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March 2022
In Honor of --
75th Danebod Folk Meeting, 2022, $80 from John & Margie Bornhoft
Dale Johnson (great-grandson of Ole Jensen, 1st Council President at Fredsville), $100 from Rev. Jeff Johnson and Pepe Sanchez Aldaco
In Memory of --
Donald James Christensen, $30 from Jacqueline Hill
Dixie Hansen, $35 from the Hansen family
My parents, Peter and Jean Jorgensen, $30 from Bob and Karma Nilsen
My parents, Svend Utoft Hansen and Ellyn Strachour Hansen, $20 from Rikke Hansen Olsen
Supporting Subscribers ($21-$50)
Eric Hansen
Elizabeth Ihrig
Marilyn Larsen and Carol Lake
Rikke Olsen
Ronnie Petersen
Ivan Westergaard
Katherind Wilson
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Alice and Dan Mikel
David and Cathy Nielsen
John Mark and Dawn Nielsen
January-February 2022
In Honor of --
Grandchildren Annelise, Rasmus, Arn, and Viggo, $20 from Mark Pedersen
the Church and Life community, $60 from Bridget Lois Jensen
In Memory of --
Iver "Whitey" Jorgensen, $50 from Sonja Knudsen
Merna Christensen Rierson, $25 from Charlotte Peper
Rev. Arnold Knudsen, $20 from Edward Amundson
My grandparents, Ansgar and Frederikke Johannsen, $30 from Wanda Johansen
My parents, Rev. Alfred Sørensen & wife Gertrude, $100 from Paul D. Sørensen
A. C. Nielsen, Chris and Gudrun Nielsen, $35 from Bert Bodaski
My father, Al Jensen, $25 from Bridget Lois Jensen
Supporting Subscribers ($21-$50)
Sandra & Dennis Andersen
Bert Bodaski
Egon & Diana Bodtker
Selma Christensen
Keith & Betty Jensen
Hans Jorgensen & Anna Duus
Lis Jorgensen
Gwen Sarya
Jane Scaro
Annalee Strandskov
Dorothy Stilling
Ted & Mary Thuesen
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Marilyn Arro
Sonja Knudsen
Marilyn O. Kramme
Paul D. Sørensen
Sonja Walker
December 2021
In Memory of --
Norma Knudsen Mortensen and Virginia (Ammentorp) Nielsen, dear friends, $50 from Karma and Bob Nilsen
Elizabeth. Jensen Ibsen, $30 from Sally Blount
Svend and Ethel Kjaer, my parents, $200 from Ethel Barker
Merna Rierson, $200 from Greg Rierson
Whitey Jorgensen and Elaine Jensen, $50 from Joy Ibsen and Don Lenef
Karma Utoft Roberts, $100 from husband Donald Roberts and daughter Alison Roberts
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Paul Petersen
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Bruce Bro
Ethel Barker
Janet Jensen
Joel and Carla Mortensen
May 2021
In Memory of --
Thorvald and Johanne Hansen, $30 from Nancy OKeefe
Marie Louise Sørensen, $100 from Norman Rasmussen
Elin and Hermod Strandskov, $50 from Henrik and Nikki Strandskov
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Janet Beck
Elsie Hermansen
Kathryn Jensen
Clark and Joanne Rasmussen
Henrik and Nikki Strandskov
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Erna Jensen
April 2021
In Memory of --
Harriet Holm Hansen, Centerville, SD, Attended Grand View for two years,
$20 from Beverly and Vernon Andersen
Ev and Clayton Nielsen, $30 from Pastor Bert and Susan Bodaski
Lotte Christensen, $100 from Borge M Christensen
MaryLou Grumstrup, $50 from Bob Hansen and Cathy Mahowald
Donald Jacob Christensen, $50 from Jacqueline Hill
Karen Trankar, $50 from Eric and Ginger Ketelsen
My aunt, Gloria Knudsen, $30 from Dean Knudsen
Erling Grumstrup, $30 from Karma and Robert Nilsen
Trudy Hansen Weisman, Rikke's sister, $50 from Rikke and Steve Olsen
My grandparents Niels and Are Maria Petersen, Luck WI and their many grandchildren,
$100 from Else Statom
Gift to Church and Life
$100 from Elin Koch
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
John and Margie Bornhoft
Thomas B. Chittick
Borge M Christensen
Lee and Ginny Molgaard
David Nielsen
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Wesley Aardahl
Ann Becker
Bill and Marilyn Gift
Bob Hansen and Cathy Maholwald
Erik Hansen
Chuck Lauritsen
Jim Lauritsen
Bobbi Loverink
Rikke Olsen
Mark Pedersen
Ronnie Petersen
Annalee Strandskov
John and Karen Wells
