Arlet Soderlund returned to her Henry home Saturday
after spending several days in the Veteran’s Hospital in Sioux Falls. Mark and
Arlet Soderlund are relatively new to Henry as they purchased LaVonne
Peterson’s home this fall and moved from the Minneapolis area. Mark was born at
Brookings, SD but considers Bryant his hometown and has several relatives
there. They are enjoying the peace and quietness of Henry as they both suffer
from severe health problems. Mark shared a lot of their news with me so I will
share it with the readers. During the ice storm when they were preparing to
seek shelter elsewhere, Don and Rose McElroy invited them to their Henry home
as they had a wood stove for heating and gas stove for cooking. Mark said he did not know what to do until
Don mentioned black coffee and that was the deciding factor. The Soderlunds had
not met the McElroys before but spent three enjoyable days getting acquainted.
The day after Christmas their son, Chris and grandaughter, Tabatha arrived from
Oakdale, MN and the following day, Arlet’s mother, Leona Wicklander, brother,
Jay Wicklander and sister, Colette Kasper arrived from the Minneapolis area for
a visit. After several days, they all returned to their Minnesota homes.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church held services Sunday
afternoon to install Rev. Keith Petersen as their pastor. Rev. Petersen, along with Rev. Richard
Kanzenbach had been serving as vacancy pastors since November of 2003. Effective January 1st, St. Paul’s
became a sister congregation with Bethlehem Lutheran in Watertown, and Pastor
Petersen who lives in Watertown, will serve both churches.
Donna Kittelson was a Saturday overnight guest at
the Dave and Jackie McNeil home in Warner.
Celebrating Grace Martenson’s first birthday Friday
evening at the Dennis and Barb Martenson home were Dave and Carissa Quale and
Maria of Volga, Rodger and Diane Redmond and boys, Pat and Irene Redmond, Lisa
Martenson, Kendra and Payton Gassman and Grace’s parents, Ryan and Lindsey
Martenson of Redfield.
Doris Coyle and Lucy Hoftiezer of Watertown enjoyed
lunch out together in Watertown on Saturday.
Later Doris visited at the Veryl and Sandy Hoftiezer home.
Tierra Rhody of Clear Lake who spent the weekend
with her grandparents, Fain and Roxanne Geiger accompanied them to Miller on
Saturday to visit Roxanne’s parents, Louis and Mardella Gortmaker.
Judy Kos met Pam Rorvik-Albers of Flandreau for
lunch in Watertown on Wednesday.
Pam continues to work at the Veteran’s Hospital in
Sioux Falls and shared news of son, Daniel’s engagement and upcoming May
wedding.
Floyd and Donna Kittelson attended several of the
Watertown Arrow basketball games this past week. They also attended the
Clark/Flandreau boy’s game.
Trinity Watson spent Saturday with her grandparents,
Danny and Bonita Sharp. Her parents, Troy and Nicky Watson joined them for
supper.
Kayla Parsons of Philip, SD spent the weekend at the
Ron and Peggy Bastian home. Kayla and Eric Bastian returned to school at
Spearfish State University this week.
Kelby, Toni and Hayley Goodall were Friday evening
visitors at the Fain Geiger home.
The Eastern Coteau Conference Tournament that was
held for the girls in Waverly this past week dominated the schedules for
several local people. The Henry girls
captured fourth place honors. This week
the tournament will be held for the boys and that will be in Henry.
Terry and Judy Kos attended the Sunday School
program held Sunday afternoon at the Cornerstone United Methodist Church in
Watertown. Their grandchildren, Kayla,
Connor and Adam DeJong were all program participants.
Lois Schoepp and Doris Coyle visited Lola Alexander
at the Wookey’s Assistant Living in Clark on Wednesday afternoon.
Fain and Roxanne Geiger were Sunday evening callers
at the Ken and Sally Luvaas home.
Bryan, Cindy and Hunter Wientjes of Clark and Donna
Kittelson attended the Boys and Girls Interstate Basketball tournament in
Watertown on Saturday. Later Cindy and Hunter visited at the Kittelson home.
John and Jeanne Reineccius of Redfield were
Wednesday evening visitors of Arlen Swedeen.
Ron Heller is the new rural mail carrier for the
Henry mail route. Ron comes to us from
Sherwood, ND and has purchased a home in Clark.
Brad and Lorie Terhark of Willow Lake were Sunday
evening supper guests at the Rod and Cherie Jans home.
Calvin and Lois Schoepp along with Jack and Marilyn
Henning of Watertown attended the concert Friday evening at the Salvation Army
in Watertown.
Savanna Hovde of rural Vienna was a Monday guest at
the Floyd and Donna Kittelson home.
Pat and Irene Redmond were Saturday evening supper
guests at the Dennis and Barb Martenson home.