THE MAZEPPA JOURNAL, Editor and Publisher: Barbara and Reider Tommeraas FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1956 Obituaries
JOHN NEI Funeral services for John George Nei of Zumbrota, who died Monday, were held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul’s Catholic Church with the Rev. Thomas Kavanaugh of Goodhue officiating. Pallbearers were Arthur Anderson, Arthur McKeag, Thomas O’Reilly, Ercil Billings, Clarence Ryan and William V. Olson. Burial was in the Mazeppa Catholic cemetery. Mr. Nei was born March 12, 1909, in Goodhue and was graduated the high school there. He married Annette Krinke, formerly of Mazeppa at Belle Creek, April 19, 1937. Surviving are his wife; six children, Sandra, Nancy, Mary, John Peter, Margaret and Barbara, all at home; his father, Peter Nei of Zumbrota; sisters, Mrs. Lester Banidt of Goodhue, Mrs. H.G. Velthoff of Mason City, Iowa, Mrs. John Richards of Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. DD. Ryan of Hibbing. The family of Mr. Nei is offered the deepest sympathy in its great loss.
AUGUST KAROW August Karow of Pine Island died during his sleep Sunday, April 15, at the age of 84. He was born October 8 in Columbus, Wis. Surviving are the following children, Mrs. William McDonough of Mazeppa, Irving Karow of Alma, Wis., Mrs. Jake Sigrist and Mrs. Florence Bradshaw of Pine Island. Also surviving are 13 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Conrad and Mrs. Ida Rader of Columbus, Wis. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Mahler Funeral Home chapel. Interment was in the Pine Island Cemetery.
Weddings MCFARLIN-STOLP Oronoco—In a ceremony here Thursday evening at Grace Lutheran church, Miss LaVonne Lois McFarlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McFarlin of Oronoco, became the bride of Larry John Stolp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stolp, also of Oronoco.
Consolidation News Mazeppa’s proposed consolidation received a set-back this week due to confusion concerning notarized signatures of resident freeholders being withdrawn and added as time went on. County Supt. of Schools, Mrs. Verma Olin, stopped at this office last Friday and ordered published notices and ballots with election date set May 10 at the Mazeppa gym with public notices to be posted throughout the area, Tuesday. Monday afternoon word from her office was received that about 20 freeholders in District 89 had withdrawn their names, temporarily at least, stopping the proposed election. Since that time, new names were added to replace those withdrawn and at this writing, Thursday afternoon, no news has been received relative to the situation. It is believed at this time that an announcement concerning the proposed consolidation will be released in the next few days.
FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED The Mazeppa Fire department was called to the Frank Tri residence Monday afternoon to extinguish a chimney fire. No damage was done.