Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news
Weather
news: after spending most of last week in the deep freeze again, temperatures
have moderated some this week; but it is still very icy out there and even us
hardy Minnesotans are getting tired of it. The groundhog did not see his shadow
on Saturday so we are supposed to have an early spring
ST John’s/Kongsvinger News: Ash Wednesday services
will be at Kongsvinger on February 13th, at 7 pm thereafter it will alternate
between St John’s (February 20th) and Kongsvinger (February 27th) until March
20th . There will be coffee and fellowship afterwards .The cash offering will
be divided between the local Salvation Army and Evangelical Lutheran Church of
America God’s global barnyard
Good Shepherd news: Lenten services start with Ash
Wednesday services on February 13th @ 7 pm, and continue every Wednesday until
March 20th there will be no supper on
ash Wednesday however there will be one at 6 pm every wed thereafter however it will not be potluck this year
New member sun is February 17th
St. Mary's School will be holding their 7th Annual
Dinner/Auction on February 16th at The Old No. 1 Southside. Social hour and silent auction will begin at
5:30pm, with dinner to follow at 6:30pm.
The Concordia (Moorhead) band will be in concert in
Morris at the elementary music hall today (Saturday) at 7:30 pm. They will be
joined by the Morris area hs wind ensemble, free will offering
An open
house bridal shower honoring Melissa Zimmerman, bride to be of Erik Whittemore,
will be held today (Saturday) from 9-11 a.m. at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in
Chokio. Bring your favorite recipe to share with the couple. The couple is
registered at Target and Herberger's
An open house baby shower for Daphne Nicole, infant
daughter of Jessica Bergstrom and Joe Oelke will be held today (Saturday), from
2 to 4 p.m. at the Morris Senior Center. Please bring diapers and/or wipes for
a special drawing.
There are number of changes occurring at the post
office in Donnelly beginning next week.
Nadine Hack who has been the officer in charge has been transferred back
to Morris, Mary Shultz will be taking her place, and Rose Athey will remain the
rural mail carrier. Window hours will be
from 8 am –12 pm for more info about these and other changes taking place in
Donnelly post office talk to Marry in the post office.
Niemakel park pancake fundraiser will be held on February
17th at the legion in Herman from 10:30 am 1 pm
Former Donnelly area resident Harriet
"Myrta" Diehl passed away on January 31st. Ruth stand and I were among those who
attended her funeral on February 4th at the Morris evangelical Free
Church.
Eleanor "Ellie" Agnes Logan of Morris
formerly of Chokio passed away on Feb 2nd survivors include her husband, former
Donnelly area resident Sam Logan, and daughter Jerri Erickson. I was among the many friends and family that
attended her visitation at the funeral home on February 2nd.
Darrell "Bud" Clifton Johnson of Chokio
passed away on February 2nd. Survivors include a sister Lorraine Awsumb. Former Donnelly area residents Phyllis and
Dale Smith and Torgney Awsumb are among the brothers and sisters in law that
preceded him in death
Stella Charlotte Lair was born on November 30, 2012
at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center to Ryan and Jackie (Kill) Lair. Grandparents
are Mike and Rhonda Lair of Morris and Nick and Sandy Kill of Morris.
Great-grandparents are Barb and Don Rilley of Chokio, Kermit and Karen Stahn of
Morris, Jim and Ruth Lair of Rochester, and Jean and Ron Anderson of Nisswa.
Great-great-grandmother is Marlys Alm of Morris formerly of Morris
Tom Holland was a triple AAA (arts athletics and
academics) winner at Morris area high school
Jim and Lou Eystad served cake and coffee at Good
Shepherd on February 2nd in honor of their 59th wedding anniversary
Jody Wilke visited his mom Pearl A. Anderson over
the weekend; I visited her on February 5th.
I have received word that Morris High school class of ‘73 is planning a 40th class reunion in June, we
are looking for names, address, e-mail address, etc. for class members if you
are a member of the class or a family member of one and have such info you can e-mail
it to Ginger Nohl @ nohlgm@mrs.umn.edu
Every so often I like to remind everybody about my
contact info: my e-mail address: aeanders@fedtel.net;
phone numbers are 585-6435 (h) 288-8692 (c); mailing address is: 11 east 9th
street, Morris MN 56267
The Morris sun tribune has launched a new web site
so here is the new location for my column http://www.morrissuntribune.com/tags/donnelly-news
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