Ivan Westergaard
Anita and Jon Young
February/March 2021
In Memory of --
Dorla Clark, $100 from Marilyn Arro
Erling Grumstup, $40 from Susan and Bert Bodaski
Marie Louise Sørensen, $50 from Amy Christensen and Greg Rierson
Dixie Hansen, Emil, Gudrun, and Kathy Hansen, $50 from Pete Hansen
Glen Madsen, my roommate at Grand View 1962-63, $35 from Kieth and Betty Jensen
Marie Sørensen, Doris Henriksen, and Johannes Hansen, $30 from Iver and Lis Jorgensen
Our parents, Peter B and Dagmar Pedersen, Ringsted, IA and Olaf R and Marian Juhl, Minneapolis, MN,
$100 from Dick and Rita Juhl
Marie Louise Sørensen, Merna Rierson, and Jahanne Hansen, $60 from Sonja Knudsen
Ralph Jensen, $20 from Gordon and Lois Lund
My brother, Leo Grau, $25 from Dorothy Stilling
In loving memory of Doris Henriksen, €25 from Lise Sørensen
In loving memory of Marie Louise Sørensen, from Lise Sørensen
Marie Louise Sørensen, $100 from Paul Sørensen
Sustaining Supporters (More than $50)
Marilyn Arro
Pete Hansen
Lou ann Jensen
Sonja Knudsen
Paul Sørensen
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Rev. Wesley Aardahl
Sandra and Dennis Andersen
Karen Bell
Susan and Bert Bodaski
Egon and Diana Bodtker
Keith and Betty Jensen
Hans Jorgensen and Anna Duus
Betty and Dale Johnson
Carol Lake and Marilyn Larsen
John Mark and Dawn Nielsen
Dorothy Stilling
Ted and Mary Thuesen
Virginia Windschtil
January 2021
In Memory of --
Gloria Knudsen, wife of Arnold Knudsen, $20 from Edward Amundson
With loving memories of Marie Louise Sørensen, Val Eve, and Ellen Sørensen,
$100 from Ardis (Sørensen) Cicchella
Johanne Hansen and Ane Marie James, $25 from Heather James
Marie Louise Sørensen, $25 from Bridget Lois Jensen
Beloved Aunt Johanne Johansen Hansen, $25 from Wanda Johansen
Doris Henriksen, $20 from Paul Petersen
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Marilynn Kramme
Mark and Lorna Nussle
Sonja Walker
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Janet Dellaria
Elizabeth Ihrig
Carole Johnson
Donna Pedersen
Gwen Sarya
Jane Scaro
December 2020
In Memory and Honor of --
My parents, Rev. Svend and Ethel Kjaer, $100 from Ethel Barker
Liz Ibsen, $10 from Sally Blount
Friends and Family, $30 from Janet Christensen Fenton
Erling Grumstrup, $25 from Bill and Marilyn Gift
Trudy Hansen Weisman, $25 from Bill and Marilyn Gift
The amazing Rodholm sisters, Nanna, Dagmar, Thora, Asta, Karma Miriam, $100 from John Grau
The amazing Ravenholt family, $30 from Janet Jensen
Harry and Dorothy Mortensen and Folmer and Elsie Hansen, $80 from Joel and Carla Mortensen
Trudy Hansen Weisman, $50 from Lars and Carol Ann Sorensen
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Ethel Barker
Janet Jensen
Greg Rierson
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Sally Bount
Joanne Henderson
November 2020
In Honor of --
Better days and hope for the future, $25 from Dode Aronson
In Memory of --
Trudy Hansen Nielsen Weisman, from Bert and Susan Bodaski
Erling Grumstrup, from Hans Clausen
Pastor Folmer and Bernice Farstrup, from Jean (Farstrup) Eller
Erling Grumstrup, from Bente Ellis
Edith L. Hansen, we met at Grand View Jr. Camp in the 1940s & kept up correspondence for 70-80 yrs.,
$20 from Esther Haahr
Two dear friends, Pastor Clayton Nielsen and Erling Grumstrup, from Joy Ibsen and Don Lenef
Reimert Ravenholt, from Joy Ibsen and Don Lener
Rev. Svend and Ethel Kjaer, from Ruth Kjaer
My proud Danish parents, Arnod and Agnete Buhl, from Marilyn Parker
Eugene Paulson, from Marilyn Paulson
Medora and Hjalmar Petersen, from Karla Tinklenberg
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Bente Ellis
Mary Paulson
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Ginny Blood
Eric & Ginger Ketelsen
Ruth Kjaer
Craig McKee
Alma Miller
Greta Murray
Alis Olsen
Marilyn Parker
Bodil Wilson
Thank you for your support!
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Recent Gifts to Church and Life - Thank you for your support!
