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Your visit to THE DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM is a Journey . . . A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

January 2008 did we do to deserve this”? As my four grandparents Dear Friends and immigrated separately to this emerging nation, I speculate what their Supporters of thoughts must have been. Certainly The Danish their feelings must have been mixed. Immigrant Museum, Probably immense sadness at leaving family knowing they may never n calendar year 2008, The Danish see them again. I suspect there was IImmigrant Museum celebrates its anxiety at how they would cope in the 25th anniversary. Over the past 25 new world probably not knowing the years, much has been accomplished. language. There must have been great anticipation as to what opportunities A tremendous thank you goes to the Marc L. Petersen, President many dedicated people, volunteers and they would fi nd. The questions and staff, who have made this possible. Pat speculation could go on and on, but challenges of the future, we must yourself on the back as without you we all know courage had to be a have a fi rm foundation upon which there would be no national museum strong part of the constitution of the to build. We need both your fi nancial in the heart of the continent. Our immigrant striking out to a new life in and volunteer support. Certainly Danish heritage would not have been an unfamiliar world. membership renewal and recruitment preserved to the extent it is today The immigrant experiences of the is a key way to assist. So too are the without you! past must be preserved! Yet as we volunteer efforts to support various It is appropriate to refl ect briefl y on look at the next 25 years, we need museum activities. Another vital area what has been accomplished. Much not only refl ect on the immigrant of needed support is fi nancial. Give persistence and perspiration was experience, but our focus needs to thought to including the museum expended on making the institution expand to include many other aspects in your estate plans. Finally annual the fi ne place it is today. I think our of our heritage. Our Danish heritage giving and multiple year pledges are forbearers would be proud of the work has made numerous signifi cant the backbone of the entire museum that has been done across the country contributions to a better world. Danish operation. I ask, as we move forward to bring this effort to fruition. Being Americans have made wonderful in the immediate future, we all try a native of the Danish Villages area contributions. Those stories also to strengthen the foundation of (Elk Horn and Kimballton) having need to be told. “Across Oceans, our national museum. Only with a lived there for the fi rst 18 years of my Across Times, Across Generations” strong secure underpinning, can this being, I can’t help but speculate what appropriately indicates some passion of passing on our culture to some of the “old” Danish pioneers of challenges of the past, but also points current and future generations be these villages would say if they were us in a direction to the future. Our accomplished. In whatever way you able to visit the area for a day. I would task to capture this new mission will can contribute, please do so! Your envision the harness maker, the Danish be complex and diffi cult. The task efforts will be making our quest to baker, feed and drug store owners, will continue to require the efforts of preserve our heritage easier for all grocer, veterinarian, hardware dealer so many dedicated people. Another who will follow us. Give thought to and physician all shaking their heads aspect needing further concentration the role you could possibly play in and marveling that there is a national is the method by which we bring these making our tomorrow stronger and museum commemorating those stories to people and places. Virtual more substantial. simple, hardworking, good folks who museum technology and traveling sought to become Americans. I’ll bet exhibits are some of the ways the Sincerely, many “old” humble Danes around the Danish story may be told in the future. Marc Petersen country would react similarly – “What Obviously, as we look to the

2 • The Danish Immigrant Museum A LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

negotiating, purchasing, moving summer issue of our America Letter, from Denmark and reconstructing a “I believe the Danish American Danish Windmill, the location along community, whether museum Interstate 80 and the proximity to members or not, owe the Lauritzens a Danish American institutions like great debt of gratitude.” the headquarters of The Danish The other person I want to Brotherhood in America located acknowledge is Gunnar Horn, a in Omaha, and Dana College and long-time English teacher at Benson Grand View College were compelling High School in Omaha; though a reasons; the committee decided to man of modest means, his estate gift recommend Elk Horn as the place. was the seed for our Holger Danske Twenty-fi ve years ago, we had Endowment. Today, our endowment nothing but a dream. Over the years, is over 1.2 million dollars. That Dr. John Mark Nielsen, the dream has taken form, so that growth has happened because many, Executive Director today we are an institution with like Gunnar Horn, have realized wenty-fi ve years ago, on a almost 5 million dollars in assets. that it is our endowment that will Tcold night in February 1993, Many, many have been responsible help to assure our museum will a committee named by the Danish for our success. First of all, you, our have the resources to support future American Heritage Society to members, are primarily responsible. annual budgets. After collecting investigate sites for a museum Since our founding, over 15,000 and conserving our artifacts and celebrating the Danish experience in members and donors have supported sharing through our programming, the United States met in Elk Horn at our efforts to establish a museum and continuing to grow endowment is the invitation of the community. As have watched us as we have grown. our highest priority. I invite you to a junior member of the committee, I We are deeply grateful to each and consider providing for the museum remember the night well. every one of you. in your estate. Should you have Over 400 people assembled in While it is dangerous to identify questions concerning this or other the high school gymnasium along names as one runs the risk of ways in which you might support our with then Governor of Iowa Terry not identifying an individual or museum, please contact us. Branstad to make a case for why individuals one should, I must We continue to have ambitious Iowa and the communities of Elk recognize again the family of Consul dreams for The Danish Immigrant Horn and Kimballton should be Bruce R. Lauritzen and the Lauritzen Museum. No institution can thrive the site of a national museum. Corporation. Their generosity has without a vision for the future. This The obvious enthusiasm, the enabled us to retire a debt of 1.6 we have been sharing in exhibits, demonstrated community effort in million dollars. As I wrote in the 2007 on our website, and as we travel the country. Your membership support and your contributions are a daily affi rmation of our work. On The Danish Immigrant Museum behalf of the staff, we thank you and rededicate ourselves to carrying shares the legacy and continuing forward the mission to share “the legacy and continuing infl uence of infl uence of Danish culture Danish culture as realized in the experiences and contributions of as realized in the experiences Danish immigrants, their descendents and contributions of Danish and Danes living in America.” immigrants, their descendents and Sincerely, Danes living in America. Dr. John Mark Nielsen The Danish Immigrant Museum • 3 A HISTORY OF SUCCESS

1979 – The concept of establishing a 1990 – Construction of Phase I of 2003 – The 20th Anniversary of the museum devoted to the preservation the Museum began. The Elk Horn- Museum was celebrated with a year of the rich traditions and culture Kimballton Arts Council presented long series of special events that brought to America by Danish Bedstemor’s Hus to the Museum for included the grand opening of the immigrants and the stories of the its continuing preservation. new Family History and Genealogy Danish-American experience was Center in its location on Elk Horn’s born at Dana College. The vision 1991 – Members celebrated a Main Street during the annual was further defi ned by delegates of Rejsegilde (raising the traditional Tivoli Fest in May. In October, the Danish descent to a Scandinavian Danish construction wreath). celebration culminated with open Immigrant Conference meeting in houses and a gala dinner. Decorah, Iowa. 1993 – 450 persons attended a festive 2004 – Two Danish graduate students dinner held in the completed Phase I 1980 – In response to endorsement are the fi rst interns, as the Museum building to mark the 10th Anniversary of the concept by the Dana College initiates an internship program with of the founding of The Danish Board of Regents, Arnold Bodtker, Aalborg University, the Danmark- Immigrant Museum. president of the Danish American Amerika Fondet and The American- Heritage Society, appointed a Scandinavian Foundation. The 1994 – The permanent exhibit, Across committee to explore the idea of Museum partners with the National Oceans, Across Time, was completed creating a national museum. Museum of Denmark and the in time for the Grand Opening of the Nordic Heritage Museum of Seattle, 1981-82 – During these years the Museum in June. Washington in mounting an exhibit committee met on several occasions on Danish folk costumes. to consider issues and study possible 1994-96 – Interior construction sites for the location of a museum of the building continued with the 2005 – The Museum celebrates that would serve Danish Americans completion of the mezzanine and the the bicentennial of Hans Christian from the entire United States. installation of an elevator. With the Andersen’s birth, hosts the annual hiring of a full-time curator, regularly meeting of the Federation of Danish 1983 – The committee met in Elk changing exhibits were introduced. Associations in Canada and co- Horn, Iowa and, at the urging and The Family History and Genealogy sponsors the major conference, support of local residents, chose the Center opened on the mezzanine “Danish Culture, Past and Present: Danish villages of Iowa as the site under the guidance of an all-volunteer The Last Two Hundred Years”. for The Danish Immigrant Museum staff. Museum quality lighting is installed because of its geographically central in the mezzanine gallery, ultra- violet location. 1998-99 – The Visual Storage Area light fi lters are placed on all windows, In May, the Museum was offi cially on the lower level was constructed and the Museum’s roof is replaced incorporated and the fi rst meeting of thus allowing visitors to view the vast with a new, red tile look. the founding Board of Directors was collection of artifacts which has been 2006 – The Museum celebrates the held. accessioned by the Museum. 10th anniversary of the Family History In July, the Elk Horn Lutheran and Genealogy Center, initiates a 2000-01 – Recognizing the need to Church donated 20 acres for the site Danish-American artists’ series with provide for the long-term viability of of the Museum. new exhibits every six months, and the Museum, the Board of Directors unveils a redesigned website. Our 1984 – The fi rst Annual Meeting of established the Holger Danske fi rst interns from American museum The Danish Immigrant Museum was Endowment. studies programs join the staff. held in Elk Horn. Outreach programming includes 2002 – Plans were generated for 1985-87 – The Museum was a long-term residency with the establishing an off-site location for temporarily located on Main Street, University of Iowa’s Maia String the Family History and Genealogy Elk Horn, and, with the hiring of an Quartet and cooperation with the Center. A full-time librarian and executive director, accessioning of Tempe Historical Museum through manager for the proposed facility the collection began. its Petersen House Museum. The was hired. Additionally, the Board Museum Shop is remodeled and the 1988 – A Ground Breaking Ceremony of Directors approved a plan for exterior of the museum is enhanced was held at the future site of the expanding the grounds of the by treating exposed timbers and Museum. Museum into a natural park following repainting. the tenets of famed landscaper Jens – Continued on Page 5 4 • The Danish Immigrant Museum Jensen. FINANCES The Holger Danske Condensed Financial Statements Endowment Years Ended August 31, 2007 and 2006 ounded in 2001, FThe Holger Danske Endowment provides the Condensed Statements of opportunity for members to Financial Condition – August 31, perpetuate their contributions 2007 2006 and at the same time help Assets guarantee the museum’s Cash and Investments ...... $1,846,787 ...... $1,240,474 long-term fi nancial viability. Current market value as of Contributions Receivable (Net) ...... 260,568 ...... 375,386 December 31, 2007, was Gift Shop Inventory ...... 61,376 ...... 65,566 $1,222,156.22. Property and Equipment (Net) ...... 2,679,137 ...... 2,747,921 Other Assets ...... 10,136 ...... 13,526 Total Assets ...... $4,858,004 ...... $4,442,873 A HISTORY OF SUCCESS – Continued from page 4 2007 – Working with the Funen Liabilities and Net Assets Graphic Workshop of Odense, Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses .....$ 22,039 ...... $ 14,332 Denmark, and the Nordic Heritage Line of Credit ...... 200,000 ...... 50,000 Museum in Seattle, the Museum Notes Payable ...... 67,491 ...... 156,937 arranges and co-sponsors a tour of Total Liabilities ...... $289,530 ...... $221,269 contemporary Danish graphic art on the theme of immigration to Seattle, Solvang, Omaha, Des Moines, Net Assets ...... 4,568,474 ...... 4,221,604 Minneapolis and Columbus, Ohio; Total Liabilities and Net Assets ...... $4,858,004 ...... $4,442,873 the year’s featured exhibit is “From Postcards to Instant Messaging: Family and Friends Stay in Touch; Condensed Statements of contemporary Danish artist Edward Matwijkiw and goldsmith Helle Activities – For Years Ended August 31, Jørvad exhibit their work and Jørvad 2007 2006 presents a commissioned piece Support and Revenue to the Bruce R. Lauritzen family Contributions and Support ...... $983,093 ...... $1,045,857 in gratitude for their support; the Admissions and Program Fees ...... 21,360 ...... 20,417 Danish-American artists’ series continues, featuring the work of Gift Shop Revenue (Net) ...... 33,165 ...... 28,289 Elmer Petersen and Cynthia McKeen; Investment and Other Income ...... 228,569 ...... 133,440 Humanities Iowa awards the Museum Total Support and Revenue ...... $1,266,187 ...... $1,228,003 a grant to preserve audio interviews in digital format; the grand opening Expenses of the Jens Dixen House and the Cedar Valley Danes are celebrated; Program Services ...... $308,031 ...... $290,462 the Museum continues the Tribute Supporting Activities ...... 611,286 ...... 595,460 to the Rescuers Essay Contest, its Total Expenses ...... $919,317 ...... $885,922 partnership with the Tempe City Change in Net Assets ...... $346,870 ...... $342,081 Museums, and its internship program with both Danish and American universities; the fi nal unfi nished area Net Assets - Beginning of Year ...... $4,221,604 ...... $3,879,523 in the museum is remodeled into a Net Assets - End of Year ...... $4,568,474 ...... $4,221,604 kitchen and conference room. The Danish Immigrant Museum • 5 LEADERSHIP Staff Executive Director Dr. John Mark Nielsen Executive Assistant Terri Johnson Registrar & Collections Manager Angela Stanford Family History & Genealogy Manager Michele McNabb Director of Development Thomas Hansen Development Associate & Membership Coordinator Debra Larsen Curator Museum Staff and Interns Barbara Lund-Jones Museum Shop Manager Board of Directors and Staff Pamela Parker he 2007-2008 Board of Directors is a special group of 22 men and women Bookkeeper/Grounds/Facilities Twho have unselfi shly dedicated themselves to the preservation of their Jennifer Winters Danish American heritage and the mission of the museum. They join an elite Receptionist/Clerical group of individuals who over the past 24 years have worked to build and Jane Kite maintain a museum of which all Danes, Danish Americans and the American public can be proud. Assistant Volunteer Coordinator Participating at their own expense, the Board members come together Joyce Petersen three times a year to share their skills and experience in providing oversight Custodian to the administration of the museum and to develop ideas and plans that will Tim Fredericksen contribute to its continuing vitality. It is the practice of the Board to meet each Interns February and June in different locations around the United States so that they Erin Harney, Northern Illinois may share and celebrate Danish heritage with those Danish Americans who University, DeKalb, Illinois may not otherwise be able to link directly with the museum. In 2007, the Board Karina Petersen, Aalborg held its February meeting in Houston, Texas, and its June meeting was held in University, Vrå, Denmark Omaha, Nebraska. In October the annual meeting was held in Elk Horn. Kate Fox, James Madison Without the dedication, energy, and support of a strong team-oriented University, Barboursville, Board of Directors, the museum staff would not be able to work effectively in Virginia managing the day-to-day operations of The Danish Immigrant Museum.

Board of Directors President - Marc L. Petersen, Omaha, NE Kenneth Gregersen, Ankeny, IA Linda Sloth-Gibbs, Yuma, AZ Vice President - Mark Nussle, Palos Janell Hansen, Elk Horn, IA State Senator Harriet Albertsen Spanel, Park, IL Bridget Jensen, Houston, TX Bellingham, WA Secretary - Dagmar Muthamia, Long Erna Jensen, Des Moines, IA Janet M. Thuesen, Sausalito, CA Beach, CA Harold M. Jensen, Ames, IA Ex-Offi cio Treasurer - John Molgaard, Atlantic, IA Kurt Klarskov Larsen, Oneonta, AL Kai E. Nyby, LaPorte, IN, Past President Dennis Andersen, Atlanta, GA Kay Esbeck North, Ames, IA Vern Hunter, Fargo, ND, Past President Carlo Christensen, Glendale, CA Benedikte Ehlers Olesen, Eugene, OR Nils Jensen, Portland, OR Lone Christensen, Brown Deer, WI and Bryrup, Denmark Dennis Larson, Decorah, IA Lynette Skow Rasmussen, Johnston, IA Ane-Grethe Delaney, Wayzata, MN Dr. John Mark Nielsen, Blair, NE, The Honorable Consul Anelise Sawkins, Mark Frederiksen, Falcon, CO Executive Director Minneapolis, MN 6 • The Danish Immigrant Museum MERIT OF RECOGNITION

