Cotesfield News
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Reminder: Mass will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on May 17th at 6:30 p.m.
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The family of Don Knapp would like to thank the many family members, friends, and neighbors for their support during our dad’s illness and passing. We would also like to thank Matelyn Retirement Community for their years of caring for dad, the Howard County Medical Center, Dr. Jared Kramer and others, and the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. We are eternally grateful for all that you did for our dad and our family.
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The Leth Family would like to thank everyone for the memorials, cards, calls, flowers, food, and service during the loss of Bob. We are blessed to have your support during this time. Thank you for showing the love we have felt the past few weeks.
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Nilson prepares to leave SPPS, eyes new pastures
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At the end of the academic year, after more than twenty years in the profession, St. Paul Public Schools (SPPS) Science Instructor Dustin Nilson is moving on to new pastures. The longtime educator, coach, and founder of the district’s robotics team will be putting down the chalk in order to dedicate himself to his cattle business.
IN STRIDE, SIDE BY SIDE
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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.
Home-delivered meals cease in Howard County
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The nonprofit Midland Area Agency on Aging (MAAA) ceased operations of its home-delivered meals program through the St. Paul Community Senior Center at 808 Howard Avenue on Friday, April 25th, citing a lack of personnel as the cause.
Schenck recognized for service
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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.
KONRAD “KONI” BERNI
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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.