Health care is never FREE! You are paying for it with much higher taxes than we pay in the US with fewer choices and longer wait times to get needed surgery. Those of us in the US with insurance have WORKED all of our lives for coverage through an employer or now Medicare. A Registered Nurse in the US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Horst Gutsche" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:10 AM Subject: [GV] FW: FW: Spread the Word > > Please strike the word Bessarabian from all of the emails that you forward > and state Germans from Eastern Europe via Switzerland and PA. Alberta > Health Care is free for people who reside here for at least a certain part > of the year. > > Horst > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:47:55 -0600 >> Subject: [GV] FW: Spread the Word >> >> >> Hi again, >> >> Actually Canadian Health Care is really great and here in Alberta it is >> free. >> >> Horst >> >> > From: [email protected] >> > To: [email protected] >> > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:41:33 -0600 >> > Subject: [GV] Spread the Word >> > >> > >> > President Obama is related to about half of the Bessarabian Germans and >> > to a lot of the Swiss through his great-grandmother Goodnight >> > (Gutknecht). I don't agree with abortion but perhaps only certain >> > places in the USA should be designated as such sites and then the >> > people who are for it can pay for the airplane tickets! >> > >> > A Friend from Up North >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1208 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

why are you discussing health care when this is a Volga German website???? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 18:49:36 -0500 > Subject: Re: [GV] FW: FW: Spread the Word > > Health care is never FREE! You are paying for it with much higher taxes than > we pay in the US with fewer choices and longer wait times to get needed > surgery. Those of us in the US with insurance have WORKED all of our lives > for coverage through an employer or now Medicare. A Registered Nurse in the > US > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Horst Gutsche" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:10 AM > Subject: [GV] FW: FW: Spread the Word > > > > > > Please strike the word Bessarabian from all of the emails that you forward > > and state Germans from Eastern Europe via Switzerland and PA. Alberta > > Health Care is free for people who reside here for at least a certain part > > of the year. > > > > Horst > > > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:47:55 -0600 > >> Subject: [GV] FW: Spread the Word > >> > >> > >> Hi again, > >> > >> Actually Canadian Health Care is really great and here in Alberta it is > >> free. > >> > >> Horst > >> > >> > From: [email protected] > >> > To: [email protected] > >> > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:41:33 -0600 > >> > Subject: [GV] Spread the Word > >> > > >> > > >> > President Obama is related to about half of the Bessarabian Germans and > >> > to a lot of the Swiss through his great-grandmother Goodnight > >> > (Gutknecht). I don't agree with abortion but perhaps only certain > >> > places in the USA should be designated as such sites and then the > >> > people who are for it can pay for the airplane tickets! > >> > > >> > A Friend from Up North > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1208 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am corresponding (email) with a second cousin who is Russian, Igor Zitzer. He asked me about the citizenship of our relatives. His own father Viktor Zitzer died when he was only 9. I never thought to ask that question before. Did our ancestors automatically become Russian citizens when they settled on the Volga? Thanks, Sally Zitzer Edmonds, WA