Kulturministeriet/Ministry of Culture, Roy E. & Patricia Hougen, Ames, IA Copenhagen, Denmark Joy Ibsen, Trout Creek, MI Kurt K. & Joy Larsen, Oneonta, AL James D. & Margery Iversen, Ames, IA Bruce R. Lauritzen Family, Omaha, NE Genevieve Jensen, Plainview, NE Richard Ledet*, Des Moines, IA Ruth Jensen, Ames, IA Reola Lerager*, Wichita, KS Agnes Johnson*, Garden City, MI Lutheran Brotherhood, Minneapolis, MN Clyde* & Emma Johnson*, Omaha, NE Marne and Elk Horn Telephone Co., Elk Horn, IA Martha Jorgensen*, Audubon, IA Hans Thyge* & Valborg Nielsen, Denver, CO Folmer* & Reola Lerager*, Wichita, KS Eric & Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust, Harald Hans Lund*, Higganum, CT Northbrook, IL Adelaide Madsen, Iowa City, IA Mark & Lori Nussle, Palos Park, IL Rudolph* & Margaret Madsen*, Racine, WI Folmer & Vera Nyby, Michigan City, IN Keith N. McFarland, New Brighton, MN Kai E. & Melody Starr Nyby, LaPorte, IN Helga Mikkelsen*, Waverly, IA Poul Olesen & Benedikte Ehlers Olesen, Eugene, Einer Schultz Nielsen*, Newport Beach, CA OR and Bryup, Denmark Jens Nielsen*, Newell, IA Erik & Jackie Olsen, Glenbrook, NV Karen Madsen Nielsen, Junction City, OR H. Rand & Mary Louise Petersen, Harlan, IA Margaret A. Nielsen, King City, OR he Danish Immigrant Museum Marc & Carlene Petersen, Omaha, NE Ruth Herman Nielsen*, Omaha, NE Eugene Robinson*, Pensacola, FL Raymond* & Irene Nissen, Cedar Falls, IA Tpermanently recognizes two Shelby County State Bank, Harlan, IA Eric* & Joan Norgaard*, Glenview, IL groups of friends and members who Janet M. Thuesen, Sausalito, CA Folmer & Vera Nyby, Michigan City, IN Wilber Williamson*, Des Moines, IA Caroline Olsen*, Minneapolis, MN have distinguished themselves with Erik* & Lissi Vange, Wilmette, IL Olga S. Olsen*, Watertown, SD their outstanding support, both while * Deceased Archie Petersen*, Harlan, IA living and in their estate plans. John I. Petersen*, Waterloo, IA Lois Petersen*, Atlantic, IA The Lifetime Leadership Society Ruth Rasmussen Nelson*, St. Cloud, MN is made up of persons, organizations, ver the past 24 years, The Peyton* & Lucia Respess, Omaha, NE Danish Immigrant Museum Ava Simonsen*, Audubon, IA and businesses that have individually O Bodil Sorensen*, Kirkland, WA contributed a total of $25,000 and has accomplished much because Harold L. Sorensen*, Exira, IA more. Their names are permanently of special friends and members Halvor Strandskov, Osterville, MA who have provided for the museum Margaret Syring*, St. Paul, MN inscribed on a plaque at the front Sandra Wunder, Cheyenne, WY entrance of the museum. in their estate plans. With their *Deceased During 2007 the museum was permission while living or the permission of their executors, the pleased to add the names of Stewart Bequests names of Heritage Builders are and LeNore Hansen, Poul Olesen and he Danish Immigrant permanently inscribed on a plaque in Museum is especially Benedikte Ehlers Olesen, Kurt K. the museum stairwell. T and Joy Larsen, Bridget Jensen, and grateful for gifts received from Anelise Sawkins. The Heritage Builders the following estates, trusts and annuities in 2007: Anne Bansen*, Ferndale, CA Lifetime Norman C. Bansen*, Blair, NE J. Emory & Edna Fredrickson, Elk Horn, IA Constance Boggild*, Delray Beach, FL Ollivene Olsen, Lake View, IA Leadership Society Victor Borge*, Greenwich, CT Paul & Marlene Petersen, Withee, WI Rosa A. & Edward Hansen, Hampton, IA Dennis J. Andersen, Atlanta, GA Marie Budolfson*, Ames, IA Richard Ledet, Des Moines, IA Anonymous Borge & Lotte Christensen, Tucson, AZ Richard Jensen, Irvington, NE Anonymous Charles R. Christensen*, Omaha, NE Anton & Gunver M. Berg, DeKalb, IL Edna M. Christensen*, Atlantic, IA Harold W. & Lois M. Berg, Ogden, IA Dolores Gregersen Connelly*, Atlantic, IA Mervin Bro*, Scottsdale, AZ Lydia Sorensen Eriksen*, Waterloo, IA FOR MORE INFORMATION Cedar Valley Danes, Cedar Falls, IA Area David Esbeck, Des Moines, IA Jack E. & Barbara Christensen, Yankton, SD Gordon & Janice Esbeck, Tipton, IA Howard Esbeck*, Ames, IA Tom & Jan* Christensen, Davenport, IA f you would like more information on Danish Brotherhood in America, Highlands Ranch, CO Ramona Esbeck, Ames, IA Danish Mutual Insurance Association, Elk Horn, IA Asta Forrest*, Fountain Hills, AZ Ihow you can become a member of The Elk Horn Lutheran Church, Elk Horn, IA J. Emory* & Edna Frederickson*, Elk Horn, IA Lifetime Leadership Society or a Heritage Charles & Joanne Frederiksen, Ames, IA Charles & Joanne Frederiksen, Ames, IA Builder, John Mark Nielsen, Executive William & Berniece Grewcock, Omaha, NE Earl & LaVena Fries, Des Moines, IA Director, Thomas Hansen, Director of Roy J.* & Rita Neergaard Hansen, Kenosha, WI Margaret Gee*, West Des Moines, IA Stewart & LeNore Hansen, West Des Moines, IA Gertrude Gronbeck*, Washington, D.C. Development, or any member of the Board Gunnar Horn*, Omaha, NE Caroline Hansen*, Harlan, IA of Directors, will be pleased to work with Stanley & Helen Howe, Muscatine, IA Hans Hansen*, Des Moines, IA you. Vern E. Hunter, Fargo, ND Laura E. Hansen*, Irwin, IA Please contact them by calling (712) Rita Neergaard Hansen, Kenosha, WI James D. & Margery Iversen, Ames, IA 764-7001 or toll free (800) 759-9192; email Bridget Jensen, Houston, TX Rosa Hansen*, Hampton, IA Roland* & Joan Jensen, Ankeny, IA Alma Hartvigsen*, Harlan, IA address: [email protected]. Your Clyde* & Emma* Johnson, Omaha, NE Richard Hellman, Oceanside, CA inquiry will be treated confi dentially. John & Audrey Kofoed, West Branch, IA Anna Marie Hjuler*, Audubon, IA Lowell & Marilyn Kramme, Des Moines, IA Gunnar Horn*, Omaha, NE The Danish Immigrant Museum • 7 COLLECTIONS & EXHIBITS

Collection Donors for 2007 Annette Andersen, Kimballton, IA Randolph & Esther Carlson, Columbia, Linda Andersen, Cedar Falls, IA OH Mildred Andersen, Elk Horn, IA Marla Channer, Cedar Falls, IA Mardell Beers, Grand Junction, CO Dr. Borge M. Christensen, Rochester, MN Agnete Buhl, Tyler, MN Svend Christensen, Des Moines, IA Ron Bro, Cedar Falls, IA Jens Christoffersen, Houston, TX Emilie Brown, Arnold, CA Janet Crowle, St. Michaels, MD Ida Bryan, Davis, CA Danish American Athletic Club, Elk Grove, IL Danish Royal Embassy, Washington, D.C. Leila Doonan, Athens, GA EXHIBITS Karen Fearl, Marionville, MO Thomas & Rose Flood, Joplin, MO uring the course of 2007, visitors Steve Godwin, Eagle Point, OR June Haas, Kimballton, IA Dto the Museum viewed the Sonia Hall, Newton, AL following exhibits prepared in-house: Rita Hansen, Kenosha, WI The Magic of Christmas: A History of The Harlan Holm, Des Moines, IA Danish Immigrant Museum Christmas Carol Larsen Horton, Iowa City, IA Card (November 21, 2006 – Peter Jensen, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA January 10, 2007) William Jones, District Heights, MD Fitness, Form and Rhythm in Motion: Carol Jorgensen, Dike, IA Joan Kiertzner, El Monte, CA The Danish Gymnastic Tradition in the Dan Kjeldbjerg, Long Grove, IL CAPTION United States (May, 2006 – Fern Knudsen, Harlan, IA March 6, 2007) Svend Koch, Cedar Falls, IA Karolyn Ortgies, Massena, IA Featured Artist in the Danish American Pat Kolb, Falcon, CO Bill & Dixie Preuss, Omaha, NE Artist Series: Elmer Petersen Helen Marr, St. Paul, MN Elmer Rasmussen, Solvang, CA (January 18, 2007 – July 5, 2007) Helen McBride, Worthington, OH Mary Rasmussen, Council Bluffs, IA From Postcards to Instant Messaging: Cynthia McKeen, St. Paul, MN Myrtle Rich, Atlantic, IA Family and Friends Stay in Touch Michele McNabb, Atlantic, IA Eunice Rocca, Cedar Falls, IA Sybil Needham, Tucson, AZ George Sellnau, Georgetown, TX (March 30, 2007-February 25, 2008) John Mark Nielsen, Blair, NE John Steen, Elk Horn, IA The Work of Helle Jørvad, Danish W. Clayton Nielsen, Elk Horn, IA Neoma Steen, Elk Horn, IA Goldsmith and Designer (May 24, 2007 Mark Nussle, Palos Park, IL Gary Williams, West Des Moines, IA – June 1, 2008) Margaret & Richard Ohrt, Reinbeck, IA YWCA, Des Moines, IA Kaleidoscopic Colors of Scandinavia – Artwork by Edward Matwijkiw (June 15, 2007 – June 6, 2008) January 2008 Featured Artist in the Danish American Artist Series: Cynthia McKeen Dear Museum Contributors, (July 29, 2007 – January 2, 2008) Happy New Year to all of you! I want to take this opportunity to thank you for Whimsical Cuttings by Annette Andersen your continued generous support throughout this past year. (July 29, 2007 – January 2, 2008) The year 2007 was an active year for artifact donations, as most years are. We received a total of 78 separate donations. Some of those gifts were small and included only an item or two, but a few gifts were much larger! One consisted of almost 2500 photographs! Above is a complete list of all donors we accepted artifacts from in 2007. Each year, the list evolves to include new contacts we make while establishing professional and personal relationships with new people all across the country and abroad. These new contacts help our membership grow, and they increase the number of visitors we have annually here at the museum building and on our website. There is a specifi c process to donating an artifact. If you have something that you feel may be appropriate for the museum, please contact me and I will be happy to discuss with you the appropriate steps in the donation process. Please know that all gifts we accept must have a context, or a history, to them in order to be used in the stories we share with our visitors through our exhibits and programs. We want to build the strongest collection we can so that we might tell full and complete stories about as many aspects of Danish American experience as possible. Thank you, once again, for your generosity and trust. We look forward to seeing what “new” artifacts join our collection in 2008. CAPTION Kind Regards, Angela Stanford Collections Manager/Registrar; [email protected] 8 • The Danish Immigrant Museum FAMILY HISTORY & GENEALOGY CENTER

Lars Davidsen, Aarhus, Denmark Beverly Lauritsen Maas, Atlantic, IA Dubois Museum, Dubois, WY Edgar B. Madsen, Princeton, NJ Lois Eagleton, Umpqua, OR Ross Mardesen, Elk Horn, IA Jens Edvardsen, Escondido, CA Marion Marzolf, Ann Arbor, MI Gove Elder, Chapel Hill, NC Nancy Maynard, Bayside, WI Elk Horn Public Library, Elk Horn, IA Cynthia McKeen, St. Paul, MN Mike Ericksen, Farmington, UT Michele McNabb, Atlantic, IA Kristian Esbech, Aalborg, Denmark Miami-Dade Public Library System Florida Gordon Faber, Des Moines, IA Collection, Miami, FL Federation of Danish Associations in Canada, Alma K. Miller, Brainerd, MN Presentation of contribution from Gloucester, Ontario, Canada Delores H. Miller, Racine, WI Ann Finsveen, Minneapolis, MN Birgitte Molvig, Paradise, CA DBIA #75, Albert Lea, MN, presented Rev. Cynthia Forde, Houston, TX Barry Moreno, New York, NY to Dr. John Mark Nielsen (left) by Asta Forrest (estate of), Fountain Hills, AZ Janet Nelson, Des Moines, IA Richard and Karen Nelson. Tim Fredericksen, Elk Horn, IA Mary Nelson, West Lafayette, IN Rolland & Marjorie Frederickson, North Bend, OR Norma Lange Nelson, Elk Horn, IA he following individuals and Evelyn Friis, Madison, WI Rupert Nelson, Claremont, CA Tgroups donated books and Rod & Roseanne Fulton, Kimballton, IA John Mark Nielsen, Blair, NE Jennifer Garrity, Kandern, Germany Verna Nielsen, Burnsville, MN other materials or made monetary Marilyn Andersen Gift, Des Moines, IA W. Clayton Nielsen, Elk Horn, IA contributions to the Family History Jens Møller Gregersen (estate of), Minneapolis, MN Brent & Shirley Nörlem, Monticello, MN & Genealogy Center in 2007. Anne M. Haber, Colorado Springs, CO Ardis Normanly, Fair Oaks, CA Their assistance in expanding our Herman Hansen, Omaha, NE Ginger Nuesser, Huntley, IL Ruth I. Harris, Chicago, IL Mark Nussle, Palos Park, IL library and enhancing our ability Kirsten Bruun Havrehed, San Francisco, CA Elinor Olsen, Elk Horn, IA to collect and preserve information Carlos A. Hedstrom Jr., Dallas, TX Karolyn Ortgies, Massena, IA on and research Danish American Phyllis Heller, Defi ance, IA Ann Ostergaard, Pittsburgh, PA Franklin Hemmingsen, Elk Horn, IA Robert Owens, St. George, UT families and communities is greatly Don Henningsen, Atlantic, IA Peder & Aurealia Pagh, Lincolnshire, IL appreciated. Mange tak! Dorothy Schwartz Henriksen, Atlantic, IA Arne & Mary Pedersen, San Mateo, CA Calvin Hoegh, Elk Horn, IA Gail Madsen Ahrens, Lockport, IL Allen J. Petersen, Kennewick, WA Carol Holland, Anita, IA Annette Andersen, Kimballton, IA D. Valerie Petersen, Ruthton, MN Calvin Holst, Independence, MO Bertha Andersen, Elk Horn, IA Inger B. Petersen, South Elgin, IL Evelyn Holst, Cedar Falls, IA Dennis Andersen, Atlanta, GA John & Inger Petersen, South Elgin, IL Ella N. Hoskins, Layton, UT Judy Andersen, Los Angeles, CA Lemuel Petersen, Seattle, WA Diane Hughes, Council Bluffs, IA Kenneth Andersen, Champaign, IL LeRoy Rasmussen, Omaha, NE Immanuel Lutheran Church, Kimballton, IA Lillian Andersen, Kenosha, WI Val Rasmussen, Cache Junction, UT Jim Iversen, Ames, IA Mildred Hansen Andersen, Elk Horn, IA Margaret L. Raven, Fresno, CA Lee Allyn James, Olympia, WA Edna Anderson, Austin, MN Shirley Andersen Reed, Lansing, MI Barbara J. Jensen, Ft. Dodge, IA James Anderson, Bountiful, UT Alison Roberts, Arlington, MA Eve Jensen, Oskaloosa, IA Margaret Anderson, Rosemount, MN Annalise Roberts, Dearborn, MI Everett Jensen, Clarks Grove, MN Anonymous (1) Anne Rodda, Little Falls, NJ Harold M. Jensen, Ames, IA Sharon Olson Babbitt, Estes Park, CO Doris June Salvisberg, San Rafael, CA Vera E. Jensen, Belvidere, NJ Muriel Bacon, Harlan, IA Thelma Sayler, White River, SD Torben Grøngaard Jeppesen, Odense, Denmark Mary Barrett, Fergus Falls, MN Lene Schaefer, Mason City, IA Byron Johnson, Dike, IA Lorraine M. Bell, Lincoln, NE Sterling & Ruth Shreve, Ames, IA Terry Johnson, Boise, ID Earl Bichel, Glendale Heights, IL Delmar D. Smith, St. Paul, MN William P. Jones, District Heights, MD Virginia Jorgensen Billig, Burnet, TX LaVerne C. & Joyce Smith, Elk Horn, IA Ellen Jordahn, Nederland, TX Egon Bodtker, Salem, OR Lucille Solberg, San Carlos, CA Bessie Jorgensen, Antler, ND Margaret Bohls, Dumont, IA Charlotte Sorensen, Exira, IA Dale Juelsgaard, Elk Horn, IA Jane Anderson Braithwaite, Manti, UT Vera Sorensen, West Chicago, IL Karen Kadgihn, Eau Claire, WI Jennifer C. S. Brylinski, Layton, NJ Irene Starrett, Audubon, IA Rev. Adolph Kloth, Chula Vista, CA Ann W. Bundgaard, Burnsville, MN Robert Stevens, Lincoln, NE Jeanette Knudsen, Kimballton, IA Mina Burmeister, Harlan, IA Lori Stitz, Harlan, IA Mrs. Wallace Knudsen, Harlan, IA Marla Channer, Cedar Falls, IA Gayle Stuart, Walnut, IA Svend V. Koch, Cedar Falls, IA Borge M. Christensen, Rochester, MN Jens Sundsted, Plentywood, MT Lisbeth Neergaard Kohloff, Golden, CO Carlo Christensen, Glendale, CA Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Lara Kramme, Des Moines, IA Dr. Carl C. Christensen, Boulder, CO Rock Island, IL Allan Larsen, Elk Horn, IA Herb Christensen, Elk Horn, IA Kathy Thompson, Harlan, IA Hanne Pico Larsen, Chicago, IL Knud Remi Christensen, Smørum, Denmark Jim Thordahl, Dana Point, CA Kurt Klarskov Larsen, Oneonta, AL Louis Christensen, Mercer Island, WA Diana Thornton, Beaumont, TX Peder H. Larsen, Wauconda, IL Paul Christensen, Rochester Hills, MI Gary W. Toft, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada Phil & Florence Larsen, Blair, NE Svend A. Christensen, Des Moines, IA Mona Toft, Minneapolis, MN Dick Larson, Decatur, NE C. Arthur Christiansen, St. Paul, MN Robert E. Torp-Smith, Portland, MI Gretchen Leppke, Evanston, IL John R. Christianson, Decorah, IA Arlen Twedt, Ankeny, IA Bent Lernø, Simi Valley, CA Jens J. Christoffersen, Houston, TX Evelyn Walker, Warren, MI Camilla Rambusch Leyser, Palm City, FL Berle Clemensen, Tucson, AZ Dennis Williams, Crestview, FL Anita Londgren, Thousand Oaks, CA Rosa Clemsen, Exira, IA Nora Wilson, Soquel, CA James Lorensen, Phillipsburg, KS Danish Canadian National Museum, Alberta, Mary Ellen Ludvigsen, Castle Rock, CO Canada The Danish Immigrant Museum • 9 VOLUNTEERS

he Board of Directors and Newspaper clipping, translating, Tstaff of The Danish Immigrant data entry Museum are very grateful to the  Baking Cookies for Special enthusiastic people who volunteer Events on a local level, as well as those who  Even . . . . Ironing Tablecloths! work from their homes around the country. These are just a few of the These are just a few of the many tasks our volunteers take on: volunteering opportunities we have at the Museum and Family History  Front Desk Greeter at the Center. Volunteers play a very Museum important part in the day to day  Building and Grounds operations as well as the long-term  Artifact Cataloging goals of The Danish Immigrant  Mailings Museum. Without them, we would  Tour Guide not be able to move forward with our  Bedstemor’s Docent plans for the future. To learn more  Data Entry about volunteering opportunities with  Craft Demonstrations the museum, please contact Michele Lori Nussle, wife of board  Family History & Genealogy – McNabb or Terri Johnson. member, Mark Nussle.

OUTREACH PROGRAMMING

hrough traveling exhibits and presentations, the mu- Tseum brings its programming to members and visitors around the country. “Immigrants: Graphic images from the funen workshop” We partnered with the Funen Graphic Workshop of Odense, Denmark, and the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle to tour a major exhibit of contemporary graphic art which toured to Solvang, Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis and Columbus, Ohio.

Maia String Quartet caption February performances in Audubon, Harlan, Blair and concluded with an Petersen House Museum / Tempe April performance in Des Moines. Historical Society Second annual partnership bringing Tribute to the Rescuers Essay a Danish Christmas to the Niels Contest Petersen House Museum in Tempe, Third annual contest made possible Arizona, and Annette Andersen’s by a gift from the Eric and Joan papirklip art exhibit on display at the Norgaard Charitable Trust of Tempe Historical Society. Northbrook, Illinois making possible awards and funds for “toolkits”.

