annual report │ 2014 a letter from the president

It is an honor and a privilege addition was made possible by 1. Strategic Planning to serve on the Board for the the generous donation of museum The current plan used by the Museum of Danish America. patrons. It is with such generous museum covers the years Serving with so many people who contributions from these folks 2011-2015. This plan has are focused on the preservation of that we are able to continue the provided and continues to Danish culture and history is truly preservation of Danish culture and provide a “roadmap,” if you a pleasure! It has been great to heritage. I encourage you to read will, for guiding the activities have the opportunity to work with the section of this Annual Report of the museum. The technical so many talented staff that makes regarding Collections, authored term for strategic planning is the museum what it is today. It is by Angela Stanford, Curator of as follows: An organization’s due to the efforts of the staff and Collections/Registrar. process of defining its strategy, volunteers that the museum has or direction, and making been able to succeed over the I certainly do not wish to “steal decisions on allocating its last 30+ years. However, equally the thunder” of the additional resources to pursue the important are the generous staff who are also providing strategy. A new plan will be financial contributions, both large updates in this Annual Report. developed during 2015 that will and small, that have been made Therefore, I would encourage you be put into action for the 2016- to the museum over the years. to review the reports provided 2020 time period. by the following staff: John Mark The year 2014 was an eventful Nielsen-Executive Director, Tova 2. oUtreach We must figure one. The new Curatorial Center Brandt-Albert Ravenholt Curator out ways to expand the reach was completed and dedicated of Danish-American Culture, of the museum. A fantastic on October 18, 2014. The added Michele McNabb-Genealogy job has been done thus far via space that this facility provides Center Manager, Deb Christensen exhibits, genealogy research, is a great addition to the current Larsen-Development Manager Brown Bag Lunches, electronic museum structure. It provides the and Terri Johnson-Administrative media, and countless hours of opportunity to receive, process Manager. staff time traveling to various and house donations of historical venues nationwide. How do note made to the museum. Our As we move into 2015, we we attract new members, staff has also been afforded the face both challenges and especially with an emphasis on opportunity to move into much opportunities. Some of the areas youth? needed office space. The building that need to be addressed are as follows:

By Garey Knudsen

36 Museum of Danish America 3. Partnerships Our receiving end of generous 6. Staffing We all know that current strategic plan contributions made to our we would like to clone the calls for expanding our endowment, building and current staff and keep them in partnerships with other Danish general operating funds their current positions forever, organizations. I am happy to through bequests and estate however, we also know that report that we have moved in gifts. The challenge remains on change is inevitable. As we this direction during 2014. With how to grow our endowment anticipate some staff changes the guidance and direction fund to a level that the revenue within the next year or two, a of John Mark Nielsen, our from that fund can assist in search committee has been Executive Director, we have sustaining the operation of the pulled together to review our developed a partnership museum. Those interested in staffing needs and how to go with the Rebild National Park contributing to the museum about recruiting replacements. Society, a Danish-American may certainly contact the The search committee is friendship organization. A museum staff. composed of current and partnership has also been former board members. approved with the Danish 5. Electronic Media Web American Archive and Library, page updates/upgrades There are probably additional located in Blair, Nebraska. are going to be an ongoing challenges and opportunities These partnerships tend essential activity. Our museum that will come up throughout the to expand communication Design Store provides year. It goes without saying that and mutual benefit to each excellent items for purchase. your continued financial support organization. Are there other Can we reach out even further and membership is essential to partnerships that can be electronically? We live in a the sustained success of the developed for the mutual social media world that young museum. Thank you! benefit of all? and old access on a daily basis. We need to have the 4. Estate Planning The technical and financial means museum has been fortunate to keep the museum in front of over the years to be on the the world via electronic media. This effort takes staff time and a financial commitment.