To Maggie HEIN-did you receive the death cert of my grandfather I emailed a while back? I,m laid up with an injury & can't get online much. Thankyou,  Susan H. Mom of Kelly Arthur Hubenthal 8/7/67-6/29/96 CoAuthor:Between Two Pages:Children of Substance Available:www.authorhouse.com Also read my articles on Word Press: suhuben.wordpress.com "We are, each of us, angels with one wing and we can fly only by embracing one another." ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 7:50:53 AM Subject: GER-VOLGA Digest, Vol 5, Issue 378 Today's Topics:    1. Spread the Word (Horst Gutsche)    2. FW:  Spread the Word (Horst Gutsche)    3. FW:  FW:  Spread the Word (Horst Gutsche)    4. FW:  Spread the Word (Horst Gutsche)    5. FW: [BESS-GR] I am against something else. (Horst Gutsche)    6. I am against something else. (Horst Gutsche)    7. FW:  FW: [BESS-GR] I am against something else. (Horst Gutsche)    8. Obit, RANDALL ALLEN HERDT (Henry Schmick) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:41:33 -0600 From: Horst Gutsche <[email protected]> Subject: [GV] Spread the Word To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" President Obama is related to about half of the Bessarabian Germans and to a lot of the Swiss through his great-grandmother Goodnight (Gutknecht). I don't agree with abortion but perhaps only certain places in the USA should be designated as such sites and then the people who are for it can pay for the airplane tickets!   A Friend from Up North                                                ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:47:55 -0600 From: Horst Gutsche <[email protected]> Subject: [GV] FW:  Spread the Word To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi again,   Actually Canadian Health Care is really great and here in Alberta it is free.   Horst   > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:41:33 -0600 > Subject: [GV] Spread the Word > > > President Obama is related to about half of the Bessarabian Germans and to a lot of the Swiss through his great-grandmother Goodnight (Gutknecht). I don't agree with abortion but perhaps only certain places in the USA should be designated as such sites and then the people who are for it can pay for the airplane tickets! > > A Friend from Up North > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message                                                 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:10:47 -0600 From: Horst Gutsche <[email protected]> Subject: [GV] FW:  FW:  Spread the Word To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Please strike the word Bessarabian from all of the emails that you forward and state Germans from Eastern Europe via Switzerland and PA.  Alberta Health Care is free for people who reside here for at least a certain part of the year.   Horst   > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:47:55 -0600 > Subject: [GV] FW: Spread the Word > > > Hi again, > > Actually Canadian Health Care is really great and here in Alberta it is free. > > Horst > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:41:33 -0600 > > Subject: [GV] Spread the Word > > > > > > President Obama is related to about half of the Bessarabian Germans and to a lot of the Swiss through his great-grandmother Goodnight (Gutknecht). I don't agree with abortion but perhaps only certain places in the USA should be designated as such sites and then the people who are for it can pay for the airplane tickets! > > > > A Friend from Up North > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message                                                 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:12:10 -0600 From: Horst Gutsche <[email protected]> Subject: [GV] FW:  Spread the Word To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Also strike the name Goodnight (Gutknecht).   Horst   > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:41:33 -0600 > Subject: [GV] Spread the Word > > > President Obama is related to about half of the Bessarabian Germans and to a lot of the Swiss through his great-grandmother Goodnight (Gutknecht). I don't agree with abortion but perhaps only certain places in the USA should be designated as such sites and then the people who are for it can pay for the airplane tickets! > > A Friend from Up North > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message                                                 ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:17:33 -0600 From: Horst Gutsche <[email protected]> Subject: [GV] FW: [BESS-GR] I am against something else. To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"   Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:15:48 -0600 From: [email protected] Subject: [BESS-GR] I am against something else. To: [email protected] No synagogue should be bombed if it is for gays or lesbians or straight people or for any church or mosque either even though I am for a regular family!   Horst                                                 ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:15:48 -0600 From: Horst Gutsche <[email protected]> Subject: [GV] I am against something else. To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" No synagogue should be bombed if it is for gays or lesbians or straight people or for any church or mosque either even though I am for a regular family!   Horst                                                ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:31:18 -0600 From: Horst Gutsche <[email protected]> Subject: [GV] FW:  FW: [BESS-GR] I am against something else. To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I also think that forced abortions or child sex selection should be banned in all of the other parts of the world. Also, I think that the ying and yang symbols go back to the sign of the cross.  I think that the whole world is related and we all go back to Adam and Eve! I know from my study of the Holy Book that the Lord God would not be in favour of either one of those.   Horst   > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:17:33 -0600 > Subject: [GV] FW: [BESS-GR] I am against something else. > > > > > > > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:15:48 -0600 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [BESS-GR] I am against something else. > To: [email protected] > > > > > No synagogue should be bombed if it is for gays or lesbians or straight people or for any church or mosque either even though I am for a regular family! > > Horst > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message                                                 ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:50:47 -0600 From: "Henry Schmick" <[email protected]> Subject: [GV] Obit, RANDALL ALLEN HERDT To: "Ger-Volga List, " <[email protected]>, "GR-GENEALOGY, "         <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1;format="flowed" HERDT, RANDALL ALLEN,  August 26, 1950- October 27, 2010 Colyer Funeral Home Torrington, WY 31 Oct 2010 TORRINGTON, WYOMING...........Funeral services for RANDALL ALLEN HERDT 60, will be held at 2pm Monday, November 1, 2010 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Matthew Gordon officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Randy died October 27, 2010 at Community Hospital. In lieu of flowers memorials to the family would be appreciated. Visitation will be Sunday from 3pm to 7pm at the funeral home and the casket will be open briefly following the service. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Randy was born August 26, 1950 in Torrington, Wyoming the son of Ted and Loretta (Weickum) Herdt. He grew up and received his education in Torrington graduating there. He served in the Wyoming Army National Guard and worked at Camp Guernsey. He married Karen Samson on June 22, 1974 in Torrington. In 1979 he went to work for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad and worked there until he retired in 2009. Randy enjoyed gambling, computers, and especially spending time with his grandchildren. Randy is survived by his wife Karen of Torrington, Wyoming; two sons, Torrie Herdt of Torrington and MM2 (SS) Jarrod Herdt and his wife Jamie of Great Lakes, Illinois; sisters Rhonda Harvey and her husband Doug of Torrington and Rene Owens of Gering, Nebraska; brothers Barry Herdt and his wife Tawnya of Powell, Wyoming and Kevin Herdt and his wife Kimberly of Torrington; grandchildren, Trae Herdt of Alliance, Nebraska, Jacob Martin of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Zayne Herdt of Torrington, and Madison Herdt of Great Lakes. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his maternal and paternal grandparents. ------------------------------ To contact the GER-VOLGA list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the GER-VOLGA mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of GER-VOLGA Digest, Vol 5, Issue 378 *****************************************

