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania are house guests at the home of Ed and Sharon Van Gerpen. They attended the All School Reunion.
Conrad and Erma Meyer attended the wedding of their daughter, Karen Gearhart and Marlo Anderson in Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in rural Hartford. Pastor Nabel Nour conducted the service, who was once a minister in Avon. The reception was held at McCrossans Boys Ranch.
Craig and Linda Zacharisen of Lincoln, Nebraska were brunch guests Saturday morning of her brother, Curtis and Bette Koehn.
Diane Ewing of Sioux Falls was a weekend guest in the home of her sister, Lynn and Jon Stather. On Friday evening, Jon, Lynn and Diane, along with Jim and Dawn Williams Club House Party at the family home place that Jon and Lynn live on. On Saturday, Jon, Lynn and Diane attended the 80th birthday celebration for Lyle Mensch. Diane attended her class reunion of 1969 at the Manor for supper and Lynn got together with the class of 1974 at Tolsma's Cove.