March 2022
In Honor of --
75th Danebod Folk Meeting, 2022, $80 from John & Margie Bornhoft
Dale Johnson (great-grandson of Ole Jensen, 1st Council President at Fredsville), $100 from Rev. Jeff Johnson and Pepe Sanchez Aldaco
In Memory of --
Donald James Christensen, $30 from Jacqueline Hill
Dixie Hansen, $35 from the Hansen family
My parents, Peter and Jean Jorgensen, $30 from Bob and Karma Nilsen
My parents, Svend Utoft Hansen and Ellyn Strachour Hansen, $20 from Rikke Hansen Olsen
Supporting Subscribers ($21-$50)
Eric Hansen
Elizabeth Ihrig
Marilyn Larsen and Carol Lake
Rikke Olsen
Ronnie Petersen
Ivan Westergaard
Katherind Wilson
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Alice and Dan Mikel
David and Cathy Nielsen
John Mark and Dawn Nielsen
January-February 2022
In Honor of --
Grandchildren Annelise, Rasmus, Arn, and Viggo, $20 from Mark Pedersen
the Church and Life community, $60 from Bridget Lois Jensen
In Memory of --
Iver "Whitey" Jorgensen, $50 from Sonja Knudsen
Merna Christensen Rierson, $25 from Charlotte Peper
Rev. Arnold Knudsen, $20 from Edward Amundson
My grandparents, Ansgar and Frederikke Johannsen, $30 from Wanda Johansen
My parents, Rev. Alfred Sørensen & wife Gertrude, $100 from Paul D. Sørensen
A. C. Nielsen, Chris and Gudrun Nielsen, $35 from Bert Bodaski
My father, Al Jensen, $25 from Bridget Lois Jensen
Supporting Subscribers ($21-$50)
Sandra & Dennis Andersen
Bert Bodaski
Egon & Diana Bodtker
Selma Christensen
Keith & Betty Jensen
Hans Jorgensen & Anna Duus
Lis Jorgensen
Gwen Sarya
Jane Scaro
Annalee Strandskov
Dorothy Stilling
Ted & Mary Thuesen
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Marilyn Arro
Sonja Knudsen
Marilyn O. Kramme
Paul D. Sørensen
Sonja Walker
December 2021
In Memory of --
Norma Knudsen Mortensen and Virginia (Ammentorp) Nielsen, dear friends, $50 from Karma and Bob Nilsen
Elizabeth. Jensen Ibsen, $30 from Sally Blount
Svend and Ethel Kjaer, my parents, $200 from Ethel Barker
Merna Rierson, $200 from Greg Rierson
Whitey Jorgensen and Elaine Jensen, $50 from Joy Ibsen and Don Lenef
Karma Utoft Roberts, $100 from husband Donald Roberts and daughter Alison Roberts
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Paul Petersen
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Bruce Bro
Ethel Barker
Janet Jensen
Joel and Carla Mortensen
May 2021
In Memory of --
Thorvald and Johanne Hansen, $30 from Nancy OKeefe
Marie Louise Sørensen, $100 from Norman Rasmussen
Elin and Hermod Strandskov, $50 from Henrik and Nikki Strandskov
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Janet Beck
Elsie Hermansen
Kathryn Jensen
Clark and Joanne Rasmussen
Henrik and Nikki Strandskov
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Erna Jensen
April 2021
In Memory of --
Harriet Holm Hansen, Centerville, SD, Attended Grand View for two years,
$20 from Beverly and Vernon Andersen
Ev and Clayton Nielsen, $30 from Pastor Bert and Susan Bodaski
Lotte Christensen, $100 from Borge M Christensen
MaryLou Grumstrup, $50 from Bob Hansen and Cathy Mahowald
Donald Jacob Christensen, $50 from Jacqueline Hill
Karen Trankar, $50 from Eric and Ginger Ketelsen
My aunt, Gloria Knudsen, $30 from Dean Knudsen
Erling Grumstrup, $30 from Karma and Robert Nilsen
Trudy Hansen Weisman, Rikke's sister, $50 from Rikke and Steve Olsen
My grandparents Niels and Are Maria Petersen, Luck WI and their many grandchildren,
$100 from Else Statom
Gift to Church and Life
$100 from Elin Koch
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
John and Margie Bornhoft
Thomas B. Chittick
Borge M Christensen
Lee and Ginny Molgaard
David Nielsen
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Wesley Aardahl
Ann Becker
Bill and Marilyn Gift
Bob Hansen and Cathy Maholwald
Erik Hansen
Chuck Lauritsen
Jim Lauritsen
Bobbi Loverink
Rikke Olsen
Mark Pedersen
Ronnie Petersen