HERDT, RANDALL ALLEN, August 26, 1950- October 27, 2010 Colyer Funeral Home Torrington, WY 31 Oct 2010 TORRINGTON, WYOMING...........Funeral services for RANDALL ALLEN HERDT 60, will be held at 2pm Monday, November 1, 2010 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Matthew Gordon officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Randy died October 27, 2010 at Community Hospital. In lieu of flowers memorials to the family would be appreciated. Visitation will be Sunday from 3pm to 7pm at the funeral home and the casket will be open briefly following the service. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Randy was born August 26, 1950 in Torrington, Wyoming the son of Ted and Loretta (Weickum) Herdt. He grew up and received his education in Torrington graduating there. He served in the Wyoming Army National Guard and worked at Camp Guernsey. He married Karen Samson on June 22, 1974 in Torrington. In 1979 he went to work for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad and worked there until he retired in 2009. Randy enjoyed gambling, computers, and especially spending time with his grandchildren. Randy is survived by his wife Karen of Torrington, Wyoming; two sons, Torrie Herdt of Torrington and MM2 (SS) Jarrod Herdt and his wife Jamie of Great Lakes, Illinois; sisters Rhonda Harvey and her husband Doug of Torrington and Rene Owens of Gering, Nebraska; brothers Barry Herdt and his wife Tawnya of Powell, Wyoming and Kevin Herdt and his wife Kimberly of Torrington; grandchildren, Trae Herdt of Alliance, Nebraska, Jacob Martin of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Zayne Herdt of Torrington, and Madison Herdt of Great Lakes. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his maternal and paternal grandparents.