10 • The Danish Immigrant Museum caption WALL OF HONOR he purpose of the Tmuseum, among other things, is to tell the Albert P. Albertsen, Gray, IA Henrik Hansen continuing story of the Clause Andersen, Harlan, IA Mads Nielsen Hansen, Sebeka, MN Hakon Sigvard “Andy” Andersen & Elly Andersen, Niels Chr. Hansen Danish immigrant experience Artesia, CA Per Kristensen Hesel, Pawnee City, NE and infl uence in America Jorgen K. Andersen, Arcadia, CA Ane Jensen Jacobsen, Elba, NE and the evolving story of the Kirsten Rafn Petersen Blaemire, Los Angeles, CA Tor Jensen, Los Angeles, CA Rev. Knud C. Bodholdt, Elk Horn, IA Andrew Jepsen, Bristow, IA Danish American heritage. Kristine Pedersen Christensen, Hamlin, IA Carl Ingward Jessen, Elmira, NY As a way of paying tribute, Swend Aage Christensen, Huron, SD Anna Marie Nielson Johnson, Moorhead, IA Carl Christoffersen John Johnson, Moorhead, IA the Wall of Honor was Kirsten Eastergard Cundiff, Harlan, IA Anders Peder Helbeck Knudsen, Turner County, SD established listing the name Anker Christian Eastergard, Harlan, IA Lars Peder Rasmussen (Knudsen), Audubon, IA of the immigrant, year of George Edward Eastergard, Harlan, IA George Kyhnn, Hamlin, IA R. Edith Eastergard, Harlan, IA Chris P. Larsen entering the United States, Christian Rasmussen Enewold & Karen Marie Jensen Royal Danish Consul John Larsen, Scottsdale, AZ and place of settlement. Their Enewold, Omaha, NE Jens Rasmus Hansen Myrthu, Standard, Alberta, Robert Christian Enewold & Anna Mary Knagh Canada stories and family histories, Enewold, Council Bluffs, IA Niels Nielsen, Turner County, SD if available, are today part Carla Jorgine Rasmussen (Eriksen), Denver, CO Tommy Ivan Nielsen, Racine, WI of the growing repository Peter Martin Eriksen, Denver, CO Thomas Nissen Alfred Faber, Franklin County, IA Christian Petersen Rattenborg & Gudrun Sorensen connected with the Family Nielsene (Larsen) Faber, Franklin County, IA Rattenborg, Elk Horn, IA History and Genealogy Peter Faber, Franklin County, IA Axel Sorensen & Ellen (Hansen) Sorensen, Chicago, IL Ingvard Laurits Faber, Franklin County, IA Jensine Elizabeth Sorensen Center. Listed below are the Arne Goddik, Dayton, OR Johannes Marius Sorensen names of the immigrants Helle Goddik, Amity, OR Gerda Martine Vadsager (Wadsager) Starr, Chicago, IL Lisbeth Goddik, Corvallis, OR Thorkild Svendsen, Chicago, IL placed on the Wall of Honor Anna M. Haahr, Newell, IA Walter Westergaard, Sloan, IA in the year 2007. Einar Spelling Hansen & Maren Johanna Heiberg Hansen, Worthington, MN

IN HONOR AND MEMORIALS In Honor he Danish Immigrant TMuseum receives many Jan Christensen Hardy Miller Ledet Roger G. Parker, Sr. Ellen N. Staack contributions as gifts to honor Howard Christofferson Eivind Lillehoj Betty L. Patterson Marvin Stakey Viola Cook Margaret “Muff” Lykke Kenny Pedersen Evelyn Winther beloved family members and Shirley Craig Harold Madsen Ardis N. Petersen Svendsen friends on special occasions. Donald M. Esbeck Anna Marie Marck Frieda Petersen Jytta Svendsen In 2007 the following people Laverne N. Esbeck Bill Meehan Mae Petersen Dorothy Marie Einar Faaborg Sigurd Molgaard Martha M. Petersen Albertsen Swensen were honored : Roland A. Fagre Lillian Johnson Moody Edith Rachlitz Edward C. Terkelsen 100th birthday Hans & Mahilde Emmert Nelson Ida Rasmussen Holger Thompson Hazel Rominger Farstrup Jeanette Nixon Shirley Rosse Capt. Lars E. Toftemark, Helen Shahan Ret. th Edna Fredrickson Inger Marie Faaborg 90 birthday Kristian Pedersen Frost Noelck Ida Smith Elsie Weddum Elna Bisballe Christopherson Selma Gremstrup Eric & Joan Norgaard Bessie Mae Sorensen Marian Karr Weiss Margaret Wilberg 60th birthday Imo Jean Griffi n Pauline Grauteer Olesen James (Jim) Sorensen Ingvar C. & Kristine Peter & Meta Olesen Merlin Sorensen Bodil Ruggard Wilson Gail Kelce Andersen Guldager Ollivene “Olly” Olsen Eleanor Sornson 50th wedding anniversary Anna Marie Hansen Ken & Mary Ann Fehl Darrell G. Hansen Erik Hansen In Honor of Juanita Hargens David & Betty Bidstrup Vera Ledet Haworth Allen & Jane Flitcraft Family Paul Jakobsen Howard Krogh Jensen Earl & Doris Nelson Marilyn Jensen All who support our Museum Lavonne Jepsen Bernice Johnson Clara Johnson Leonard Johnson he Museum is the grateful Roger L. Johnson recipient of memorial gifts Edith Kaarup T Bill Karwal honoring deceased friends and Eunice Knudsen relatives: Marie Knudsen Kirstine Knudsen Ed Krause Linda Ahrenholtz Harry Barkve Evelyn Rose Larsen Darlene (Soe) Andersen Verlee Bernard Alfred J. Laursen Leota Andersen Ruth Boast Bernhard & Kathrine Ronnie Andersen Agnete Buhl Wisborg Laursen Merlyn Bald Charles Christensen The Danish Immigrant Museum • 11 SPECIAL APPEALS / MEMORIALS

uring the course of each year, Kaj & Eva Kristensen, Corte Madera, CA In The Danish Immigrant Museum memory of Aage Lundquist D Anna Laursen, North Canton, OH In memory of invites its supporters, through specials Alfred J. Laursen and projects, to make contributions in Arthur Laursen, Omaha, NE In memory of remembrance of exceptional people. Dorothea Laursen Following are memorials or gifts in Jeanette Lillehoj, Kimballton, IA In memory of Eivind B. Lillehoj honor of received from January 1, C. Paul & Marlys Lindholm, Maple Plain, MN In 2007 through the end of the year. memory of Paul F. Lindholm Elvira McCarty, Great Falls, MT In memory of 2006 End of Year Appeal Viggo & Carrie Johansen, Plentywood, Montana Arvid Bollesen, Tustin, CA In memory of JoAnn Ivy Mitchell, Rochester Hills, MI In memory of Caption for kitchen Bollesen Elna Gebauer Fugl Guy Boye, Oklahoma City, OK In memory of Mary Nelson, West Lafayette, IN In memory of Alvina Hjortsvang, Council Bluffs, IA In memory of Charles E. R. Boye Larry A. Nelson Oluf & Lillie (Bondo) Larsen Bo & Lisa Hansen, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA In Elsie Norman, Seattle, WA In memory of George Jean Hoegh, Fort Worth, TX In memory of Dale E. memory of my father, Lloyd Christensen Norman Hoegh Janet Jensen, St. Peter, MN In memory of S.D. & Kay North, Ames, IA In memory of Howard & Ruth Harold Hoiberg, Silver Springs, MD In memory of Marie Rodholm Esbeck Hans S. & Genevieve M. Hoiberg Gary & Beverly Johnson, Lacey, WA In memory of Andy Nyby, Humble, TX In memory of Anders Karma Ibsen, Urbana, IL In honor of Rev. Harald & Marvin Graveson Nyby Asta Ibsen Arthur Laursen, Omaha, NE In memory of Dorothea Hillary Parker, Carter Lake, IA In memory of Hans Philip & Sarah Iversen, Decorah, IA In honor of Jim Laursen and In memory of Virginia Nielsen Christian Have & Marge Iversen Miriam Showalter, Minnetonka, MN In honor of Jennifer Jensen, Omaha, NE In memory of Audrey The Rodholm Family Elva Rasmussen, Elk Horn, IA In memory of Delbert “Ras” Rasmussen B. Jensen Richard L. & Lois Sorensen, Adel, IA In memory of Ada Jeppesen, Blair, NE In honor of Sigrid Richard G. Sorensen David & Ellen Solevad, Pioneer, CA In honor of Christensen James & Bonnie Thordahl, Dana Point, CA In Carl & Anna May Thomsen and In memory of Torben & Jytte Klarlund, Lawson, MO In memory memory of Knud Eivind Lillehoj Einer & Else Solevad Helen Steen, Clinton, IA In memory of Delbert L. of Erik C. Klarlund 2007 Summer Appeal Steen and In memory of Mr. & Mrs. Anton Olsen Howard & Anna Klitgaard, Milwaukee, WI In Barbara Struckman, West Babylon, NY In memory memory of Andrew Klitgaard Harvey & Carol Andersen, Bayonne, NJ In memory Lawrence & Jane Larsen, Harlan, IA In memory of of Scott E. Andersen of Erik W. Struckman Leona C. Vaughan, Yuma, AZ In memory of Lewis & Minna Larsen Inez Benjes, Craig, NE In memory of Niels W. & Arthur Laursen, Omaha, NE In memory of Dorothea Ingrid H. Jorgensen Norman C. Bansen Evelyn Walker, Warren, MI In memory of Ole and Laursen James & Deb Bieker, Elk Horn, IA In memory of Jeanette Lillehoj, Kimballton, IA In memory of Virgil Hansen Marie Olsen Pamela Whitmore, Des Moines, IA In memory of Eivind Lillehoj Preben & Gloria Bonde, Longmont, CO In memory Enfred Linder, Manson, IA In memory of Hans & of E. Kenneth & Anna K. Bonde Josephine S. Strong and In memory of Christian Petersen Johanna Davidsen Carole Christensen, Coon Rapids, MN In memory Elvira McCarty, Great Falls, MT In memory of of Ervin J. Christensen Viggo Mikal Johansen Edmund Clausen, Oakland, CA In memory of Edith 2007 End of Year Appeal Steve & Michelle Mores, Harlan, IA In memory of Kaarup Donald & Karen Antonel, Los Osos, CA In memory Irene Mores and Bernadine White Glen & Rosa Clemsen, Exira, IA In memory of Jens of Paul A. Wickland Dagmar Muthamia, Long Beach, CA In memory of & Johanne Jensen Inez Benjes, Craig, NE In memory of Niels W. & Asta Marie Rodholm Telfer Elsie Floerchinger, Ankeny, IA In memory of Hans Ingrid H. Jorgensen Elsie Norman, Seattle, WA In memory of George Carl Petersen and In memory of Marge A. Hunt Harold Bergman, Pompano Beach, FL In memory of Norman David Garrison, Bellevue, NE In memory of Debbie Oluf & “Sysse” Petersen Elva Rasmussen, Elk Horn, IA In memory of Garrison Mindy Brown, Littleton, CO In memory of Ellen Delbert Rasmussen Jessie Grunow, Monona, WI In memory of William Andreasen Brown Donna Rector, Norfolk, NE In memory of Louise & Marie Rugaard Borge & Lotte Christensen, Rochester, MN In Jorgensen Byriel Rattenborg Gary Hansen, Baileys Harbor, WI In memory of memory of cand. polyt. Johan Leth-Espensen Marie Ross, Council Bluffs, IA In honor of Anna Marion L. Hansen John & Birgitte Christianson, Decorah, IA In Marie Christensen Juhler and In memory of Jens Dallas & Jeanette Havick, Harlan, IA In honor of memory of Marian Christine Christianson Jensen Juhler George J. Sorensen Edmund Clausen, Oakland, CA In memory of Edith Robert & Jo Ann Rubel, Kellogg, IA In memory of Carolyn Hellman, Darien, IL In memory of Harold Kaarup George Bonnesen H. Hellman Robert & Joan Coffey, Hartford, WI In memory of Earl & Connie Schell, Fort Covington, NY In Barbara Jacobsen, Atlantic, IA In memory of John John & Ruth Nelson memory of Lone Hindsgavl Paxton L. Jacobsen Marianna Delafi eld-Melichar, Edina, MN In Kevin & Sheri Smith, Neola, IA In honor of Shirley Virgil & Shirley Jensen, Palm Desert, CA In memory of Magnus & Esther Cryberg Esbeck and In memory of Ray Esbeck memory of Mr. & Mrs. Clifford J. Jensen William & Marilyn Gift, Des Moines, IA In memory Karen Taylor, Springville, IA In memory of Emma Ovie & Erma Jessen, Springdale, AR In memory of of Harold & Esther Andersen Morsing Safl ey Henry & Dagmar Jessen Clyde & Nathalie Givens, Perrysburg, OH In Judith Thomsen, La Crescenta, CA In memory of Oscar & Dody Johnson, Iowa City, IA In memory of memory of Oluf & “Sysse” Petersen Majorie Price Deppe & Anna Jensen Neil & Arlene Grover, Browerville, MN In memory Pamela Whitmore, Des Moines, IA In memory of Ione Kreamer, Kenosha, WI In memory of Mr. & of Herbert & Mabel Petersen Oluf & “Sysse” Petersen Mrs. Gustav Michelson Lowell & Esther Haahr, Newell, IA In memory of Anna Wieben, Reinbeck, IA In memory of Anna Kamma & Robert Duitsman Wieben’s Grandparents 12 • The Danish Immigrant Museum FAMILY HISTORY & GENEALOGY CENTER MEMORIALS

Community Heritage Society, Kimballton, IA In Nancy Maynard, Bayside, WI In memory of Mae memory of Mae Petersen Petersen Ruby Eagen, Detroit Lakes, MN In memory of Mae Michele McNabb, Atlantic, IA In memory of Mae Petersen Petersen Estate of Donald Esbeck, Tipton, IA In memory of Dick & Norma Nelson, Elk Horn, IA In memory of Donald M. Esbeck Mae Petersen caption Gordon and Janice Esbeck, Tipton, IA In memory of Laurits & Mary Ellen Nielsen, Golden Valley, MN Donald M. Esbeck In memory of Viola L. Nielsen Lyle Flynn, Boone, IA In memory of Alice M. Flynn John L. & Janis Pientok, St. Francis, WI In memory Joy Heckman, Johnston, IA In memory of Marilyn of Mae Petersen Dennis Andersen, Atlanta, GA In memory of Donald J. (Petersen) Heckman Esther Riis, San Diego, CA In honor of Esther L. N. Andersen Ralf & Inga Hoifeldt, Urbandale, IA In memory of Riis & Robert H.Riis James & Linda Ballantyne, Boone, IA In memory of Jonathan Halden Hoifeldt Gerald & Margaret Sorensen, Minden, NE In Alice M. Flynn Tom & Annie Hunter, Des Moines, IA In memory of memory of Mae Petersen Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Harlan, IA In memory Alice M. Flynn Jens & Dorothy Sorensen, Kimballton, IA In of Mae Petersen Dick & Edna Jacobsen, Gig Harbor, WA In memory memory of Mae Petersen John & Marilyn Caffrey, West Des Moines, IA In of Einar A. Faaborg Virgil & Charlotte Sorensen, Exira, IA In memory of memory of Alice M. Flynn Merlyn & Jeanette Knudsen, Harlan, IA In memory Mae Petersen John & Lisa Caffrey II, Frisco, TX In memory of of Mae Petersen Harriet Albertsen Spanel, Bellingham, WA In Alice Flynn Wendell & Irene Larsen, Elk Horn, IA In memory of memory of Rosa M. Nelson Albertsen for her Lamont and Lois Christensen, Elk Horn, IA In Emmert Andersen geneology research for our family memory of Mae Petersen In memory of Harold Andersen Leo & Gayle Stuart, Walnut, IA In memory of Mae Orvie & Margaret Christensen, Kimballton, IA In Enfred Linder, Manson, IA In memory of Alice M. Petersen memory of Mae Petersen Flynn Caryl West, Harlan, IA In memory of Mae Petersen In memory of Eivind Lillehoj Sharon Ludington, Atlantic, IA In memory of Mae Sid & Sharon Winchell, Atlantic, IA In memory of Petersen Mae Petersen

