Anna Lone

Imagine my surprise when I opened the "Senior Scene," a supplement to our "Pioneer" newspaper and read the following:

"It was Hildur Lamon not Hildur Bauer's mother who homesteaded. Hildur's mother, Anna Lone, and her friend, Louise, and her dad moved to Pennington from South Dakota when Anna was about 22 years old. She homesteaded on 160 acres of land and built a house, or shanty as they were called, on Popple Lake. She lived on the homestead in the summer and worked in Cass Lake at various domestic jobs in the winter. Her future husband homesteaded on Burns Lake."

Interesting, huh?

Carmen-Copied from Lois's E-mail

Mom just called to let me know that Carmen died this morning...no otherdetails at this time.

For those who don't know Carmen Gregerson was Hildurs brother. Gary

A little bit of good news to throw in...

Mandy and I are happy to share that after many years of unsuccessfully trying to become parents, we've finally done it! Well, almost...Mandy had her first ultrasound today and she's got a little jelly bean growing in there with a heartbeat of 134 beats per minute. We hope to be bringing him or her into the world in February next year.





While it may not look like much yet, here's a first pic:

Love,

Matt and Mandy

Sad News-Copied from Lois's E-mail

Dad called last night to let us know that Art Godin had passed away yesterday (Saturday 7/7/07). Art was married to Dorothy, Dad's sister. He spent his winterin Alabama helping Bea (another sister of Dad's) take care of her husbandwho died in April. I really don't think that Art recovered from that & thenhe experienced a couple of strokes over the past couple of months and neededto be hospitalized or in a rehab unit. Dad didn't know any details on when the funeral will be held.