I also think that forced abortions or child sex selection should be banned in all of the other parts of the world. Also, I think that the ying and yang symbols go back to the sign of the cross. I think that the whole world is related and we all go back to Adam and Eve! I know from my study of the Holy Book that the Lord God would not be in favour of either one of those. Horst > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:17:33 -0600 > Subject: [GV] FW: [BESS-GR] I am against something else. > > > > > > > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:15:48 -0600 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [BESS-GR] I am against something else. > To: [email protected] > > > > > No synagogue should be bombed if it is for gays or lesbians or straight people or for any church or mosque either even though I am for a regular family! > > Horst > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:15:48 -0600 From: [email protected] Subject: [BESS-GR] I am against something else. To: [email protected] No synagogue should be bombed if it is for gays or lesbians or straight people or for any church or mosque either even though I am for a regular family! Horst

No synagogue should be bombed if it is for gays or lesbians or straight people or for any church or mosque either even though I am for a regular family! Horst

Also strike the name Goodnight (Gutknecht). Horst > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:41:33 -0600 > Subject: [GV] Spread the Word > > > President Obama is related to about half of the Bessarabian Germans and to a lot of the Swiss through his great-grandmother Goodnight (Gutknecht). I don't agree with abortion but perhaps only certain places in the USA should be designated as such sites and then the people who are for it can pay for the airplane tickets! > > A Friend from Up North > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Please strike the word Bessarabian from all of the emails that you forward and state Germans from Eastern Europe via Switzerland and PA. Alberta Health Care is free for people who reside here for at least a certain part of the year. Horst > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:47:55 -0600 > Subject: [GV] FW: Spread the Word > > > Hi again, > > Actually Canadian Health Care is really great and here in Alberta it is free. > > Horst > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:41:33 -0600 > > Subject: [GV] Spread the Word > > > > > > President Obama is related to about half of the Bessarabian Germans and to a lot of the Swiss through his great-grandmother Goodnight (Gutknecht). I don't agree with abortion but perhaps only certain places in the USA should be designated as such sites and then the people who are for it can pay for the airplane tickets! > > > > A Friend from Up North > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi again, Actually Canadian Health Care is really great and here in Alberta it is free. Horst > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:41:33 -0600 > Subject: [GV] Spread the Word > > > President Obama is related to about half of the Bessarabian Germans and to a lot of the Swiss through his great-grandmother Goodnight (Gutknecht). I don't agree with abortion but perhaps only certain places in the USA should be designated as such sites and then the people who are for it can pay for the airplane tickets! > > A Friend from Up North > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

President Obama is related to about half of the Bessarabian Germans and to a lot of the Swiss through his great-grandmother Goodnight (Gutknecht). I don't agree with abortion but perhaps only certain places in the USA should be designated as such sites and then the people who are for it can pay for the airplane tickets! A Friend from Up North

Hello All,   Following is a link to an article posted at the website "Geschichte der Wolgadeutschen" (="History of the Volga Germans") run by Alexander Spack who lives near Volgograd, Russia.   The article was translated especially for the English-speaking visitors of the website and it goes to discuss the difference in official political and geographic terms connected to the Lower Volga Valley heavily populated by German-speaking people.   http://wolgadeutsche.ru/lexikon/_Wolgagebiet_eng.htm   Regards, Tanja Schell Fargo,ND

The Intermountain American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, here in Utah, would like to invite interested individuals to come and join the chapter. Utah will be hosting the 2011 National Convention; we are looking for volunteers. Please feel free to contact me for details of meetings and events. Dee Hert 801-967-5915.

The Oregon Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia and the Center for Volga Germans Studies at Concordia University will present a traditional Christmas program on Saturday, December 11th, at 2:00 p.m. The program will be held at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church located at 6700 NE 27th on the Concordia University campus in Portland, Oregon. A reception and Christmas cookie sale will follow the program. For those in the Portland area, please mark your calendars and plan to join us for this holiday event! Lizzie and Steve Schreiber Portland, Oregon

This is my second try, the first bounced back, refused!! --- On Fri, 10/29/10, hugh lichtenwald <[email protected]> wrote: From: hugh lichtenwald <[email protected]> Subject: Frelich from Mannheim To: [email protected] Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:01 PM Hallo List:   Anyone out there researching the Frelich family from Mannheim, Odessa? Or anyone researching that area?   There's a Frelich descendant from there in Russia who has asked  an acquaintance of mine in Russia if there's anyone over here who would have information on her family. Her father was Ivan Frelich, born 1936 in Mannheim.   Seems doubtful because of the birth year, but you never know....   Hugh Lichtenwald, from the farm in Monetta, SC VC, Wiesenmueller  