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caption CORRECTIONS very effort has been made to ensure that all information contained in Ethe 2007 Annual Report of Contributions is accurate. We respectfully regret and apologize for any omissions, misspellings, or misplacements. Please contact the Development Department with any questions or corrections. The Danish Immigrant Museum • 13 GIFT MEMBERSHIPS hroughout 2007 Finn Aagaard, Algonquin, IL James Johnson, Council Bluffs, IA TThe Danish Eddie & Edna Ackerman, Marian, IA Jerome Johnson, Raleigh, NC Immigrant Museum Svend Alsing, Chicago, IL Paul & Karen Jorgensen, Eugene, OR Glenda Andersen, Elk Horn, IA Niels Henrik Vest Jørgensen, Burgaw, NC awarded complimentary Jan Kruse Andersen, Minnetonka, MN Svend Sylvest Jørgensen, Lodi, WI memberships or received Flemming Andresen, Gig Harbor, WA Palle Juul-Larsen, Venice, FL Jørgen H. Andresen, Santa Rosa, CA Georg Kjærbøl, Seattle, WA contributions directed Ardyth Barber, Exira, IA Jim & Linda Klingensmith, Pittsburg, PA towards gift memberships Diana Barstad, Marysville, WA Axel Knudsen, Carmel, IN for the following businesses/ Celia Benson, Fergus Falls, MN Jan Rene W. Knudsen, Atlanta, GA Niels-Ulrik Bergstrøm, Wheaton, IL Jan Rene & Kari Knudsen, Marietta, GA individuals. Kaare George Binau-Hansen, Mansfi eld Center, CT Kenneth Bladt Knudsen, Weston, FL Arne Bronton, Naples, FL Carl Kristensen, Algonquin, IL Caryn Brown, Fort Meyers, FL Peter Krogh, Seattle, WA Barton Byg, Northampton, MA Harry Kruse, Parsippany, NJ Paul Poulsen, Boca Raton, FL Cecil Byg, Sioux Falls, SD Dervla Lacy, Paducah, KY Jeff Rasmussen, Johnston, IA David & Mary Jo Christensen, Paradise Valley, AZ Porsmose Lars, San Mateo, CA Sandra Rasmussen, Des Moines, IA Erik & Lone Christensen, Brown Deer, WI Poul Larsen, Oakdale, CA Scott Rasmussen, Ojai, CA Eva Christensen, Winthrop, MA Susan Larsen, Mount Ayr, IA Torben Reichardt, Jacksonville, FL Finn Christensen, Towson, MD Thomas Wahlgreen Larsen, Bothell, WA Robert Riis, San Diego, CA Irene Christensen, Sherman Oaks, CA Mike & Colleen Last, Storm Lake, IA Laeron & Rebecca Roberts, Fuquay-Verina, NC Palle Christensen, Bellevue, WA Ken Lauritzen, Weeping Water, NE Melanie & Terry Robinson, Santa Rosa, CA Peter Christensen, Shaw Island, WA Barbara Laursen, Shaw Island, WA Niels Leegaard Rydder, Escondido, CA Rick & Pat Christensen, Tipton, IA Bill & Toni Lawson, Green Bay, WI Melvin & Clara Samuelson, Storm Lake, IA Carroll & Joyce Cox, Lake Oswego, OR Wilmar Lindgreen, Granada Hills, CA Peggy Scott, Mesa, AZ Edward & Louise Crock, Tipton, IA Orlin & Kirsten Loken, Pahrump, NV James & Julie Shea, Longwood, FL Consul & Mrs. Ray Daugbjerg, Houston, TX George Lund, New York, NY Ole Sindberg, Cary Trout Valley, IL Rory-Owen Delaney, Brooklyn, NY Gordon & Lois Lund, San Jose, CA Jørgen Skals, Sioux Falls, SD Peter K. Baunegård Diessel, Hoffman Estate, IL Jørgen E. Madsen, Gig Harbor, WA Mark Skouby, Concord, OH Bo Egholm, Rochester, NY Sven Madsen, Buffalo Grove, IL Megan Skouby, Iowa City, IA Per Schiøtt Eliasen, Arvada, CO Jane Marshall, Mullica Hills, NJ Nancy Skouby, Indianapolis, IN Patricia Elrod, Overland Park, KS Bob Matson, Hampshire Road, IL Dane Skow, Wheaton, IL Gunnar & Inge Esbech, Brovst, Denmark LB Matson, Reading, PA Vinette Skow, Hot Springs, SD Niels Hansen & Lone Esbech, Brovst, Denmark Kim Eivin Melchior, Cedar City, UT Wesley Skow, San Francisco, CA Dane & Jenny Esbeck, Tipton, IA Mel & Pearl Molgaard, Spirit Lake, IA Joan Sodergren, Olympia, WA Jesse & Anne Esbeck, Pearland, TX Erma Nelson, Exira, IA Jens & Mary Sogaard, Dyersville, IA Kristin Esbeck, Arlington, VA Rupert & Dee Nelson, Claremont, CA Kathy Sonsalla, Webster City, IA Tom & Andrea Esbeck, Murrietta, CA John & Rachel Nielsen, Chicago, IL Gunnar Sørensen, Capistrana Beach, CA Morten Ring Eskildsen, Granger, IN Kaj & Stephanie Nielsen, Omaha, NE Henning Sørensen, Carlsbad, CA Chuck & Cheryl Eskov, Moville, IA Lance & Wende Nielsen, Boise, ID Terkel Sørensen, University Place, WA Woodrow Faber, Lake Benton, MN Richard Nielsen, Houston, TX Kenneth Steiness, Chandler, AZ Catherine Forney, Thurman, IA Warren & Erin Nielsen, Fremont, CA Preben Svensson, Oakbrook, IL Claus Aarestrup Friis, Southport, CT Evald Nielsen, White Lake Twp, MI Emmett & Joyce Talty, Council Bluffs, IA Dean & Kathleen Gerlach, Kenosha, WI Erik Norup, Boxbury, CT Soren Telfer, Ann Arbor, MI Paul German, Cozad, NE Harry Olsen, Piscataway, NJ The Rasmussen Group, Inc., Des Moines, IA Scott & Mary Lea Graham, Bixby, OK Lynnea Olsen, Sacramento, CA Herb & Betty Tholen, Tipton, IA Ginny Greco, Papillion, NE Eigil Pagh, Hawthornewoods, IL Fritz & Janice Tiarks, Harlan, IA Ib Hagsten, Gladstone, MO Larry Paulsen, Cozad, NE Greg Toomer, Early, IA Valerie Halstead, Des Moines, IA Eigil Aasberg Pedersen, Bakersfi eld, CA Tom & Pernille Urban, Tallahassee, FL Larry & Renee Hansen, Tipton, IA Keld Pedersen, Hungtington Beach, CA Peter & Glenda Van Geem, Eugene, OR Philip Dyhre Hansen, North Bend, WA Niels Verner Pedersen, Paltine, IL Jørgen Viltoft, Wayzata, MN Ernst & Suzanna Harboe, Northfi eld, IL George & La Vonne Petersen, Eugene, OR Earl & Asta Wiechmann, Atlantic, IA Henrik Hartvig-Laursen, Miami, FL Lars Porsmose, San Mateo, CA Karen Wilson, Kimball, NE David Hedlin, Mount Vernon, WA Clayton & Janet Porter, Adel, IA Preben Wulff, Linwood, NJ Joni Heifner, Rives Junction, MI Kristian Poulsen, Sierra Madre, CA Jess Henriksen, Pipestone, MN Ivan Hermansen, Vedbæk, Denmark Mark Bjørn Hindsbo, Sammamish, WA Jens Hjorth, Seattle, WA Jan Kruse Hjortshøj, Bellevue, WA Stephanie Hooper, Burlington, WA Helle Hurst, Dallas, TX Elizabeth Ibsen, Urbandale, IA Kathleen Jackson, Sioux City, IA Aksel Jensen, Kearney, NE Bernice Jensen, Eugene, OR John & Robert Jensen, Cozad, NE Ken & Karen Jensen, Junction City, OR Robert Jensen, Spring Hill, FL Kjeld Jeppesen, Colorado Springs, CO Darlene Johnson, Monument, CO

14 • The Danish Immigrant Museum 24th Annual Meeting of Museum Board of Directors, Elk Horn, Iowa. HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS

The Honor Roll of Contributors recognizes all who have supported The Danish Immigrant Museum during the 2007 calendar year. It especially recognizes all who attained membership at the various designated levels with cumulative contributions amounting to $30 or more, including gifts for annual support, designated purposes, memorials, Wall of Honor designations, special appeals, matching gifts, Holger Danske Endowment gifts, and gifts-in-kind. This year’s honor roll includes over 2,500 members and donors from 49 states, Denmark, Canada and Uganda. Additionally, we are pleased to include on the honor roll our Business/Organization Associates who contribute $100 or more to the museum. Business/Organization Associates are listed in the Honor Roll according to their giving level.

2007 ANNUAL LEADERSHIP SOCIETY Order of Jylland Estate of Richard Jensen, Irvington, NE Barbara Cannon, New London, NC Eric & Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust, Crystal Lake, IL Edith Eastergard, Waterloo, IA $10,000 & above Folmer & Vera Nyby, Michigan City, IN Paul & Karen Emanuelsen, Royal Oak, MI Glittering Limfjord in the north, sandy dunes and Poul & Benedikte Ehlers Olesen, Eugene, OR Gordon & Janice Esbeck, Tipton, IA wide beaches in the west, low marshlands in the Gerald & Tamara Quirk, Savanna, GA Cora Fagre, Loveland, CO south, and rolling, fertile farmland punctuated by Harriet Albertsen Spanel, Bellingham, WA Mark & Barb Frederiksen, Falcon, CO beech forests in the east, the Jylland peninsula is Forest & Kirsten Strnad, Faribault, MN Earl & LaVena Fries, Des Moines, IA Denmark’s largest land area and rich in history. Svend & Lois Toftemark, Eugene, OR William & Marilyn Gift, Des Moines, IA Lissi Vange, Wilmette, IL Johannes & Roelie Goddik, Dayton, OR Dennis Andersen, Atlanta, GA Rosa A. & Edward Hansen Trust, Hampton, IA Thomas & Jan* Christensen, Davenport, IA Order of Fyn Walter & Vesta Hansen, West Branch, IA Robert & Birgit Coffman, Iowa City, IA Curtis & Nancy Hoegh, Clive, IA Charles & Joanne Frederiksen, Ames, IA $2,500 - $4,999 Peder & Doris Hoy, Modesto, CA Hedges, fi elds and winding roads among half- Estate of J. Emory & Edna Fredrickson, Elk Horn, IA Dick & Edna Jacobsen, Gig Harbor, WA Bill & Berniece Grewcock, Omaha, NE timbered houses with hollyhocks and orchards, Harold & Carole Jensen, Ames, IA Stewart & LeNore Hansen, West Des Moines, IA makes Fyn, Denmark’s garden island. The landscape Nils & Kathleen Jensen, Portland, OR James & Marge Iversen, Ames, IA evokes its two most famous native sons: Hans Vern & Marie Jensen, Audubon, IA John & Audrey Kofoed, West Branch, IA Christian Andersen and the composer, Carl Nielsen. Jacqueline Johnson, Council Bluffs, IA Kurt & Joy Larsen, Oneonta, AL Iver & Lis Jorgensen, Burnsville, MN Lauritzen Corporation, Omaha, NE Richard Hellman, Oceanside, CA Rhoda Kelloway, Anita IA Mark & Lori Nussle, Palos Park, IL Honorary Consul Lowell B. & Marilyn Kramme, Ronald & Betty Knapp, Gibson City, IL Kai E. & Melody Starr Nyby, LaPorte, IN Des Moines, IA C. Paul & Marlys Lindholm, Maple Plain, MN Marc & Carlene Petersen, Omaha, NE Carl & Marilyn Mehr, San Diego, CA Charles Manatt, Washington, DC Rasmussen Foundation Fund, Des Moines, IA John Mark & Dawn Nielsen, Blair, NE LeVern & Marilyn Nielsen, Racine, WI Honorary Consul Anelise Sawkins, Minneapolis, MN Estate of Ollivene Olsen, Lake View, IA Ivan & Karen Noelck, Hampton, IA Erik & Jackie Olsen, Glenbrook, NV Order of Sjælland BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATE Peter & Irma Ørum, Saint Charles, IL Cedar Valley Danes, Cedar Falls, IA area Clara Pedersen, Elk Horn, IA $5,000 - $9,999 Leman USA, Racine, WI Estate of Marlene Mildred Petersen, Withee, WI Denmark’s largest island, punctuated by castles, Peter & Shirley Petersen, Canyon, TX beach forests, and the red brick and green copper Order of Bornholm Kurt & Lynette Skow Rasmussen, Johnston, IA roofs of the capital, Copenhagen, this island has been Rita Ruggaard, Fountain Hills, AZ the seat of Danish kings and queens. $1,000 - $2,499 Janet M. Thuesen, Sausalito, CA Just off the southern tip of Sweden, Bornholm has Anonymous rocky cliffs, an old castle that dates back to Viking BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATE Anonymous times, high rolling hills, beautiful beaches, and deep Knudsen Old Timers, Glendale, CA S & E Bramsen Foundation, Wheaton, IL forests that are so dark it is as if it is night time when Marne & Elk Horn Telephone Co., Elk Horn, IA Lamont & Lois Christensen, Elk Horn, IA you enter them even in the middle of the day. Southern California Chapter Rebild National Park Jim & Janet Borge Crowle, Saint Michaels, MD Society, Glendale, CA Rory & Ane-Grethe Delaney, Wayzata, MN Mogens & Cindy Bay, Omaha, NE Red River Danes, Fargo, ND Bridget Jensen, Houston, TX Egon & Diana Bodtker, Salem, OR Erna Jensen, Des Moines, IA Sandra Boeskov, Seattle, WA *Deceased

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Order of Lolland Order of Falster Ruth Ploger, Lincoln City, OR Jeanette Ragner, Milwaukee, WI $500-$999 $250-$499 Douglas Raichle, Lawrenceville, NJ A low lying, fl at agricultural island where sugar beets At the western edge of the Baltic Sea, this fl at, Elva Rasmussen, Elk Horn, IA and grain are raised, Lolland boasts Knuthenborg, agricultural island where grain and sugar beets Gerald & Sigrid Rasmussen, Junction City, OR Northern Europe’s largest wildlife park. are raised has forests in the middle and on its Norman & Rita Riis, Boulder, CO Hakon Andersen, Artesia, CA eastern shores. Gedser Odde is Denmark’s most Leroy & Nancy Sand, Kimballton, IA Mildred Andersen, Elk Horn, IA southerly point. Earl & Connie Schell, Fort Covington, NY Sarah Andersen, Bayport, MN LeRoy & Sharlene Albertsen, Carroll, IA Jerry & Judy Schrader, Elk Horn, IA Bill & Ginger Babb, Tucson, AZ Annette Andersen, Kimballton, IA Harold & Ann Slaight, Omaha, NE Max & Muriel Bacon, Harlan, IA Harvey & Carol Andersen, Bayonne, NJ Howard & Karma Sorensen, Elk Horn, IA Edwin & Ethel Barker, Iowa City, IA Jorgen & Donna Andersen, Arcadia, CA Leonard & Margaret Sorensen, Mechanicsburg, PA Harold & Lois Berg, Ogden, IA Darrell & Milda Anderson, Osceola, WI Paul & Marie Sorensen, De Kalb, IL Royal & Shirley Bierbaum, Griswold, IA Diane Aylesworth, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Karen Suchomel, West Branch, IA Arvid Bollesen, Tustin, CA Kirsten Blaemire, Los Angeles, CA Fred & Edna Swihart, Shell Knob, MO Marty & Connie Boose, Atlantic, IA Thomas & Molly Boast, Brooklyn, NY Karen Taylor, Springville, IA Ronald & Mary Bro, Cedar Falls, IA Guy Boye, Oklahoma City, OK Paul & Becky Thompson, Woodbridge, VA Annette Carlson, Blencoe, IA Staci Byrd, Hemphill, TX Rick Tighe, Atlantic, IA Borge & Lotte Christensen, Rochester, MN Bent & Henni Christensen, Huntington Beach, CA Peter & Sharon Toxby, Kirkland, WA Carlo Christensen, Glendale, CA David & Mary Jo Christensen, Paradise Valley, AZ Lily Uhren, Brookfi eld, WI Howard & Shirley Christensen, Atlantic, IA Preben & Claire Christensen, St. Louis, MO Peter Goss & Karma Walker, Minneapolis, MN Svend Christensen, Des Moines, IA Philip & Debbie Christiansen, Omaha, NE Sonja Walker, Minneapolis, MN David & Helen Esbeck, San Diego, CA Edmund Clausen, Oakland, CA Norman & Rita Westergaard, Sloan, IA Ramona Esbeck, Ames, IA Glen & Rosa Clemsen, Exira, IA Pamela Whitmore, Des Moines, IA Randy & Kelly Esbeck, Cumming, GA Billy & Colette Custer, Plentywood, MT James & Judy Fogdall, Cedar Falls, IA Dan Donham, Portland, OR BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATE Alf & Lili Gregerson, Ridgefi eld, WA Anne-Marie Douglas, Chicago, IL Carroll Control Systems, Inc., Carroll, IA Thomas Hansen, Elk Horn, IA William & Doris Duff, Weeping Water, NE Danish Brotherhood Lodge #1, Omaha, NE Kirsten Havrehed, San Francisco, CA Kent & Betty Evans, Hollister, CA Danish Brotherhood Lodge #35, Homewood, IL Joy Heckman, Johnston, IA Lyle Flynn, Boone, IA Danish Sisterhood Lodge #102, Johnston, IA Pauline Honan, Big Flats, NY Rodney & Rosanne Fulton, Kimballton, IA Harlan Newspapers, Harlan, IA Ole Jensen, San Mateo, CA David Garrison, Bellevue, NE The Viking Club of Orange County, Seal Beach, CA Peer & Karen Jensen, Carmel, CA Kenneth & Evelyn Gregersen, Gold Canyon, AZ Tor & Jeanette Jensen, Wilmette, IL John & Nancy Hackley, Burnsville, MN Order of Amager Verner & Elaine Jensen, Merritt Island, FL Charles & Emma Hansen, Mt. Prospect, IL $100-$249 Ellen Juhl, Seattle, WA Frederick Hansen, Wichita, KS Architecture and canals on this island across Dean & Barbara Larsen, Overland Park, KS Ingrid Hansen, Lincoln, NE Esther Larsen, Broomfi eld, CO from Copenhagen were infl uenced by Dutch Kirk & Julianne Hansen, Vail, CO settlers who were invited to Denmark during Bent & Gracie Lernø, Simi Valley, CA Roger & Marilyn Hanson, Cedar Falls, IA Jeanette Lillehoj, Kimballton, IA Doris Hedgcock, Colorado Springs, CO the reign of King Christian IV. Copenhagen/ Loretta Litke, San Francisco, CA Per & Laurie Hesel, Pawnee City, NE Kastrup International Airport, the hub to air travel Helen Marr, St. Paul, MN Harold Hoiberg, Silver Springs, MD throughout the world, is located here. Clark & B. Joan Mathisen, Omaha, NE Don Lenef & Joy Ibsen, Trout Creek, MI Michael & Linda Abildtrup, Fort Dodge, IA Alma Metzler, Evanston, IL Philip & Sarah Iversen, Decorah, IA Anne Alborg-Jørgensen, Vallensbaek Strand, Denmark Dagmar Muthamia, Long Beach, CA Elise Jensen, Newell, IA Ed & Arlene Andersen, Rochester, MN Dick & Norma Lange Nelson, Elk Horn, IA Maynard & Rose Marie Jensen, Kimballton, IA Jerry & Shirley Andersen, Chicago, IL Michael Danforth & Eva Nielsen, Chicago, IL Irving F. & Carolyn Jensen, Jr., Sioux City, IA Earl & Jeanette Anderson, West Linn, OR Kay North, Ames, IA Ada Jeppesen, Blair, NE Elwyn & Susan Anderson, Lena, IL Martin Pedersen, Bennington, NE Niels & Ella Jessen, Salinas, CA Karen Anderson, Des Moines, IA Evelyn Petersen, Van Horne, IA Lynn & Connie Johnson, Exira, IA Paul Anderson, Napa, CA James & Joanne Peterson, Richfi eld, MN Harris & Carol Jorgensen, Dike, IA Donald & Karen Antonel, Los Osos, CA Carl Rasmussen, Nevada, IA Ronald & Diana Kay, College Station, TX Ronald & Karen Arneson, Fargo, ND Jorgen & Martha Rasmussen, Ames, IA Paul & Margit Kjeldbjerg, Prospect Heights, IL Ardys Askelson, Indian Hills, CO William & Christine Rattenborg, Fort Collins, CO Merlyn & Jeanette Knudsen, Harlan, IA Jones & Solveig Atterberry, Burlington, WA Esther Riis, San Diego, CA Svend & Elin Koch, Cedar Falls, IA Jergen & Jean Barber, Waukesha, WI Kenneth & Carolyn Sand, Prairie du Chien, WI Edith Larsen, Elk Horn, IA Lillian Barnard, Carmichael, CA Marc & Barbara Shelstrom, Lancaster, WI Honorary Consul John & Jilliann Larsen, Scottsdale, AZ John & Virginia Beck, Blair, NE Delmar Smith, Roseville, MN John & Agnete Lind, Clarinda, IA Frank & Julie Bellon, Cedar Rapids, IA Jimmy & Esther Sorensen, Wood Dale, IL Fern Lindvall, Atlantic, IA William & Elna Bellows, Edina, MN Helen Stub, Minneapolis, MN Rodney Schmidt & Ellie Ludvigsen, Castle Rock, CO Inez Benjes, Craig, NE Betty L. Svendsen, Grayslake, IL Mert & Karen Lund, Sioux Falls, SD Keith & Susan Berg, Ogden, IA Pearl Swank, Poplar, MT Francis & Constance Madsen, Holladay, UT Robert & Betty Berg, DeMotte, IN Dick & Sonja Switzer, Omaha, NE Lavonne Marcusen, Audubon, IA Aase Besson, Lake Oswego, OR Neal & Jeanne Thuesen, Dike, IA Meal Connectionz, Waterloo, IA Donald Best, Los Angeles, CA Roy & Thelma Wehde, Phoenix, AZ Joe & LuAnn Meyers, Fitchburg, WI Dr. Signe T. Nielsen Betsinger, Falcon Heights, MN Wally & Doris Miller, Alexandria, MN James & Deb Bieker, Elk Horn, IA BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATE Egon & Laina Molbak, Clyde Hill, WA Horace & Barbara Bjorn, Creston, IA Danish American Center, Minneapolis, MN Amanda Golbeck & Craig Molgaard, Missoula, MT Gerald & Patricia Blake, Ankeny, IA Danish American Club in Orange County, Huntington Alan & Donna Christensen Mores, Harlan, IA Per & Nora Bogehegn, Elk Grove Village, IL Beach, CA Patricia Morgan, Ottumwa, IA Preben & Gloria Bonde, Longmont, CO Danish American Club of Milwaukee, West Bend, WI Lisa Nielsen, Medora, ND Richard Boye, Fairlawn, VA Danish Brotherhood Lodge #14, Kenosha, WI Tommy & Judith Nielsen, Kenosha, WI John & Norma Bramsen, Chicago, IL Danish Brotherhood Lodge #15, Des Moines, IA Elsie Norman, Seattle, WA Otto & Minna Brask, Kirkland, WA Danish Brotherhood Lodge #56, Lawrence, KS Frank & Osa Nyby-Burnett, Michigan City, IN Doug & Glenda Bro, Claremont, CA Danish Sisterhood Margrethe Lodge #24, Castro Valley, CA Henry & Sharon Olesen, Woodstock, IL Franklin & Ora Mae Bro, Toledo, IA Haldor Topsoe, Inc., Houston, TX Glenn & Mary Ellen Olsen, Atlantic, IA Howard & Muriel Bro, Montour, IA Olsen, Muhlbauer & Co., L.L.P., Carroll, IA Hillary Parker, Carter Lake, IA Manville & Marjorie Bro, Wilmington, DE Royal Danish Embassy, Washington, DC Dean Erik Petersen, Ames, IA Ruthe Brocker, Anita, IA Raymond Petersen, Aurora, NE Everett & Louise Brown, Panora, IA Svend & Grethe Petersen, Bloomington, MN H. Donald & Margie Brown, Seal Beach, CA Thorvald Petersen, Santa Monica, CA Mindy Brown, Littleton, CO Richard & Patricia Peterson, Council Bluffs, IA Steve & Myra Brubaker, Des Moines, IA 16 • The Danish Immigrant Museum – Honor Roll, Continued on Page 17 HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS – Continued from page 16