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The 2014-2015 Board of Directors is Participating at their own expense, its June meeting in Luck, Wisconsin, a special group of men and women the board members come together with election of new board members. who have unselfishly dedicated three times a year to share their skills In October the board meeting was themselves to the preservation of and experience in providing oversight held in Elk Horn, Iowa. The museum’s their Danish American heritage and to the administration of the museum annual meeting was held in Elk Horn the mission of the museum. They and to develop ideas and plans that with new board members assuming join an elite group of individuals who, will contribute to its continuing vitality. their office; outgoing members over the past 31 years, have worked It is the practice of the board to meet present and participating. to build and maintain a museum of each February and June in different which all Danes, Danish Americans locations around the United States Without the dedication, energy, and and the American public can be so that they may share and celebrate support of a strong, team-oriented proud. Danish heritage with those Danish Board of Directors, the museum Americans who may not otherwise be staff would not be able to work able to link directly with the museum. effectively in managing the day-to-day In 2014, the board held its February operations of the Museum of Danish meeting in San Diego, California, and America.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS SERVING IN 2014 Cynthia Larsen Adams, Littleton, CO Kenneth Larsen, Calistoga, CA and Ex-Officio Erik Andersen, Croton-on-Hudson, NY Harlan, IA Jon Borgman, Harlan, IA, Endowment Ronald Bro, Cedar Falls, IA Carolyn Larson, St. Paul, MN Nils Jensen, Portland, OR, Beth Bro-Roof, Cedar Rapids, IA Cynthia McKeen, St. Paul, MN Development Tim Burchill, Jamestown, ND Craig Molgaard, Missoula, MT Dennis Larson, Decorah, IA Dan Christensen, West Des Moines, Dagmar Muthamia, Long Beach, CA Clark Mathisen, Omaha, NE, IA Brent Norlem, Monticello, MN Endowment Bente Ellis, San Jose, CA Marian (Mittie) Ostergaard, Mission Kai E. Nyby, LaPorte, IN, Dorothy Stadsvold Feisel, Viejo, CA Past President, Development St. Michaels, MD Henrik Rasmussen, Springfield, IL Marc Petersen, Omaha, NE, Past David Hendee, Omaha, NE Jerry Schrader, Elk Horn, IA President, Endowment Glenn Henriksen, Armstrong, IA Flemming “Eric” Smitsdorff, Dagmar Muthamia, Long Beach, CA, Consul Anna Thomsen Holliday, Germantown, WI Past President Houston, TX Linda Steffensen, Hoffman Estates, IL William (Bill) Jensen, Urbandale, IA Mark Strandskov, Mount Pleasant, MI John Mark Nielsen, Blair, NE, Kristi Planck Johnson, Bethesda, MD Karen Suchomel, West Branch, IA Executive Director Garey Knudsen, Hutchinson, MN

38 Museum of Danish America who we are mission statement Vision Core values

We are: The Museum of Danish  To be widely recognized as the world’s America celebrates Danish leading compiler and communicator of the  Inspirational: We honor the vision, history and inspirational achievements of roots and American dreams. ambition and diligence of Danish- Danish Americans. American achievers, and we seek to  inspire future generations by telling their To turn the museum and the villages stories. of Elk Horn and Kimballton into one of Iowa’s top destinations for tourists,  Deeply rooted: We treasure our Danish educators and local family excursions – heritage, and we are deeply committed and to support other local communities to our local American communities. featuring Danish-American history.  Focused on the future: We realize that  To be widely recognized as a thought to keep the past alive, we must always leader and trendsetter in the international remain part of the future. museum industry, constantly featuring new and inspiring experiences for worldwide audiences through innovative exhibits, events, publications and online media tools. staff & interns

Executive Director DESIGN STORE MANAGER DANISH INTERNS* Dr. John Mark Nielsen Joni Soe-Butts Helle Skovsgaard Christensen, University ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER ACCOUNTING MANAGER of Copenhagen, Denmark (Genealogy Terri Johnson Jennifer Winters Center) ALBERT RAVENHOLT CURATOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Sofie Krøgh Nielsen, Århus University, DANISH-AMERICAN CULTURE Kathy Pellegrini Denmark (Exhibits) Tova Brandt GENEALOGY & LIBRARY ASSISTANT Marianne Frøsig Sørensen, University of CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS & Wanda Sornson Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark (Collections) REGISTRAR BUILDING & GROUNDS MANAGER Angela Stanford Tim Fredericksen Nick Kofod Mogensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Exhibits) GENEALOGY CENTER MANAGER & WEEKEND STAFF LIBRARIAN Terri Amaral AMERICAN INTERNS Michele McNabb Rochelle Bruns Kate Ehrig-Page, University College DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Beth Rasmussen Dublin, Ireland (Genealogy Library Intern) Deb Christensen Larsen Rodger Rasmussen Chelsea Jacobsen, University of Iowa DEVELOPMENT/SOCIAL MEDIA BEDSTEMOR’S HOUSE STAFF (Inventory Assistant) ASSOCIATE Rochelle Bruns Madeline Mongar, Northwest Missouri Nicky Christensen Trudy Juelsgaard State University (Inventory Assistant) PLANNED GIVING CONSULTANT Doug Palmer Paul Johnson David Thurston

*Danish internships are funded through a generous grant from the scan│design foundation by Inger and Jens Bruun, Seattle, WA

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Condensed Financial Statements Years Ended August 31, 2014 and 2013 endowment Condensed Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Assets - Modified Cash Basis 2014 2013 The Museum of Danish America’s Assets endowments provide the cash and Investments...... 3,803,680...... 4,533,317 opportunity for members to Inventory...... 72,672...... 65,795 perpetuate their contributions and property and Equipment (Net)...... 4,681,110...... 2,716,640 at the same time help guarantee Total Assets...... 8,557,462...... 7,315,752 the museum’s long-term financial viability. Current market value Liabilities and Net Assets as of December 31, 2014, was Accrued Payroll Taxes...... 76...... 12,463 $3,566,376.55. Lines of Credit...... 35,000...... 128,706 contracts Payable...... 423,359...... 0 note Payable...... 335...... 4,194 total Liabilities...... 458,770...... 145,363

Net Assets...... 8,098,692...... 7,170,389 total Liabilities and Net Assets...... 8,557,462...... 7,315,752

