Mother, daughter complete their second Boston Marathon A mother and daughter from Dannebrog ran 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston, Massachusetts last Monday, April 21st as part of the 129th Boston Marathon. One of the world’s oldest, most well-known, and competitive road racing events, the Boston Marathon was run by 28,928 participants and attended by more than 500,000 spectators lining the streets this year.

Jerry Schenck, a native of St. Paul and a member of St. Paul’s Carl Mogensen American Legion Post 119 for more than fifty-five years, was awarded a quilt of valor from the Grand Island Quilt of Valor Sew-ciety at a ceremony held at the Grand Island VA Medical Center on Saturday, April 26th.

from Vals, Switzerland and Virgil Berney from Lincoln made a recent trip to Hillside Cemetery in Wolbach to place flowers and a Swiss flag on the grave of Virgil’s great-grandfather, Joseph Berney. Berney was born in Vals and immigrated to the Wolbach area in 1874 and raised a family of nine children. The Berney name is spelled “Berni” in Vals, and many Berni families still live in the little village in the Swiss Alps. Berni stayed for a week in the Berneys’ home in Lincoln and toured several areas of historical interest to the family.

Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2015 Last week the Wolbach Fire Department received a $500 donation from the Boone/Nance Cattleman Association. Dean Robinson accepted the donation from Ray Bennet of Cedar Rapids.

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