– Continued from page 16 Ruby Frost, Maple Plain, MN Douglas Jensen, Des Moines, IA Dwight & Patricia Jensen, Iowa City, IA Phillip & Becky Bryant, West Des Moines, IA Clifford Gade, Pleasanton, CA Finn & Laetitia Jensen, Glen Allen, VA Ellen Buchy, San Diego, CA Brian & Margaret Garrett, Centennial, CO Glenn & Marjorie Jensen, Marion, IA Agnete Buhl, Tyler, MN William & Katherine Gibson, Aurora, IA Gyda Jensen, North Wales, PA Mary Bullamore, Milwaukee, WI Clyde & Nathalie Givens, Perrysburg, OH Harald Jensen, Ringsted, IA John & Marilyn Caffrey, West Des Moines, IA Jorgen & Gudrun Graugaard, Sarasota, FL James & Darlene Jensen, Carroll, IA Christine Callesen, San Bruno, CA Arne Graversgaard, Corral De Tierra, CA Jennifer Jensen, Omaha, NE Egon & Deborah Calundann, Olympia, WA Lois Greene, White Lake, MI Jerry & Peggy Jensen, Fountain Valley, CA Alan & Colleen Campbell, Elk Horn, IA Elinor Greenfi eld, Omaha, NE Joan Jensen, Ankeny, IA Bill & Judy Campfi eld, Ankeny, IA Larry & Solveig Gregory, Cedar Falls, IA Joel & Marjorie Jensen, Saint Davids, PA Marcella Carey, San Clemente, CA Harvey & Doris Greve, Walnut, IA John Jensen, Miami, FL Jack & Karen Carstensen, Oakland, NE Joanne Greving, Elk Horn, IA Karl & Molly Jensen, Osage, IA Elinor Chase, Hackensack, MN Nancy Gross, Greenfi eld, IA Loraine Jensen, Roseville, MN Clayton & Martha Christensen, Storm Lake, IA Neil & Arlene Grover, Browerville, MN Roland & Joan Jensen, Waukesha, WI David & Elizabeth Christensen, Boise, ID Jessie Grunow, Monona, WI William & Joann Jensen, Urbandale, IA Don & Arda Jean Christensen, Salt Lake City, UT William & Lois Gydesen, Inver Grove Heights, MN Tove Jespersen, Minneapolis, MN Erik & Lone Christensen, Brown Deer, WI Lowell & Esther Haahr, Newell, IA Karen Jessen, Waterloo, IA Ernst & Shirley Christensen, Littleton, CO Allan & Frances Hansen, Fremont, NE Marvin & Helen Jessen, Des Moines, IA Ray & Ramona Christensen, Rosemount, MN Clyde & Dee Hansen, Fremont, NE Arnold & Bonita Johnson, Deming, NM Vaughn & Clarice Christensen, Blair, NE Dallas & Margery Hansen, Elk Horn, IA Becky Baucke & Mabel Johnson, Emmett, ID Virgil & Joyce Christensen, Harlan, IA David & Margaret Jean Hansen, Ames, IA Dennis & Carole Johnson, Morris, MN C. Arthur & Gwendolyn Christiansen, St. Paul, MN Elmer & Arlene Hansen, Reno, NV Donald & Carol Johnson, La Mirada, CA Ellen Christiansen, Council Bluffs, IA Garold & Nancy Hansen, Bagley, IA Gary & Beverly Johnson, Lacey, WA Monty & Connie Christiansen, State College, PA Gary Hansen, Baileys Harbor, WI Inge Johnson, Tuscumbia, AL Robert & Martha Christiansen, Tempe, AZ Jerry Hansen, Port Byron, IL John & Kristi Johnson, Bethesda, MD John & Birgitte Christianson, Decorah, IA Kai & Valborg Hansen, Mercer Island, WA Oscar & Dody Johnson, Iowa City, IA Ardyth Christoffersen, Greenfi eld, IA Larry & Marvel Hansen, Lenexa, KS Richard & Terri Johnson, Manning, IA Myrvin & Anne Christopherson, Decorah, IA Luther Hansen, Banning, CA Ronald & Joyce Johnson, Raleigh, NC Aage Clausen, Columbus, OH Lyle & Sandy Hansen, Denver, CO Vera Johnson, Eagle Grove, IA John & Judy Clem, Ames, IA Noel Hansen, Omaha, NE H. John & Doris Jones, Elk Horn, IA Robert & Joan Coffey, Hartford, WI Peter & Karolee Hansen, Kenai, AK Don & Joyce Jorgensen, Ripon, WI Bent & Lee Collin, Washington, MO Phil Sorensen & Donna Hansen, Lincoln, NE Hans & Kathy Jorgensen, Loveland, CO Richard & Marlys Cook, West Des Moines, IA Raymond Hansen, Atlantic, IA Jandy & Tom Jorgensen, Dagmar, MT Bruce & Dianne Cooper, Colorado Springs, CO Roger & Natalie Hansen, Carroll, IA Rex & Betty Jorgensen, Des Moines, IA John & Marcia Copeland, Plymouth, MN Roland & Peggy Hansen, Elk Horn, IA Natalie Juhl, Edina, MN Harold & Janice Cozad, Simi Valley, CA Shirley Hansen, Harlan, IA Judy Juhler, Harlan, IA Carol D. Crain, Davenport, IA Thorvald & Johanne Hansen, Des Moines, IA Tom & Jerre Karl, Loudon, TN Anne Crandall, Wheeling, IL William Hansen, Kansas City, MO Perry & Karen Karlsson, Monrovia, CA Anton & Marie Dahlman, Loma Rica, CA Gary & Rita Hanson, Lee’s Summit, MO Gary & Judy Kastrup, Omaha, NE Michael & Betty Ann Dall, Castle Rock, CO Verlan & Helga Hanson, Blair, NE Pamela Kelly, White Water, WI Reinhard & Pamela Danger, Washington, DC Lee & Charla Hardesty, Fair Oaks, CA Lorraine Kemmer, Falcon Heights, MN Norman & Lola Danielsen, Randolph, KS Henrik Hartvig-Laursen, Miami, FL Edith Kilgren, Seattle, WA Kirsten Danvers, New Braunfels, TX Margaret Hatcher, Harlan, IA William & Joyce King, Clinton, IA Nancy Darst, Omaha, NE Dorothy & William Hawkes, Fairfi eld, CA Mary Lou Kirk, Modesto, CA Honorary Consul Ray & Cherry Daugbjerg, Houston, TX Philip & Alma Heath, Cedar Falls, IA Lillian Baker & Christian Hedegaard-Schou, Westminster, CO Marie Kjolhede, Novi, MI Oluf & Florence Davidsen, Iowa City, IA C. Steven & Lynda Hegg, Holland, MI Luther & Doris Kloth, Wauwatosa, WI Judy Davis, Minneapolis, MN Anny Hempel, Flourtown, PA George & Carole Knaub, Richmond, TX Marianna Delafi eld-Melichar, Edina, MN Kent & Carole Henning, Johnston, IA Finn & Margrethe Knudsen, Evergreen, CO Jack & Eileen Denne, Atlantic, IA Vernon & Lane Henricks, Manhattan, KS Garey & Sherry Knudsen, Hutchinson, MN William & Leah Doherty, Roseville, MN Ardyce Henriksen, Mesa, AZ Harry & K. Jean Knudsen, North Muskegon, MI Elaine Dolgireff, Santa Rosa, CA Finn & Alice Henriksen, Brønshoj, Denmark Janet Knudsen, Overland Park, KS Roger & Ellen Doty, Connersville, IN John & Barbara Hill, Camarillo, CA Robert & Barbara Knudstrup, Manistee, MI Lois Dunavan, Lenoir, NC Joni Hill, Brainerd, MN William & Charlotte Kraft, Fall Creek, WI Leif & Sine Duus, Minneapolis, MN Bonnie Hittle, Winfi eld, KS Christopher & Claire Kramme, San Francisco, CA Robert & Lillian Eggerss, Lincoln, CA Alvina Hjortsvang, Council Bluffs, IA Richard & Marilyn Kramme, Des Moines, IA Edmund & Ann Elkjer, Kingwood, TX Graham & Norma Hoeg, Lake View, IA Ione Kreamer, Kenosha, WI Bente Ellis, San Jose, CA Calvin & Phyllis Hoegh, Elk Horn, IA Kaj & Eva Kristensen, Corte Madera, CA William Emanuelsen, San Pedro, CA Ralf & Inga Hoifeldt, Urbandale, IA Dale & Karen Krog, Tracy, MN Burton & Jeanene Esbeck, Elk Horn, IA Chet & Marj Holland, Atlantic, IA Robert & Joan Krogh, Blair, NE Donald Esbeck, Tipton, IA Raymond & Joyce Holland, Bettendorf, IA LeRoy & Marie Kyhn, Atwater, CA Edward Esbeck, Olympia, WA Irving & Ingrid Holm, Omaha, NE Mark & Thea Kyhnn, Atlantic, IA Mark & Jane Esbeck, Des Moines, IA Martin & Evelyn Holst, Cedar Falls, IA James & Beverly Laing, Loveland, CO Shirley Esbeck, Elk Horn, IA Harry & Katherine Hoover, Hackensack, MN Karl & Inge Lamberg, Eugene, OR Lawrence Eskov, Elk Horn, IA James & Anita Horton, Scottsdale, AZ Shirley Lange, Knoxville, TN Roland & Martha Eskov, Elk Horn, IA Hugh & Jane Hunt, Blair, NE Kristine Lapehn, Centennial, CO Elaine Faaborg, Puyallup, WA Karma Ibsen, Urbana, IL Allan & Reta Larsen, Elk Horn, IA Eric Faaborg, Cedar Rapids, IA Robert & Elaine Ibsen, Kenosha, WI Honorary Consul Daniel & Yvonne Larsen, San Diego, CA Roger & Mary Lou Farmer, Washington, IA Marge & Kent Ingerslev, Elk Horn, IA Daniel & Rosemarie Larsen, Overland Park, KS Lyle & Dorothy Feisel, St. Michaels, MD Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA Evelyn Larsen, Des Moines, IA Myrtle Felkner, Centerville, IA Ahlmann & Herta Iversen, Oak Lawn, IL Kenneth & Marlene Larsen, Calistoga, CA Gloria Fiedler, Davenport, IA Richard & Ethel Iversen, Highlands Ranch, CO Kent & Bev Larsen, Nevada, IA Ann Finsveen, Minneapolis, MN Alicia Dee Jackson, Cedar Rapids, IA Lawrence & Jane Larsen, Harlan, IA Ray & Janet Fisher, Wichita, KS Dale & Ellen Westergaard Jackson, Whiting, IA Philip & Florence Larsen, Blair, NE Betty Fitkin, Cedar Falls, IA Allan & Blanche Jacobsen, Audubon, IA William & Judith Larsen, Scottsdale, AZ Peter Flinch, Alexandria, VA Barbara Jacobsen, Atlantic, IA Jerry & Carolyn Larson, St. Paul, MN Hans Flinch & Nan Nixon, Chapel Hill, NC Paul & Nancy Jacobsen, Boone, IA Larry & Natalie Larson, Hobe Sound, FL Elsie Floerchinger, Ankeny, IA Sam & Nancy Jacobsen, Middleton, WI Nancy Bruington & Kaj Lauridsen, Longmont, CO Roland Fog, Belle Mead, NJ Virgil & Janice Jacobsen, West Des Moines, IA Anna Laursen, North Canton, OH Kent & Janice Forney, Waukee, IA Warren & Gudrun Jacobsen, Elk Horn, IA Harriet Petersen Fort, DeWitt, NE Christopher Calvin & Donita Jacques, Fountain Inn, SC – Honor Roll, Continued on Page 18 Paul Frederickson, Toledo, OH Peter & Mariann Janzen, Fontana, WI Darrell & Lenore Frederiksen, Elk Horn, IA Arne & Inger Jensen, Waterloo, IA Larry & Carol Frost, Ashland, NE Betty Shults & Eugene Jensen, Sun City, AZ The Danish Immigrant Museum • 17 HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS – Continued from page 17

