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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.
Franklin Otten - February 27, 2013
Funeral services for Franklin Otten, age 84, of Pilger, were held on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at the Zion St. John Lutheran Church, rural Wisner. Interment was in St. Matthew’s Lutheran Cemetery, rural Wisner.Franklin passed away Feb. 20 at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk.
Survivors include his wife, Christa Otten of Pilger; children and their families: Emily Bowden of Tyler, TX and Rod Bowden of Flint, TX and daughters Rebekah and Andrea; Kristine and Ken Schneider of Monument, CO and children Jonathan, Elisabeth, Benjamin, and Elijah; Philip and Lisa Otten of Pilger and children Jakob, Levi, Rachel, and Lily; Nicholas and Julie Otten of Omaha and children Emily and Justin; brothers: Clemens and Dixie Otten of Greensboro, NC; Fred and Judith Otten of Norfolk; Arnold Otten of York; John and Mary Anne Otten of Rudyard, MI; sisters: Gertrude and Mel Clausen of Greeley, CO; Doris and Dick Benal of Colon; Mary and Stan Henderson of Waukee, IA; brother-in-law, Abb Taylor of Meridian, ID; sister-in-law, Magdalene Otten of Wisner. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Franklin was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Martin Otten, one sister, Ruth Taylor and one sister-in-law, Gail Otten.
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