Annalee Strandskov
John and Karen Wells
Ivan Westergaard
Anita and Jon Young
February/March 2021
In Memory of --
Dorla Clark, $100 from Marilyn Arro
Erling Grumstup, $40 from Susan and Bert Bodaski
Marie Louise Sørensen, $50 from Amy Christensen and Greg Rierson
Dixie Hansen, Emil, Gudrun, and Kathy Hansen, $50 from Pete Hansen
Glen Madsen, my roommate at Grand View 1962-63, $35 from Kieth and Betty Jensen
Marie Sørensen, Doris Henriksen, and Johannes Hansen, $30 from Iver and Lis Jorgensen
Our parents, Peter B and Dagmar Pedersen, Ringsted, IA and Olaf R and Marian Juhl, Minneapolis, MN,
$100 from Dick and Rita Juhl
Marie Louise Sørensen, Merna Rierson, and Jahanne Hansen, $60 from Sonja Knudsen
Ralph Jensen, $20 from Gordon and Lois Lund
My brother, Leo Grau, $25 from Dorothy Stilling
In loving memory of Doris Henriksen, €25 from Lise Sørensen
In loving memory of Marie Louise Sørensen, from Lise Sørensen
Marie Louise Sørensen, $100 from Paul Sørensen
Sustaining Supporters (More than $50)
Marilyn Arro
Pete Hansen
Lou ann Jensen
Sonja Knudsen
Paul Sørensen
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Rev. Wesley Aardahl
Sandra and Dennis Andersen
Karen Bell
Susan and Bert Bodaski
Egon and Diana Bodtker
Keith and Betty Jensen
Hans Jorgensen and Anna Duus
Betty and Dale Johnson
Carol Lake and Marilyn Larsen
John Mark and Dawn Nielsen
Dorothy Stilling
Ted and Mary Thuesen
Virginia Windschtil
January 2021
In Memory of --
Gloria Knudsen, wife of Arnold Knudsen, $20 from Edward Amundson
With loving memories of Marie Louise Sørensen, Val Eve, and Ellen Sørensen,
$100 from Ardis (Sørensen) Cicchella
Johanne Hansen and Ane Marie James, $25 from Heather James
Marie Louise Sørensen, $25 from Bridget Lois Jensen
Beloved Aunt Johanne Johansen Hansen, $25 from Wanda Johansen
Doris Henriksen, $20 from Paul Petersen
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Marilynn Kramme
Mark and Lorna Nussle
Sonja Walker
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Janet Dellaria
Elizabeth Ihrig
Carole Johnson
Donna Pedersen
Gwen Sarya
Jane Scaro
December 2020
In Memory and Honor of --
My parents, Rev. Svend and Ethel Kjaer, $100 from Ethel Barker
Liz Ibsen, $10 from Sally Blount
Friends and Family, $30 from Janet Christensen Fenton
Erling Grumstrup, $25 from Bill and Marilyn Gift
Trudy Hansen Weisman, $25 from Bill and Marilyn Gift
The amazing Rodholm sisters, Nanna, Dagmar, Thora, Asta, Karma Miriam, $100 from John Grau
The amazing Ravenholt family, $30 from Janet Jensen
Harry and Dorothy Mortensen and Folmer and Elsie Hansen, $80 from Joel and Carla Mortensen
Trudy Hansen Weisman, $50 from Lars and Carol Ann Sorensen
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Ethel Barker
Janet Jensen
Greg Rierson
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Sally Bount
Joanne Henderson
November 2020
In Honor of --
Better days and hope for the future, $25 from Dode Aronson
In Memory of --
Trudy Hansen Nielsen Weisman, from Bert and Susan Bodaski
Erling Grumstrup, from Hans Clausen
Pastor Folmer and Bernice Farstrup, from Jean (Farstrup) Eller
Erling Grumstrup, from Bente Ellis
Edith L. Hansen, we met at Grand View Jr. Camp in the 1940s & kept up correspondence for 70-80 yrs.,
$20 from Esther Haahr
Two dear friends, Pastor Clayton Nielsen and Erling Grumstrup, from Joy Ibsen and Don Lenef
Reimert Ravenholt, from Joy Ibsen and Don Lener
Rev. Svend and Ethel Kjaer, from Ruth Kjaer
My proud Danish parents, Arnod and Agnete Buhl, from Marilyn Parker
Eugene Paulson, from Marilyn Paulson
Medora and Hjalmar Petersen, from Karla Tinklenberg
Sustaining Subscribers (More than $50)
Bente Ellis
Mary Paulson
Supporting Subscribers ($21 - $50)
Ginny Blood
Eric & Ginger Ketelsen
Ruth Kjaer
Craig McKee
Alma Miller
Greta Murray
Alis Olsen
Marilyn Parker
Bodil Wilson
Thank you for your support!