David Laursen, Akron, OH Duane & Anna Pedersen, Ames, NE James & Bonnie Thordahl, Dana Point, CA Earl & Esther Laursen, Gatlinburg, TN Henry & Betty Pedersen, Coon Rapids, IA Kristian & Lora Lee Thusholt, Rosemount, MN Estate of Richard Ledet, Des Moines, IA Leo & Eleanor Pedersen, Alden, MN Odin & Nancy Tidemand, Silver Spring, MD Flemming & Betty Leicht, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Lois Pedersen, Racine, WI Shirley Todd, Downey, CA John & Kathy Leistad, Elk Horn, IA Margaret Pedersen, Minneapolis, MN Leonard & Esther Tripp, Lu Verne, IA Camilla Leyser, Palm City, FL Mary Ann Pedersen, Fort Dodge, IA Albert Troxle, Hardinsburg, KY Carole Liljedahl, Missouri Valley, IA Paul Pedersen, Honolulu, HI Honorary Consul Steven L. Tuchman, Indianapolis, IN Carl Salmons & Cathy Lillehoj, Des Moines, IA Paul & Julia Hugee Pedersen, St. Charles, IL Tom & Phyllis Tucker, Corydon, IN Hyun Soon & Erik Lillehoj, West Friendship, MD Paul & Lilly Pedersen, Rockville, MD Arlen & Asta Twedt, Ankeny, IA James & Sara Lindberg, Iowa City, IA Wilma Pedersen, Iowa City, IA Leona C. Vaughan, Yuma, AZ Enfred Linder, Manson, IA Allan & Carol Petersen, Exira, IA Bruce & Charlene Villars, Minden, NE Barbara Lund-Jones, Atlantic, IA Andrew & Mary Petersen, Harlan, IA Borge & Judith Villumsen, Greeley, CO Maurice Lykke, Fargo, ND Arnold & Loretta Petersen, Elk Horn, IA Evelyn Walker, Warren, MI Knud Aage Morch & Jette Mackintosh, Birkerød, Denmark Celius (Cy) & Rosie Petersen, Elk Horn, IA Evelyn Ward, Greeley, CO Adelaide Madsen, Iowa City, IA Dan & Garnett Petersen, Elk Horn, IA Jim & Ardes Weedman, LaVista, NE Alan & Patricia Madsen, Champaign, IL Don & Terry Petersen, Whitefi sh, MT Alan & Judy Wenell, Columbia, MD George & Julie Madsen, Omaha, NE Everett & Doreen Petersen, Hampton, IA Caryl West, Harlan, IA Harald Madsen, Tyler, MN Gary & Nancy Petersen, New Town, ND Glen & Lola Wiese, River Falls, WI Howard & Virginia Madsen, Darwin, MN Lisa Petersen, Owings, MD Ronald & Margaret Wigington, Columbus, OH Paul & Renate Madsen, Madison, WI Lyle & Wava Petersen, Elk Horn, IA Richard & Mildred Wilcox, Cherry Hill, NJ Wayne Madsen, Simi Valley, CA Lois Peterson, Omaha, NE Robert & Jeanette Williams, Springfi eld, MO Ross Mardesen, Elk Horn, IA Harold & Alice Pieper, Kimballton, IA Elaine Winkler, Plymouth, MN Gary & Jennie Marquesen, Lancaster, OH Rodney & Ingrid Place, Ames, IA Jennifer Winters, Harlan, IA Harlan & Zona Mathison, Moorhead, MN Joanne Potts, Elk Horn, IA Merlyn & Sonna Winther, Spencer, IA Merle & Sandra Mattson, Plymouth, MN Leroy & Betty Price, Florence, AZ Sandra Wunder, Cheyenne, WY Nancy Maynard, Bayside, WI Clark & Joanne Rasmussen, West Des Moines, IA Alvie & Katherine Young, Ames, IA Richard & Esther McCall, Kansas City, MO Don & Charlotte Rasmussen, Earlham, IA Elvira McCarty, Great Falls, MT L. Dale & Helen Rasmussen, Omaha, NE BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATE Gladys McCrory, Atlantic, IA Norman Rasmussen, Ringsted, IA AmericInn of Elk Horn, Elk Horn, IA Craig & Joan McKee, Arlington, VA Reimert & Betty Ravenholt, Seattle, WA Bien Inc., Porter Ranch, CA Cynthia & John McKeen, St. Paul, MN William Reamy, Rochester, NY Childs & Hall, P.C., Harlan, IA Michele McNabb, Atlantic, IA Charles & Shirley Reed, Lansing, MI Danish Brotherhood Lodge #75, Albert Lea, MN Judy Meehan, Des Moines, IA David & Marjorie Reerslev, Junction City, OR Danish Brotherhood Lodge #126, Monrovia, CA Marilyn J. Meyer, Everly, IA Dewey & Sharon Reis, Denison, IA Danish Brotherhood Lodge #144, Dike, IA Daniel & Alice Mikel, South St Paul, MN Annalise Roberts, Dearborn, MI Danish Brotherhood Lodge #268, Eugene, OR Clark & Judy Mikkelsen, Decorah, IA Walter & Margaret Rodenburg, Centerville, OH Danish Brotherhood Lodge #283, Plentywood, MT William & Martha Miller, Bloomington, IL Paul & Sharlene Roge, Northbrook, IL Danish Club of Tucson, Tucson, AZ Velma Moen, Austin, MN Wray Rominger, Fleischmanns, NY Danish Ladies Relief Society, San Francisco, CA John & Karen Molgaard, Atlantic, IA Gary & Lynne Rosenkild, Casa Grande, AZ Danish Sisterhood Lodge #176, Waterloo, IA Leland Molgaard, Ames, IA Marie Ross, Council Bluffs, IA Danish Vennelyst Club, Omaha, NE Steve & Michelle Mores, Harlan, IA Theodore & Jenny Rudberg, Paradise Valley, AZ Elk Horn Pharmacy, Elk Horn, IA Inez Mortensen, Omaha, NE Sheldon & Inge Russell, Lilydale, MN Elk Horn-Kimballton Community School, Elk Horn, IA Frank & Mary Mosdal, Broadview, MT Terry & Karn Ryken, Chelmsford, MA Elk Horn-Kimballton Optimist Club, Elk Horn, IA Fred & Kirsten Moss, Fredericksburg, TX Richard Sand, Kansas City, MO Elverhoj Museum of History and Art, Solvang, CA Svend & Neva Muller, Dallas, TX Charles & Esther Sand-Henderson, Manning, IA Exira Family Medicine Clinic, Exira, IA Bennie & Marie Myers, Treynor, IA James & Jerrie Savery, Carroll, IA Heartland District of the DBIA, Ventura, IA K. Joyce Mynster, Council Bluffs, IA Irene Schmidt, Audubon, IA Jacquelyn’s Danish Bake Shoppe, Elk Horn, IA Mary Nelson, West Lafayette, IN Deborah Schou, Bloomington, MN Helle Jørvad, Master Goldsmith & Designer, Ringsted, Robert & Lillian Newcombe, Summerville, SC Nicolai Schousboe, Evanston, IL Denmark David & Gail Nielsen, Urbandale, IA Agnita Schreiber, Hagerstown, MD Kessler Funeral Homes, Inc., Audubon, IA Ellen Nielsen, Boone, IA John & Linda Seeley, Willow Springs, MO King of Kings, Fishing Guide Service and Lodge, Anchor Heleen Nielsen, Storm Lake, IA Bente Shoar, Napa, CA Point, AK John W. & Elizabeth Nielsen, Blair, NE Steven & Jill Sicheneder, Wyoming, MN KJAN Radio, Atlantic, IA Larry Nielsen, Carroll, IA Richard & Elizabeth Silver, The Woodlands, TX Nelsen & Nelsen, Attorneys & Counselors at Law, Cozad, Laurits & Mary Ellen Nielsen, Golden Valley, MN Patricia Simmons, Waterloo, IA NE Leif & Diana Nielsen, Chicago, IL Harlan & Clara Simonds, Harlan, IA Northwest Danish Foundation, Seattle, WA Moe & Charlotte Nielsen, Des Moines, IA Egon Simonsen, Elk Horn, IA O & H Danish Bakery, Racine, WI Ray & Margaret Nielsen, Altoona, IA William & Joan Sindlinger, Cedar Falls, IA Odense City Museum, Torben Grongaard Jeppesen, Robert & Arleen Nielsen, Bannockburn, IL Harry & Amy Skallerup, Ormond Beach, FL Director, Odense, Denmark Ronald & Patricia Nielsen, Cedarburg, WI Edith Skene, Ventura, IA Outlook Study Club, Audubon, IA Shelley Nielsen, Greeley, CO Alan & Yvonne Skouby, Columbia, MO Pacifi c NW District Lodges D.B., Spokane Valley, WA W. Clayton Nielsen, Elk Horn, IA Douglas & Wanda Smith, Atlantic, IA Ringsted Danish American Fellowship, Ringsted, IA Brent & Shirley Norlem, Monticello, MN Isabelle Smith, Iowa City, IA Shelby County State Bank, Elk Horn, IA Larry & Sherry Northup, Ames, IA La Verne & Joyce Smith, Elk Horn, IA Sons of Norway, Waverly, IA Janet Norton, Moline, IL Margaret Sorensen, Minneapolis, MN Symra Literary Society, Decorah, IA Honorable Consul Ingolf Noto, Portland, OR Robert & Nancy Sorensen, Lincoln, NE Alfred Nyby, Culver, IN Rodney & Zola Sornson, La Jolla, CA Order of Læsø Andy Nyby, Humble, TX Martha Staby, Loveland, CO $50-$99 Kelly & Marianne Qwist O’Brien, Morrow, OH Shirley Stakey, Story City, IA Located in the stormy Kattegat between the Norman Oleson, Cedar Falls, IA Kenneth & Lois Stangeland, Elmwood Park, IL Jutland peninsula and Sweden, Læsø is home to a Arne Olsen, San Juan Capistrano, CA James & Donna Stenseth, Sioux Falls, SD rare, pure breed of northern honey bee. Martha Hildebrandt & Karl Olsen, Pittsburgh, PA Peter & Eva Stonebraker, Deerfi eld, IL Paul & DeElla Aamot, Willmar, MN Robert Olsen, Carroll, IA Halvor & Laura Strandskov, Osterville, MA Svend Aasberg, Hudson, IA Robert A. Olsen, Houston, TX Jean Butzen & James Strickler, Evanston, IL Gary & Cynthia Adams, Edwards, CO Roger & Dorothy Olson, Blair, NE Holger Stub, Medford, NJ Marie Addison, Murdo, SD Duane & Karolyn Ortgies, Massena, IA Lois Sullivan, Fargo, ND Alvin Albertsen, Audubon, IA Helen Osborne, Belmont, CA Jens & Gertrude Sundsted, Plentywood, MT Andrew & Kelli Alldredge Overland Park, KS Ann Ostergaard, Pittsburgh, PA A. Einar & Arlene Swanson, Las Cruces, NM American Association of University Women, Atlantic, IA Marian Ostergaard, Mission Viejo, CA Gerald & Marilyn Swendsen, Honesdale, PA Ann Andersen, Cornelius, NC Ruth Ostrom, Seven Hills, OH James & Judith Tennant, Greenville, SC Ardean & Annebell Andersen, Marquette, NE Edith Paulsen, Des Moines, IA James & Darlene Thompson, Fountain Hills, AZ Edwin Andersen, Plymouth, MN Alan & Lorene Thomsen, Fremont, NE Howard & Dorothy Andersen, Sioux City, IA 18 • The Danish Immigrant Museum Judith Thomsen, La Crescenta, CA Carl & Jean Thordahl, Rochester, NY – Honor Roll, Continued on Page 19 HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS – Continued from page 18

– Continued from page 18 John & Esther Grindberg, Circle Pines, MN Carl Jorgensen, Fort Collins, CO Kenneth Andersen, Durham, NH Dorte & William Griswold, Centerville, MA Dale & Myrtle Juelsgaard, Elk Horn, IA Leonard Andersen, Sioux City, IA Earl & Virginia Gritton, Madison, WI Richard & Rita Juhl, Edina, MN Richard & Rosalie Andersen, Harlan, IA James & Gail Grunnet, Edina, MN Phyllis Just, Minneapolis, MN John & Karen Andersen-Roberts, Chicago, IL Arnold & Doris Gude, Elk Horn, IA Carl Laursen & Karen Kadgihn, Eau Claire, WI John & Beverly Aper, Klamath Falls, OR John & Hertha Haas, Harlan, IA Robert & Ann Karstensen, Marengo, IL James & Linda Ballantyne, Boone, IA June Haas, Kimballton, IA Corinne Kellar, Sun City, AZ Birgit Beaudette, Columbia, SC John & Agnes Hackmann, Fairview Heights, IL Emmett & Anne Keller, Chippewa Falls, WI Grace Beck, Omaha, NE Bo & Lisa Hansen, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA William & Joan Kelso, The Villages, FL John Beck, Spokane, WA Bob & Verdell Hansen, Harlan, IA Gladys Kempe, Tustin, CA Jean Beisler, Iowa City, IA Charles Hansen, Atlantic, IA Bob & Ruth Kenaley, Le Mars, IA Ruth Beisler, Arlington Heights, IL Charles Hansen, Sausalito, CA Eric & Ginger Ketelsen, Rochester, MI Grete Benedict, San Antonio, TX David & Val Jean Hansen, Papillion, NE Torben & Jytte Klarlund, Lawson, MO Harold Bergman, Pompano Beach, FL Donald & Carma Hansen, Minneapolis, MN Clarence & Frances Klein, Elk Horn, IA Earl & Lillian Bichel, Wilmette, IL Edward & Shirley Hansen, Edina, MN Sandy Kuharich, San Antonio, TX Gary & Vivian Biesecker, High Point, NC Eldon & Mildred Hansen, Dallas, TX Susan Righi & William Kuhre, New Marshfi eld, OH Hugo & Mary Ann Block, Neponset, IL Helen Hansen, Des Moines, IA Neva Langgaard, Guthrie Center, IA Don & Juanita Jo Bogh, Portland, OR Helen Hansen, Audubon, IA Arthur Larsen, Underwood, IA DeWitt & Shirley Booth, Mt. Pleasant, IA James Kasper & Lucy Hansen, Tipton, IA Carl & Evelyn Larsen, Albert Lea, MN Janice Bradley, Fort Gratiot, MI Joe & Rose Hansen, Des Moines, IA Lee & Karen Larsen, Sioux Falls, SD Dr. John Roof & Beth Bro-Roof, Cedar Rapids, IA Lloyd & Margaret Hansen, Denver, CO Wendell & Irene Larsen, Elk Horn, IA Elaine Brostrom, Saint Peter, MN Maynard & Marion Hansen, Springfi eld, MO Wilmer & Inger Larsen, Palo Alto, CA Bettie Gormsen Brown, Cocoa, FL Mikael & Bobbi Hansen, Kensington, CA Nita E. Larson, Harlan, IA Ken & Bernie Brown, Raleigh, NC Peder & Andrea Hansen, Omaha, NE Arthur Laursen, Omaha, NE Karen Bruun, Bellingham, WA Per & Milena Hansen, Fayetteville, NY Ernst Laursen, Swannanoa, NC Harry & Ila Bulow, Grand Island, NE Priscilla Hansen, Atlantic, IA Paul & Carol Laursen, Crawfordsville, IN Cliff Burris, Elk Horn, IA Robert Hansen, Sioux City, IA Ella Marie Lausen, Austin, MN Warren Buss, Linn, KS Dorothy Hanson, Emporia, KS Derek & Shannon Lee, Valparaiso, IN John & Lisa Caffrey II, Frisco, TX Duane & Carol Hanson, Buffalo, MN William & Jacquelyn Lewis, Harlan, IA Randy & Esther Carlson, Columbus, OH Milton Hanson, Avoca, IA William Lord, Boulder, CO Ray & Tove Carver, Lancaster, CA Robert & Carolyn Harvey, Battle Creek, MI James Lorensen, Phillipsburg, KS Royd & Barb Chambers, Sheldon, IA Bill & Gerry Hastrup, Fresno, CA David & Jean Lowe, Long Beach, CA Amy Christensen, Billings, MT Wayne & Anna Haverland, Walcott, ND Clifford & Beth Lyddon, San Pedro, CA Bill & Margaret Christensen, Ottumwa, IA Dallas Havick, Harlan, IA Donald & Andrea Maddock, Ypsilanti, MI Brent Christensen, Arlington, VA Carlos Hedstrom, Jr., Dallas, TX Earl Madsen, Elk Horn, IA C. J. Christensen, Madison, WI Garey & Susan Heider, Spokane, WA Renee Madsen, Omaha, NE Carl & Katherine Christensen, Boulder, CO Carolyn Hellman, Darien, IL J. Mandrup-Poulsen, Royal Oak, MI Clifford & Mary Ann Christensen, Atlantic, IA Erik & Louise Hemmingsen, Kennett Square, PA Donald & Shirley Mann, Murrieta, CA Don & Annegrethe Christensen, Tucson, AZ Joanne Henderson, Ankeny, IA Carl Marckmann, Prescott, AZ Fred Christensen, Caldwell, ID Glenn Henriksen, Armstrong, IA Les & Aveline Marks, Omaha, NE Gerda Christensen, Dagmar, MT Paul & Kristy Henriksen, Pipestone, MN Donald Mathiasen, Harlan, IA John Christensen, Hayes, VA Susan Hill, Carlisle, IA Eric & Herta Matteson, Rochester, MN Karl Christensen, Elk Horn, IA Joe & Joy Hocamp, Beaverton, OR Elliott & Julie McDonald, Davenport, IA Kjer & Loretta Christensen, Kimballton, IA Hannes & Monika Hofer, Houston, TX Mark & Toni McLeod, Fargo, ND Max & Marilyn Christensen, Mesa, AZ George & Mildred Holberg, Loveland, CO Mesa Sunland Village East Danish Club, Mesa, AZ Raymond Christensen, Westminster, CO Spencer & Betty Holland, Colorado Springs, CO Karsten Michaelsen, Odense, Denmark Christofer & Laurie Christiansen, Ridgefi eld, CT Edna Hollister, Bellevue, NE David & Pauline Mikkelsen, Silverton, OR Ingrid Christiansen, Brookline, MA Donald & Ann Holm, Lincoln, NE Merlin & Sonya Mikkelsen, Atlantic, IA Donald & Mary Clausen, Orlando, FL Gail & Teresa Holmes, Omaha, NE Sindy Mikkelsen, Penngrove, CA Richard Clemmensen, Oak Brook, IL Martin & Lauren Holst, Cedar Falls, IA Frances Miller, Ventura, IA David & Susanne Cole, Santa Monica, CA Norma Horswell, Lyndhurst, OH Gordon & Carol Mills, Dubuque, IA Community Heritage Society, Kimballton, IA Marie Hovland, Dupuyer, MT Ivy Mitchell, Rochester Hills, MI Jørgen & Conny Conradsen, Roswell, GA Tom & Annie Hunter, Des Moines, IA Ronald & Laurel Molgaard, Elizabethtown, KY Dale & Eunice Cox, Swedesburg, IA Barbara Irvin, Omaha, NE Irene Moody, Waterloo, IA Kent & Vivian Creswell, Blair, NE Heather Brown & David Iversen, Minot, ND Leona Mulholland Whitty, Belmond, IA Dana College, Blair, NE Inge & Marjory Jacobson, Helena, MT Jørn & Bodil Muller, Fortuna, CA Danish Sisterhood Lodge #15, Muskego, WI Dale & Barbara Jensen, Ellendale, MN James & Sybil Needham, Tucson, AZ Danish Sisterhood Midwest District, Mundelein, IL Erving & Beverly Jensen, Lake St. Louis, MO Alan & Renee Neff-Clark, Westwood, KS Christian & Christine Dannhausen-Brun, Hinsdale, IL Genevieve Jensen, Plainview, NE Lloyd & Leila Mae Nelsen, Kimballton, IA Allan & Lynda Davis, New York, NY Gerda Jensen, Phoenix, AZ Delores Nelson, Atlantic, IA William & Eleanor Dixon, Hapeville, GA Harvey & Ardyce Jensen, State College, PA Harold & Olga Nelson, Valparaiso, IN Larry & Jane Dodds, Granite Bay, CA Jackie Jensen, Harlan, IA Alton Neve, Albert Lea, MN Sheldon & Meta Downes, Greenville, NC James & Gurli Jensen, Seattle, WA Karen Nielsen, Overland Park, KS Wilma Duffi eld, Green Valley, AZ Jan Jensen, Coralville, IA Marie Nielsen, Solvang, CA Brad English, Iowa City, IA Janet Jensen, St. Peter, MN Lenise Nissen, Audubon, IA Norman A. Enhorning, Queensbury, NY John Jensen, Estherville, IA Richard & Marie Odgers, Lincoln, NE Niels Esbech, Svenstrup, Denmark Leland & Barbara Jensen, Corvallis, OR Jim Olander, Wichita, KS Sonja Esben-Petersen, Bedminster, NJ Marcille Jensen, Creighton, NE Donald & Barbara Olsen, Rochester, MN John Fesler, Minneapolis, MN Marianne Jensen, Clinton, IA Helge & Birgitta Olsen, Davis, CA Peter & Paige Festersen, Omaha, NE Otto & Joan Jensen, Harsens Island, MI Steven & Rikke Olsen, Owatonna, MN Jeanette Fetters, Des Moines, IA Peder Jensen, Sammamish, WA William & Ruth Olsen, Warren, MI Sylvia Fisher, Bloomington, MN Rudolf & Helen Jensen, Ames, IA William & Beverly Olsen, Rochester, NY Philip Seyd & Laura Folden, Minneapolis, MN Virgil & Shirley Jensen, Palm Desert, CA Kenneth & Wilma Olson, Cedar Falls, IA Edith Forsch, Sioux Falls, SD Delores Jespersen, Des Moines, IA Willard & Marg Olson, Harlan, IA Don & Beverley Freberg, Prairie Village, KS Merlin & Joyce Jespersen, Spokane, WA William & Norma Ottesen, Waterloo, IA Sune & Barbara Frederiksen, Berea, KY Clifford Johnson, Council Bluffs, IA Erling & Henny Overgaard, Tulsa, OK George Fricke, River Grove, IL Ebba Johnson, Omaha, NE Russell & Dorothy Overgaard, Lakewood, CO Michael & Kristin Garey, Hovland, MN Erma Johnson, Justice, IL Philip & Nancy Palmer, Grand Rapids, MI Marilyn Gehrke, Hixson, TN Eugene & Joscelyn Johnson, Pontiac, IL Paul & Lois Parker, Aurora, CO Folmer & Verda Johnson, Atlantic, IA Thomas & Marian Glidewell, Emporia, KS – Honor Roll, Continued on Page 20 Senator & Mrs. Charles Grassley, Arlington, VA Niel Johnson, Independence, MO Jim & Sue Greene, Round Rock, TX Paul & Elizabeth Johnson, Fremont, NE Kristopher & Kathy Gregersen, Des Moines, IA Vernon & Margaret Johnson, Beaverton, OR The Danish Immigrant Museum • 19 Ward Johnson, Sidney, NE HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS – Continued from page 19