Haas, Howard Adolph, July 28, 1926- Oct. 26, 2010 Scottsbluff Star Herald Scottsbluff, NE 28 Oct 2010 TORRINGTON, Wyo. - Howard Adolph Haas, 84, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, at the Goshen Care Center in Torrington. Funeral services for will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church with Reverend Curtis Hill officiating. Burial with Military Honors will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Visitation hours will be held at the Colyer Funeral Home on Thursday, Oct. 28 from 3 to 7 p.m. and the casket will be open at the church service. Memorials have been established at Eastern Wyoming College for either the Vet Tech Program or the Welding & Machine Tooling Program. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com Howard was born on July 28, 1926, in Torrington, Wyoming the son of George Fredrick and Edith Emma (Arnold) Haas. He was raised on the family homestead located near Veteran, Wyoming and he attended school at Veteran; graduating Veteran High School in 1944. In September of that year, Howard was drafted into the Army. He served his country with the US Army during WWII from 1944 until October 1945 where he was mainly with the occupational forces in Japan. While on a leave from duty, Howard married Mary Joyce Hacker on June 20, 1945 at the Presbyterian Church in Torrington. Following his discharge from service in Japan, Howard and Joyce lived at Veteran, Wyoming where they worked on the farm and ranch with Howard's father and two older brothers. In 1961, a corporation was formed and it was known as "Haas Farms, Inc.", and in 1968 Howard was the successor to his father as President. Howard and Joyce continued to farm and ranch for many years before moving to Torrington in 1986, but Howard continued to work out at the farm until his retirement in 1995. Howard was active in the Veteran community with the Volunteer Fire Department, the Boy Scouts, 4-H, and he was a 65-year member of the American Legion, Marlyn B. Anderson Post #56. He was also a member of the Presbyterian Church and was an Elder and Clerk of Session for several years. Howard served on the Goshen Irrigation District Board for 30 years and received the Headgate Award for Wyoming from the Four States Irrigation Council in 1989. He was on the Wyrulec Company Board from 1973 to 1987 and served as President for one term and held other offices as well. Howard was a Farm Bureau member and served as President of the Board for several years. He was also a member of the Wyoming Angus Association, as well as the Wyoming Stockgrowers, and he was listed in the 1970-1971 edition of "Who's Who in the West." Howard was a true man of the soil. He enjoyed farming; always looked forward to another spring when he could jump on the tractor and start plowing. A perfectionist - the beet and corn rows had to be straight and even. Howard enjoyed irrigating the crops and watching them respond to the water. Howard truly loved and enjoyed his six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. It was not unusual for him to hand them some money whenever they came to visit; saying, "maybe this will buy some gas for your car." Howard is survived by his wife of 65 years, Joyce of Torrington; sons, Dr. Galen Haas and his wife Maryann of Lewiston, Idaho; and Glen Haas and his wife Janet of Torrington; daughter, Dorothy Nash and her husband Audie of Torrington; grandchildren, Dr. Cody Haas and Desiree Haas both of Lewiston, Idaho; Scott Haas and his fiancé, Dr. Lacey Erickson, of Hooper, Utah; Erin Helzer and her husband Michael of Casper, Wyo.; Michelle Nash and her companion, Sean Ellsbury of Glenrock, Wyo.; and Joel Nash and his companion, Meisha Wengler of Torrington; great-grandchildren, Logan and Jordon Hague of Glenrock; triplets, Brooke, Bridget, and Breann Helzer of Casper, Wyo.; sisters, Mary Ellen Fullmer and Vivian Hill both of Torring-ton; sisters-in-law, Hazel Haas of Torrington; and Barbara Smith of Lander, Wyo.; and many nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death were his parents, brothers, Bernard, Hubert, and Les-lie; and sisters, Helen Booth and Emmajean Terrell.