Marion Patterson, Cedar Rapids, IA Charles & Jean Sweningsen, Boulder City, NV Paul & Gyritha Blinkilde, Lathrup Village, MI Gwen Pech, Boulder, CO Dwight & Darlene Taylor, St. Charles, MO Nels & Gwendolyn Block, Harlan, IA Harlan & Anne Pedersen, Orcas, WA Linda Tellefsen, Brooklyn Park, MN Ronald & Kathy Block, Harlan, IA Loetta Pedersen, Superior, NE Axel & Lou Ann Thomsen, Ringsted, IA Burnell & Kirsten Blockhus, Los Angeles, CA Morris Pedersen, Manhattan Beach, CA Burdette & Nancella Thomsen, Apple Valley, CA Glen Bobo, Truckee, CA Stenvald & Ida Pedersen, Lincoln, NE Theodore & Mary Thuesen, Hickory, NC Betty Boeck, Harlan, IA John Pesek, Ames, IA Thomas Van Hon, Des Moines, IA Virginia Bonvicini, Denver, CO A.J. ‘Pete’ Petersen, Kennewick, WA Jorge & Ulla von Holstein, Plano, TX John & Margie Bornhoft, Tyler, MN Donald & Alice Petersen, Park Ridge, IL Steffen & Lila Waendelin, Homewood, AL Joan Liffring-Zug & Dwayne Bourret, Iowa City, IA Ernest Petersen, Lomita, CA Chrystal Wagner, Seattle, WA Keith & Janice Bowman, Des Moines, IA Glen & Katherine Petersen, Polk City, IA Adam Taylor & Britta Walker, Minneapolis, MN Norman & Edith Brakken, Montevideo, MN Henning & Lis Petersen, Sonoma, CA Gerda Wallace, Yuma, AZ Gunter & Jane Brakner, Bemidji, MN Mark & Shirlyn Petersen, Kimballton, IA Merle Walling, Polson, MT Donald & Lorraine Braun, Cedar Falls, IA Merle & Norma Petersen, Audubon, IA Alma Wetzel, Council Bluffs, IA Louis & Elaine Bredesky, Des Moines, IA Richard Petersen, Stuart, FL Henrietta Wheeler, Rochester, MN Violet Brehmer, Walnut, IA Collyn Peterson, Louisburg, KS Dick & Joan White, Lincoln, NE Eleanor Brenneke, Hortonville, WI Wayne & Marveleen Peterson, Minneapolis, MN Anna Wieben, Reinbeck, IA Henry & Patricia Brock, Selma, CA William & Shirley Pickett, Maplewood, MN Gerda J. Willis, Solvang, CA Solveig Brodsky, Stanford, CA Robert & Janet Porter, Champaign, IL Sid & Sharon Winchell, Atlantic, IA Michael & Emilie Brown, Arnold, CA Offer & Cecily Preuthun, Ferndale, MI Marjorie Wise, Council Bluffs, IA Jytte Svarre & Erik Bruun, Plymouth, MN Wayne & Lucille Pridemore, Shoreline, WA Richard & Marilyn Wittrup, Scituate, MA Leo & June Buchan, Florence, AZ Rodney & Chris Putnam, Council Bluffs, IA Birgitte Bugge, Peabody, MA Roger & Patrice Randeris, Hamlin, IA Order of Fanø Tim Burchill, Jamestown, ND Don & Mary Ellen Rasmussen, Yankton, SD Under $50 Lyle & Jean Burgess, Woodstock, IL Erik B. Rasmussen, Chicago, IL Frida Burling, Washington, DC Frank M. Rasmussen, Wooster, OH Located across the harbor from the west coast city Norma Burnham, Marion, IA Gordon & Virginia Rasmussen, Sycamore, IL of Esbjerg, Fanø teems with bird life and has miles Neal & Judy Busk, Richfi eld, UT Michael & Anna Rasmusson, Moorhead, MN of broad beaches. Sønderho Kro, founded in 1722, Betty Cahoon, Iowa City, IA Sylvia Rattenborg, Hamlin, IA used to serve thirsty fi shermen and smugglers and Miles & Norma Camery, Albuquerque, NM Donna Rector, Norfolk, NE now is a tourist destination. Jack & Christine Canfi eld, New Brighton, MN John & Karla Reerslev, Junction City, OR Bibbie Achath, Logan, UT John & Doris Carlson, Newark, OH Bonita Refshauge, Cedar Falls, IA James Petersen & Erica Agesen, Medford, OR Kay Carlson, Fargo, ND Wendell & Grace Rehnblom, Des Moines, IA Ardys Albertsen, Carroll, IA William & Carol Carlson, Bella Vista, AR Glenda Kay Remus, Lincoln, NE Bruce & Wendy Allen, Highlands Ranch, CO Roger & Carol Casteel, Lincoln, NE Joseph & Inge Rick, San Carlos, CA Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN Christian & Cecily Castenskiold, Rancho Santa Fe, CA William & Rusti Riddle, Colfax, IA Arlan & Carol Andersen, Dike, IA Keith & Malene Cavin, Bellevue, NE Tom & Judy Rine, Omaha, NE Donald & Clarice Andersen, Harlan, IA Dorte Staermose & John Chandler, Grindsted, Denmark Joe & Jacci Rodgers, Norman, OK Doreen Andersen, Felton, CA Evelyn Chartier, Brush, CO Roy & Betty Roed, Burt, IA Dorothy Andersen, St. Paul, MN Barbara Christensen, Northfi eld, MN Werner & Anna Ronne, Salt Lake City, UT E. Delbert & Ramona Andersen, Elk Horn, IA Carole Christensen, Coon Rapids, MN Diane Ross, Jacksonville, FL Elaine Andersen, Kimballton, IA Christian Christensen, Golden, CO Esther Rossman, Boone, IA Henning & Alice Andersen, Hope, ND Clarice Christensen, Solvang, CA Robert & Jo Ann Rubel, Kellogg, IA Keith & Marilyn Andersen, Kirkman, IA Dave & Julie Christensen, Agency, IA James & Pamela Ruben, Menomonee Falls, WI Kenneth & Marilyn Andersen, Center Point IA James & Betty Christensen, Monroe, OR Viola Sander, Elk Horn, IA Lillian Andersen, Kenosha, WI James H. Christensen, Elk Grove Village, IL Christine Hagan & J. Peter Sawkins, Chappaqua, NY Lorrayne Andersen, Council Bluffs, IA Jean Christensen, Louisville, KY Roezanne Saxton, Ankeny, IA Margaret Andersen, Omaha, NE John & Marion Christensen, Panora, IA Dwain & Ellen Schmidt, Rodney, IA Mike & Woodi Andersen, Lompoc, CA Liane Christensen, Kimballton, IA Ron & Ardyce Schmidt, Garland, TX Peder & Margaret Andersen, Livermore, CA Lyle & Dona Christensen, Lennox, SD Eldo & Dee Schornhorst, Harlan, IA Roger & Jackie Andersen, Elk Horn, IA Orvie & Margaret Christensen, Kimballton, IA Joann Adsø Scott, Canoga Park, CA Roger & Joan Andersen, Ames, IA Paul & LaVonne Christensen, Kimballton, IA David & Karen Kroman Myers Seibold, Santa Barbara, CA Ronald & Particia Andersen, Council Bluffs, IA Paul & Sue Christensen, Rockford, IL Shirley Shiffl er, Des Moines, IA T.R. Andersen, Audubon, IA Tim Christensen, Moline, IL Steve & Cindy Shove, Gig Harbor, WA Tim & Janice Andersen, Audubon, IA Verda Christensen, Baton Rouge, LA Miriam Showalter, Minnetonka, MN Al & Lu Anderson, Mountain Home, AR William Christensen, Fremont, NE Phyllis Shrader, Gainesville, VA James & Rose Andrews, Wilkesboro, NC Alice Christiansen, Audubon, IA Arlie & Luella Skov, Santa Barbara, CA Dorothy Annon, Puyallup, WA Carol Christiansen, West Des Moines, IA Waldo Smeby, Mason City, IA Willis & Dolores Armbrust, Omaha, NE David Christiansen, Bountiful, UT Dean & Verdella Smith, Atlantic, IA Ernest & Helen Arndt, Boulder, CO Jack & C. Joy Christiansen, Latimer, IA Edgar V. & Louella Smith, Moorhead, MN Robert & Else Arnold, Madison, WI James Christiansen, Omaha, NE Harmon & Eileen Smith, Chadron, NE John & Evalyn Asmus, Savage, MN Sid Christiansen, Audubon, IA Joan Smith, Boone, IA Robert Assink, Cedar Rapids, IA Gary Clausen, Elk Horn, IA David & Ellen Solevad, Pioneer, CA John & Jean Aulner, Jr., Omaha, NE Frank Clement, Allyn, WA Alice Sorensen, Ringsted, IA Peter & Ragnhild Baade, Edgecomb, ME Larry & Nancy Cohen, Persia, IA Anna Sorensen, La Vista, NE Erik & Yelva Baelum, Glenview, IL Mary Cole, Tucson, AZ Erik Sorensen, Monroe, IA Cynthia Baker, Darien, IL Susan Conner, Bend, OR Mogens & Lita Sorensen, Tustin, CA Bertha Barboro, Arlington Heights, IL Constance Cook, Westminster, CO Richard & Lois Sorensen, Adel, IA Edwin & Jana Dee Barnes, Willow Grove, PA Hazel Crain, Princeton, IL John & Martha Squire, Des Moines, IA Jack & Laura Barrett, Bigfork, MT Richard & Phyllis Cram, Austin, TX Helen Steen, Clinton, IA Ann Bates, Land O’Lakes, WI Richard & Ruth Crandall, Manning, IA Neoma Steen, Elk Horn, IA Bonnie Bates, Sioux City, IA Robert & Betty Crawford, Muscatine, IA Carl & Frances Steffensen, Houston, TX Mary Baysdorfer, Atascadero, CA Andrew & Kathleen Creighton, Indian Head Park, IL Elsa Steffensen, Hoffman Estates, IL Robert & Joyce Beasley, Altoona, IA Don & Susan Creswell, Stoughton, WI Ronnie & Dorte Strobel, Algonquin, IL Paul & Donna Bebensee, Des Moines, IA Karin Cullman, Sun City, AZ Barbara Struckman, West Babylon, NY Richard & Shirley Beck, Omaha, NE Judy Cummings, Atlantic, IA Leo & Gayle Stuart, Walnut, IA Carmen Becker, Cincinnati, OH Margaret Cundy, Cedar Falls, IA Anker & Dorothy Studsgaard, Chagrin Falls, OH Mary Beckman, Waupaca, WI Dorothy Dahl, Albuquerque, NM Barbara Sullivan, Fort Collins, CO John & Jane Beekman, Muncie, IN Lyle & Judy Damgaard, Arvada, CO Leonard & Ruth Svinth, Petaluma, CA Harriet Beeson, Raymore, MO Danish American Heritage Society, Ames, IA Robert & Lynn Swan, Dickens, IA Alice Bekke, Minneapolis, MN Danish Sisterhood Lodge #20, Kenosha, WI Hanne Sweetnam, Channahon, IL Frank & Susie Belmont, Vista, CA Danish Brotherhood Lodge #84, Lincoln, NE Ray & Sandy Benter, Des Moines, IA Danish Sisterhood Lodge #90, Lincoln, NE 20 • The Danish Immigrant Museum Helen Bergman, Britt, IA Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Harlan, IA – Honor Roll, Continued on Page 21 HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS – Continued from page 20

– Continued from page 20 Eva Hansen, Luck, WI Scot & Jody Janssen, Stacyville, IA Danish Sisterhood Lodge #177, Solvang, CA Francis & Ruth Hansen, Satellite Beach, FL Don & Nancy Jenkins, Atlantic, IA Robert & Ruth Dannehl, Watseka, IL Hans Hansen, Milnor, ND Daniel & Carolyn Jensen, Columbus, OH Dan & Laurie Dauber, West Branch, IA Hansine Hansen, Dillon, MT Donald & Marcella Jensen, Atlantic, IA Marvin & Shirley Davis, Ames, IA Hilda Hansen, Tyler, MN E. Jean Jensen, Audubon, IA E. Joe & Frances Dieu, Sequim, WA J.B. (Ben) & Ida Hansen, Odem, TX Grethe Jensen, Hawthorne, CA Bill & Terri Dinesen, Granite Falls, MN Joan Hansen, Palo Cedro, CA Harvey & Carrie Jensen, Exira, IA Ralph & Shirley Doonan, Alexandria, MN John Duane & Deloris Hansen, Omaha, NE Howard & Barbara Jensen, Ft. Dodge, IA Bruce Dugstad, San Francisco, CA Karen Hansen, Watertown, MA Jane Jensen, Urbandale, IA Michael & Patricia Kragh- Durfee, Milwaukee, WI Keith & Jenny Hansen, DeLand, FL Janell Jensen, Audubon, IA Knud Dyby, Novato, CA Koann Hansen, Grand Island, NE John Jensen, Elk Horn, IA Ruby Eagen, Detroit Lakes, MN Lyle & Rosella Hansen, Adair, IA John & Marion Jensen, Naperville, IL Victor Ecklund, Hot Springs Village, AR Marilyn Hansen, Panora, IA Kathrine Jensen, Elmhurst, IL Elk Horn Country Store, Irwin, IA Marilyn Hansen, Manning, IA Kenneth & Bonnie Jensen, Albert Lea, MN Inga Engberg, Lomita, CA Maynard Hansen, Wiota, IA Marilyn Jensen, Exira, IA Roger & Ellen Engel, Kansas City, MO Paul & Joyce Hansen, Elk Horn, IA Mark & Pam Jensen, Council Bluffs, IA David & Janice Erbach, Fort Wayne, IN Raymond & Elaine Hansen, Marshfi eld, WI Otto & Pat Jensen, Woodburn, OR Nick & Marjorie Ericksen, Omaha, NE William & Leatha Hansen, Indianola, IA Paul Jensen, Staten Island, NY Craig Esbeck, Kampala, Uganda Willis & Marjorie Hansen, Elk Horn, IA Paul & Iris Jensen, Clinton, MO David Esbeck, Des Moines, IA Carla Hanson, Shawnee, KS Ralph & Lou Ann Jensen, Burlington, WI Dean & Verna Esbeck, Atlantic, IA Robert & Renee S. Hanson, Minnetonka, MN Robert & Anna Jensen, Lakeside, IA Jesse & Anne Esbeck, Pearland, TX Walter & Louise Hanson, Rochester, MN Russell & Esther Jensen, Santa Maria, CA John & Mary Ann Esbeck, Tipton, IA Irene Hanson-Quade, Albany, IL Timothy & Sharon Jensen, Blair, NE Paul & Anna Esbeck, Glenwood Springs, CO Edna Harkay, Fords, NJ Ovie & Erma Jessen, Springdale, AR Roger & Marian Esbeck, Panora, IA Gary & Shirley Harris, Cedar Falls, IA Doris Johansen, Milan, IL Larry & Becky Eskov, Harlan, IA Ernest & Corinna Harton, Summerfi eld, FL Evelyn Johansen, Luck, WI Millie Eskov, Elk Horn, IA William & Beverly Hartranft, Elk Horn, IA Kenneth Johnsen, Worthington, OH Roger & Jytte Essenburg, Fountain Hills, AZ James Hartz, Cedar Falls, IA Ann Johnson, Manson, IA Ken & Diane Estlund, Parker, CO Marianne Hartz, Cedar Falls, IA Chris & Annette Johnson, Clayton, NC Oliver & Dorothy Eyberg, Arispe, IA Donald & Jette Haslett, Portland, OR David & Vid Johnson, Ocheyedan, IA John & Janice Faaborg, Columbia, MO Anne Haugaard, Valley City, ND David & Karen Johnson, Petaluma, CA Bruce & Lois Falksen, Austin, MN Burnell & Patricia Haven, Independence, IA Fred & Dee Ann Johnson, Cedar Rapids, IA Spencer & Lilia Fallgatter, Chandler, AZ Bob & Helen Hayes, Walton, NE Grace Johnson, Franklin, WI Joan Felkner, Iowa City, IA Judi Tewell & Harriet Hayes, Corning, IA Harry & Jerry Johnson, Pasco, WA Arlene Fenske-Koons, Woodland Park, CO Larry & Kristen Healy, Loveland, CO Marlys Johnson, Bettendorf, IA Janet Fenton, Grand Island, NE Heart of Iowa Danes, Ames, IA Mary Ann Johnson, Lake Forest, IL Edna Mae Finck, Indianola, IA Linda Heckman, Harlan, IA Mary Jane Johnson, Destin, FL Anne Fisker, Minneapolis, MN Timothy & Natalie Heer, Santa Cruz, CA Quentin & Marie Johnson, Ceresco, NE Tim & Rachael Fjelstad, Johnston, IA Ruth Heggen, Wells, MN Richard & Louise Johnson, Ames, IA Dean & Julie Flesner, Marietta, GA Kenneth & Beth Heitman, Glenwood, IA Raymond & Beverly Johnston, Mesa, AZ Allen & Jane Flitcraft, Wilmette, IL Gerry & Jill Henningsen, Evansville, IN William Jones, District Heights, MD Anna Flynn, Kimballton, IA Harry & Jeannine Henriksen, Mahomet, IL Alice Jorgensen, Ferndale, MI Laura Forbes, Lisle, IL Norman & Dorothy Henriksen, Atlantic, IA Chris Bahnsen & Jill Jorgensen, Arvada, CO Bonnie Fowler, Peoria, AZ Rev. Alan Hanson & Mary Henriksen, Omaha, NE Dennis Jorgensen, Glenview, IL Mitzi Fox, Albion, NE Charles & Gail Henson, Palos Hills, IL Floyd & Dorothy Jorgensen, Pinewood, MN Raymond & Virginia Frandsen, Minneapolis, MN Ardelle Hermanson, Loveland, CO Scott Jorgensen, Breckenridge, CO Tim & Cindy Fredericksen, Elk Horn, IA Manuel & Jeri Herrera, Lincoln, NE William & Merriebelle Jorgensen, Minden, NE Alice Freedman, Los Angeles, CA Jane Hildebrand, San Diego, CA Kelly Jorgensen-Nicoletti, Cumming, IA Norman & Esther Freund, Fremont, NE Dennis & Glenda Hildman, Northwood, IA Karen Jorgensen-Reynolds, Moline, IL Benjamin Friedman, Orange, CA Anita & Harold Hinners, Humboldt, IA Niels Juel, Audubon, IA Cynthia Friis, Minnetonka, MN Allan & Sue Hjelle, Elk Horn, IA Lynn & Trudy Juelsgaard, Elk Horn, IA John & Esther Frost, Sun City West, AZ Ruth Hodges, Topeka, KS Albert & Faye Juhl, Belmont, NC Darlene Fuehring, New Roads, LA Harold & Lorraine Hoegh, Exira, IA Philip & Jacqueline Juhl, Waverly, IA Milton & Patricia Fuhs, Lapeer, MI Isabel (Izzy) Hoegh, Atlantic, IA Sylvia Juhl, Omaha, NE David & Nancy Fuller, Minot, ND Jean Hoegh, Fort Worth, TX Charles & Janet Kahn, Tallahassee, FL Wes & Charlotte Gabelhaus, Omaha, NE Kathleen Hoegh, Des Moines, IA Richard & Alma Kallesen, Sioux Falls, SD Kirsten Gabrielsen, Otisville, NY Mary Lou Hoegh, Atlantic, IA Stuart & Ruth Karr, Omaha, NE Johanne Gade, Oakdale, CA Donald Hoeppner, Duluth, GA Stafford & Jean Keer, Blue Bell, PA Anne Galkin, River Forest, IL Francis & Lora Holland, Mason City, IA Arlene Keith, West Liberty, IA Sandra Gallagher, Castle Rock, CO Julie Holland, Council Bluffs, IA Jim & Inga Keldsen, Walnut Creek, CA Ole & Joan Galsgaard, Friendswood, TX Anne Hollister, Seattle, WA Galen & Janet Kelly, Altoona, IA Stephen & Barbara Gardner, Ottumwa, IA June Holman, Spring, TX Lloyd & Donna Kelly, Audubon, IA Agnes Garrett, Berkeley, CA Steve & Mary Holmes, Madrid, IA Teresa Kennedy, Bloomington, IL Birte Geijsbeek, Kent, WA Dorothee Holmstrup, Fair Lawn, NJ Valda Kennedy, Atlantic, IA Lyndell Gibbs, Midland, MI Calvin Holst, Independence, MO Thelma Kerkman, Lost Nation, IA Robert & Julie Gilman, Adrian, MO James & Judith Hopson, Sun City, AZ Sally Ketcham, Ft. Collins, CO Leo Goeser, Harlan, IA Carol Horton, Iowa City, IA Andy & Fern Kissel, Elk Horn, IA Susan Goodhope, Vernonia, OR Edward & Joyce Houck, Zephyrhills, FL Lanny & Jane Kite, Marne, IA Lene Graff, East Dundee, IL Curtis & Janet Hougen, Blair, NE Alfred & Frances Kittelmann, Washingtonville, NY Gerald & Susan Green, Cedar Falls, IA Ruth Hovden, Robbinsdale, MN Richard & Jo Ann Jordahl Kleber, Northfi eld, MN Donald & Nealna Gylling, Princeton, MN Marilyn Hundertmark, Humboldt, IA Howard & Anna Klitgaard, Milwaukee, WI Anne Haber, Colorado Springs, CO Dave & Shelley Hundling, Breda, IA Richard & Mary Klitgaard, Harlan, IA Randy & Linette Hadley, Urbandale, IA Charles & Jeanette Hunt, Macedonia, IA Emmert & Fern Knudsen, Harlan, IA Lenore Hageman, Hinton, IA James Hunt, Atlantic, IA Esther Knudsen, Spokane, WA Paul & Karen Haigh, Overland Park, KS Joann Hunt, Lu Verne, IA Wayne & Jana Knudsen, Emporia, KS Alfred & Mildred Hansen, Des Moines, IA Michael & Hedy Hustedde, Davenport, IA Jean Knudson, Kimberling City MO Anna-Lisa Hansen, Villa Park, CA Elizabeth Hvolboll, Santa Barbara, CA Lanny & Lee Ann Knutson, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Archie & Jewel Hansen, Wilmington, NC John & Lilia Hyltoft, Churchville, VA Knud & Anni Koefoed, Drexel Hill, PA Arthur & Annabelle Hansen, Exira, IA Lis Ingerslev, Upland, CA Niels & Annette Kofoed, Vancouver, WA Blair & Marsha Hansen, Clive, IA Arthur & Nadine Jacobsen, Kimballton, IA Donna Hansen, Superior, WI Ruth Jacobsen, Topeka, KS – Honor Roll, Continued on Page 22 Edward & Lorna Hansen, Solvang, CA Steve & Jan Jacobsen, Omaha, NE Eugene & Kathryn Hansen, Exira, IA Susan Jacobsen, Minneapolis, MN The Danish Immigrant Museum • 21 Ed & Kathryn Janik, Lemont, IL HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS – Continued from page 21

Fred & Jeanette Kogge Hastings, MI Gilbert & Ella Marten, Ames, IA Tom Nielsen, Adelphi, MD Karen Koiter, Santa Fe, NM Edna Martin, Frederic, WI Victor & Lois Nielsen, Junction City, OR Virginia Kraatz, Arroyo Grande, CA Nora Martinez, Bothell, WA Frederick & Julie Nielsen-Fuhrmann, Woodbury, MN Glenn & Rosemary Krantz, Seattle, WA Selma Mathiesen, Audubon, IA Robert & Karma Nilsen, Salinas, CA Betty Krause, Omaha, NE Edith Matteson, Ballwin, MO Kai Nirell, Katy, TX Ove & Ragna Krebs, Willow Street, PA Bronik Matwijkiw, Chicago, IL Dan & Frannie Nissen, Elk Horn, IA Hans & Dawn Kristensen, Crystal Lake, IL Jeannette (Jan) May, Richardson, TX Irene A. Nissen, Cedar Falls, IA Arlene Kroman, Elk Horn, IA Dale & Judy McClure, St. Charles, IA Lanny Nissen, Lincoln, NE Duane & Carol Kropf, Kimballton, IA Robert & Martha McCord, Harlan, IA Freda Noll, Ida Grove, IA Elaine Krueger, Elmwood Park, IL Suzanne McCoy, Lincoln, NE Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA Glenn Krueger, Aurora, CO Paul & Ruth McHaney, Salinas, CA Nancy Nyholm, Chicago, IL George & Tina Landbo, Gilbert, AZ Harriet McMahill, Cedar Falls, IA Ardis O’Dell, Iowa City, IA Jim & Mary Louise Landfried, Cambridge, MA Helen McRoberts, Ames, IA Jeanne Ohms, Omaha, NE Dennis & Gwen Lange, Knoxville, TN Andrea McWilliams, Logan, IA Richard & Margaret Ohrt, Reinbeck, IA Thomas & Marie Langenfeld, Edina, MN Robert & Patti Meerschaert, Franklin, WI Charles & Jane Olsen, Leawood, KS Kirsten Langenskiold, Tiburon, CA Bjorn Melgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark Christian & Naomi Olsen, Sun City Center, FL Honorary Consul J. Christian & Marilyn Langmack, Godan & Florence Meng, Lopez Island, WA Dick & Elinor Olsen, Elk Horn, IA Cleveland Heights, OH Milton & Beverly Meyer, Lake View, IA Dorothea Olsen, Clinton, IA Fern Lapehn, Centennial, CO Charles & Vicki Milazzo, Rockford, IL Harold & Carol Olsen, Red Oak, IA Aage Larsen, Hartford, MI Debbie Miller, Stephenville, TX Howard Olsen, Hopkins, MN Birgit Larsen, Aalborg, Denmark Don & Barbara Miller, Hutchinson, KS Kenneth Olsen, Redmond, WA David & Bernice Larsen, Gretna, NE Donna Miller, Harlan, IA Wayne Olsen, Helena, MT Debra Larsen, Harlan, IA Esther Miller, Spring Valley, CA Norma Opperman, Omaha, NE Donald & Meta Larsen, Racine, WI Joan Miller, Maple Grove, MN Tony & Sally Ortgies, West Des Moines, IA Inga Larsen, Cedar Falls, IA Michael & Marilyn Miller, Minneapolis, MN Roger & Hannah Ostby, Elk River, MN Jack & Gwen Larsen, Wakefi eld, RI Robert & Alma Miller, Brainerd, MN Erik Østergaard, Roskilde, Denmark Jerol & JoAnn Larsen, Zearing, IA Roger & Clarice Miller, Bellevue, NE Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Plainview, NE Karl & Sonya Larsen, Iowa City, IA Terry & Gail Miller, Sugar Grove, IL Sonja Overholser, Askov, MN Kim Larsen, Billings, MT Kirsten Mitchell, St. Paul, MN Mary Owens, Lincoln, NE Knud & Paula Larsen, Roseburg, OR Jerry & Birthe Moe, Valparaiso, IN Jeanne Painter, Des Moines, IA Paul & Beulah Larsen, Fremont, NE Don & Sandy Monson, Swea City, IA Mary Pape, Omaha, NE Richard & Sue Larsen, Downers Grove, IL Carla Moore, Friend, NE Doug & Pamela Parker, Elk Horn, IA Roger & Eileen Larsen, Fremont, NE David Morehouse, Hopkins, MN Helen Parker, Carter Lake, IA Vernon & Dorothy Larsen, Audubon, IA John & Jean Morrissey, Montezuma, IA Elliott & Karen Paulsen, Balsam Lake, WI William & Gracie Larsen, Ames, IA Olga Morse, Tulsa, OK Ivan & Patricia Paulsen, Graeagle, CA Ruth Larson, Lake View, IA Adele Mortensen, Santa Rosa, CA LaVern & Ruby Jane Paulsen, Atlantic, IA Lene Laughner, Green Valley, AZ Harry & Dorothy Mortensen, Bella Vista, AR Raymond & Dorothy Paulsen, Fargo, ND William & Antoinette Lawson, Green Bay, WI Jean E. Mortensen, Omaha, NE Robert & Gloria Paulus, Belmont, CA Robert & Sarah Leander, Spring, TX John & Minna Mortensen, Brook Park, OH Ardis Pedersen, Alden, MN Arlene Leistad, Elk Horn, IA Norma Mortensen, Roseville, CA Curt Pedersen, Tucson, AZ Delbert & Gretchen Leppke, Evanston, IL Tage & Else Mortensen, Bonner Springs, KS Katherine Pedersen, New Richmond, WI Kai & Inger Licht, Canton, OH Wayne & Emma Mortensen, Scotia, NY Maynerd & Faye Pedersen, York, NE Jerry & Ellen Liddle, West Fargo, ND Hope Mosier, Lake Benton, MN Paul & Marolyn Pedersen, Kodiak, AK Elizabeth Lillehoj, Lake Bluff, IL Carol Mueller, Glenview, IL Svend & Imogene Pedersen, Denver, CO Kenneth & Beverly Lind, Waterloo, IA Katheryn Mullins, Solvang, CA Walfred & Lillian Pelto, Fairfax, CA Ellen Lindauer, Bellevue, NE Joe & Annalise Munnich, Minneapolis, MN Ardis Petersen, Cedar Falls, IA Dewey Linden, Elk Horn, IA Inge Nagata, Littleton, CO Darwin & Wanda Petersen, Tucson, AZ Larry & Rosella Lindquist, Princeton, MN Herman & Agnes Natwick, Moorhead, MN Dean & Darlene Petersen, Lincoln, NE JoNelle Linnaus, Las Vegas, NV Douglas & Ingrid Neale, Decatur, GA Edna Petersen, Askov, MN David & Evelyn Linner, Stillwater, MN Agnes Nelsen, Storm Lake, IA Emory & Mabel Petersen, Elk Horn, IA Dennis & Sharon Littlejohn, Des Moines, IA Don Nelsen, Omaha, NE Gerald & Loretta Petersen, Audubon, IA Patricia Lloyd, State College, PA Dorothy Nelsen, Avoca, IA Harry Petersen, Vandalia, OH Harry & JoAnne Lockhart, Woodstock, VA Doreen Nelson, Minden, IA Helen Petersen, Atlantic, IA Donna Long, Portland, OR Fern Nelson, Atlantic, IA Horace & Jane Petersen, Galesburg, IL James & Lois Long, Lake View, IA Jeneen Nelson, Rocky Ford, CO Hubert & Eulella Petersen, Fremont, NE Sharon Ludington, Atlantic, IA John & Lucille Nelson, Brayton, IA Jan & Yvonne Petersen, Bokeelia, FL Anthony & Jennifer Lund, Murray, UT Leland & Beverly Nelson, Atlantic, IA John & Inger Petersen, South Elgin, IL Dorothy Lund, Omaha, NE Martin & Shirley Nelson, Elk Horn, IA Karina Petersen, Vraa, Denmark Steven Lund, Yuma, AZ Robert & Frances Nelson, Atlantic, IA Kenneth Petersen, Council Bluffs, IA Kirsten Lundgren, Des Moines, IA Loyd & Marie Neve, Omaha, NE Lawrence & Leila Petersen, Lake Forest Park, WA James & Gladys Lundquist, Davenport, IA Donald & Martha Newell, Johnston, IA LuVerne & Alice Petersen, Kimballton, IA Gene & Inger Lutz, Cedar Falls, IA Liane Nichols, Cedar Falls, IA Lynn & Joyce Petersen, Elk Horn, IA Bob & Joy Maag, Lincoln, NE Alan & Susan Nielsen, Richfi eld, MN Marian Petersen, Solvang, CA Beverly Maas, Atlantic, IA Catherine Nielsen, Washington, DC Marjorie Petersen, Kimballton, IA Dale & Jenny Mackenzie, Fargo, ND Diane Nielsen, Bellevue, NE Martin & Carolyn Petersen, Lewellen, NE Mike & Jill Mackenzie-Lynn, Carmel, IN Donald & Patricia Nielsen, Audubon, IA Merlyn & Catherine Petersen, Dike, IA Arne & Karen Madsen, Bettendorf, IA Elmer & Helen Nielsen, Exira, IA Michelle Petersen, Lake Forest, CA Bill & Dixie Madsen, Cedar Falls, IA Eugene & Margaret Nielsen, Harlan, IA Paul & Pauline Petersen, Eugene, OR Carl & Lois Madsen, Buffalo, WY Gail & Nancy Nielsen, Fremont, NE Richard & Janis Petersen, Urbandale, IA Don & Jeanette Madsen, Iowa City, IA H. Elaine Nielsen, Ankeny, IA Rigmor Petersen, Washington, IL Eigil & Vibeke Madsen, Rockville, MD Hope Nielsen, Onawa, IA Ulrik Petersen, Murrysville, PA Eiwind & Leta Madsen, Elk Horn, IA James & Dianne Nielsen, Kimballton, IA William & Marlene Petersen, Omaha, NE Ingrid Madsen, Berkeley, CA John Nielsen, Fremont, NE Burton Peterson, Rochester, MN Michael & Debra Madsen, Papillion, NE Karen Nielsen, Chicago, IL Carol Peterson, Omaha, NE Paul & Barbara Madsen, Ottumwa, IA Lori Nielsen, Blair, NE Christopher & Mary Ann Peterson, Upland, CA Robert & Mabel Madsen, Elk Horn, IA Louis Nielsen, New Berlin, WI Karen Peterson, Kittery, ME Margaret Magnan, Detroit Lakes, MN Marvin & Laurel Nielsen, Audubon, IA Richard & Brenda Peterson, Lincoln, KS Wayne & Eleanor Magnuson, Omaha, NE Nancy Nielsen, Cedar Springs, MI Charles Philipsen, Asheville, NC Ray & Ardyce Mai, Lindsborg, KS Norvald & Edith Nielsen, Omaha, NE William & Mary Phillips, Council Bluffs, IA Diane Manown, Carbondale, CO Philip Nielsen, Lincoln, NE John L. & Janis Pientok, St. Francis, WI Michael Madison & Susan Marquesen, Pittsburgh, PA Raymond & Marilyn Nielsen, Algona, IA La Veda Pine, Anita, IA Roger & Kathryn Nielsen, Green Bay, WI James & Beth Plahn, Sioux Falls, SD 22 • The Danish Immigrant Museum Russell & Wanda Nielsen, Cedar Falls, IA Charles Pluth, Madison, WI Thomas & Zita Nielsen, Solvang, CA – Honor Roll, Continued on Page 23 Matching Gifts HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS – Continued from page 22 he Danish Immigrant TMuseum wishes to thank Winfred & Deloris Ross, Cherokee Village, AR Ila Thunberg, Olympia, WA our members and donors for Merle Rounds, Council Bluffs, IA Cozette Tietge, Eau Claire, WI Carolyn Russell, Ithaca, NY Robert & Karla Tinklenberg, Sunburg, MN initiating matching gifts from Doris Saggau, Mesa, AZ Mike & Lis Trent, Sun City West, AZ the following corporations and Earl & Ruth Sande, Adel, IA James & Gerd Tuchscherer, Lino Lakes, MN foundations. 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