Greetings Folks! I hope that all are well. I received this email newsletter from Pastor Alexander Gross today and added a few facts from other websites. Perhaps some of you may wish to be in contact with the ELSA or with Pastor Gross. Also, note the name of the contact in Denmark. Perhaps he belongs to the Goertzs that stayed behind in Denmark. God's Blessings to each and everyone of you! Horst Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are sending you some information. We hope to bring you joy, hope and move your hearts to thankfulness as we trust that the Lord Jesus Christ will. I very special thank you for your good words about my new duties and for your support in prayer. Please continue to remember us in your prayers! Please remember Ukraine. God is already doing this and of course you know that too. Tomorrow we will start a conference for Sunday School Teachers in the Youth Center with Bjarne Gertz Olsen from Denmark as member of ELSA (The European Lutheran Sunday School Association). God bless you; Pastor Alexander Gross About ELSA The logo of the ELSA is an open Bible surrounded by people. The Sunday School wants to introduce the children to the Bible so they can get to know the Lord by whom they were baptized through the ministry of pastors and priests. The Sunday School wants help the children grow after baptismal regeneration and teach them God's Word so that they can understand it better. The European Lutheran Sunday School Association is a network of Lutheran Sunday Schools in Europe established in Smolenice, Slovakia on November 1996 (Dr. Martin Luther's birthday) at the time of the second European Lutheran Sunday School Association. There were also conferences held in other Eastern European countries. The first conference of this kind was held in Svendborg in Denmark in 1994. These conferences came into being as the fruit of the Danish and Norwegian Sunday School movements involved in the reintroduction of Sunday Schools in Eastern Europe after 1989. At the Nordic Sunday School meeting in Norway in 1993 there were delegates also present from Estonia, Latvia and Hungary. The aim of ELSA is to create a supporting fellowship that gives genuine spiritual guidance and theological and pedagogical support mainly through conferences every third year. The conferences hold lectures and workshops and reports are given by representatives from each country. Workshops are held to teach new Sunday School materials. Reports are given about the work of the Lord in native countries. Bjarne Gertz Olsen (Denmark) Chairman Please contact the board at this address, if you have any questions about ELSA: ELSA Att. Bjarne Gertz Olsen, Nyager 12, Bredstrup, 7000 Fredericia, Denmark e-mail: [email protected]

Just to let fellow listers know, the Russian State Historic Archive in St. Petersburg has accepted an order to search for a list of arrivals to St. Petersburg in 1767 and 1768. I hope they are not just taking my money but that there is a belief on their part that they hold such records. I'm told they will fill the order in 2011.   Bill Pickelhaupt

Lorenz, William Harlan, January 21, 1949- October 21, 2010 Scottsbluff Star Herald Scottsbluff, NE 26 Oct 2010 William Harlan Lorenz age 61 of Lyman died Thursday October 21, 2010 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday October 27, 2010 at 10:30 AM at the Lyman Christian Church in Lyman, NE with Pastor Ted Grant officiating. Inurnment will take place at the family ranch at a later date. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 PM on Tuesday at Jolliffe Funeral Home in Scottsbluff. Memorials may be directed to the Lyman Christian Church. His obituary may be viewed at www.jolliffefuneralhome.com, where condolences may be left. Bill was born in Greeley, CO on January 21, 1949 to Ralph and Althea (Cox) Lorenz. He grew up in Gilcrest, CO and moved to Wyoming in the early 1980’s, where he spent his life working on the family farm. Bill was a Navy veteran, serving during the Vietnam War. His daughter and her family were his pride and joy. His weekly Tuesday afternoon visits were the highlight of their week. He was a good neighbor, friend and advisor. Bill was the guy you went to when you needed something handled. He was an active member of the Lyman Christian Church where he served as treasurer Survivors include his daughter Keri (Jeremy) Brunner of Gering; granddaughter Kendall; grandsons Trenton and Cody; nieces Angela King of California and Shawntey Lorenz-Sandoval of Cheyenne; and ex-wife Linda Lorenz of Cheyenne. Bill was preceded in death by his parents and brother Ronald O. Lorenz.