Condensed Statement of Revenue and Support, Expenses and Changes in Net Assets - Modified Cash Basis for Years Ended August 31 2014 2013 Support and Revenue contributions and Support...... 1,234,784...... 2,340,166 Admissions and Program Fees...... 18,820...... 17,719 Gift Shop Revenue (Net)...... 42,188...... 42,217 investment and Other Income...... 907,023...... 348,302 total Support and Revenue...... 2,202,815...... 2,748,404 Expenses program Services...... 768,620...... 741,358 supporting Activities...... 505,892...... 488,937 total Expenses...... 1,274,512...... 1,230,295 Change in Net Assets...... 928,303...... 1,518,109

Net Assets - Beginning of Year...... 7,170,389...... 5,652,280 Net Assets - End of Year...... 8,098,692...... 7,170,389

40 Museum of Danish America a year of success

Highlights for 2014 Exhibits ◆◆ Danish Modern: Design for Living – Containing over 50 items of Danish ◆◆ ◆◆ Celebrated the completion of the Schleswig-Holstein: Turmoil on the modern furniture and housewares 8,200 sq. ft. Curatorial Center, Danish-German Border – This exhibit and occupying over 1,500 sq. ft., designed by AHTS Architects of created by our museum explores this exhibit represents the first major Waterloo, Iowa and built by Meco- the events and results of the rise exhibit organized and curated by Henne Construction of Omaha, of Danish and German nationalism our museum that has traveled to Nebraska and Carroll Control from the 150th anniversary of the other major museums. In 2014 it was Systems, Inc. of Carroll, Iowa. disastrous defeat of the Danish Army exhibited at the Goldstein Museum of The center also features a unique in 1864 at the Battle of Dybøl Mill Design in Minneapolis and the Nordic “green roof” of prairie grasses and through the plebiscite held in 1920 Heritage Museum in Seattle. Through forbs provided through in-kind gifts after World War I when the Danish June 21, 2015 it will be at the Figge from the Peter Ørum family and its majority in North Schleswig voted to Museum in Davenport, Iowa. companies, Midwest Groundcovers return to Denmark. Tensions in this ◆◆ and Midwest Trading of St. Charles, area contributed to both German Eight of the museum’s traveling Illinois and a grant from the Iowa and Danish immigration to the exhibits were hosted by eighteen West Foundation. United States between 1848 and different venues in seven different 1920 with many immigrants settling states and reached an audience of ◆◆ Redesign of the museum’s entrance in Iowa. Following display at our 91,143. by Country Landscapes of Ames, museum, the exhibit moved to the Iowa that features a welcoming plaza German American Heritage Center Collections and incorporates the Copenhagen in Davenport, Iowa. Humanities Among the many valuable artifact Gas Lamps. Iowa and the National Endowment donations in 2014, the museum received ◆◆ Reached a population of over for the Humanities provided major the following: 250,000 through visits to the funding for the exhibit and related ◆◆ Danish Sisterhood in America banner museum, traveling exhibits, programming. donated by the Danish American social media, and programs and ◆◆ Nude Vases, Cubist Faces: Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. presentations around the country. Modernism at Rookwood Pottery – ◆◆ Wood carving by Jes Smidt depicting ◆◆ Participated in numerous festivals Following its display in Elk Horn, this in relief Queen Thyra directing the and events from December Nights exhibit, organized by our museum building of the Dannevirke donated in San Diego’s Balboa Park and the with guest curator Annemarie by the Martin Holst Family of Cedar annual meeting of the Rebild National Sawkins, Ph.D., was on exhibit Falls, Iowa. Park Society in Solvang, California through March 2015 at Iowa’s oldest across the continent to the Danish- cultural institution, the Dubuque ◆◆ Secretary/hutch owned by Aage American Chamber of Commerce Museum of Art in downtown and Magda Clements and then their – Atlanta in Georgia and the annual Dubuque. daughter, Annelise Clement Stoakes. meeting of the Federation of Danish The story of this piece of furniture, Associations in Ottawa, Canada. donated by Annie Jones of Jefferson, South Dakota, follows the family as ◆◆ Continued our partnership with the it travels from Denmark to Japan Petersen House Museum in Tempe, prior to and throughout World War II Arizona. and then, following the war, back to Denmark and ultimately to the United States. ◆◆ Complete set of the Bing & Grøndahl Seagull pattern porcelain and glassware belonging to Poul and Elie Steffensen was donated for use at the museum by their son, Carl and Frances Steffensen, Houston, Texas.

By John Mark Nielsen

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Grants ◆◆ Iowa Great Places Program awarded Graduate Student Interns the museum a third and final grant to ◆◆ scan|design foundation by Inger complete features in the Jens Jensen In addition, the museum continues and Jens Bruun Prairie Landscape Park to benefit from the work of graduate student interns. Danish interns were ◆◆ Iowa West Foundation ◆◆ Humanities Iowa and the National again sponsored through a grant from the ◆◆ Prairie Meadows Endowment for the Humanities scan|design foundation by Inger and ◆ ◆◆ Shelby County Community ◆ Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Jens Bruun of Seattle, and American Foundation Trust interns were funded by grants from the Historical Resource Development Program ◆◆ Albert Victor Ravenholt Fund through the State Historical Society of Iowa. merit of recognition The Museum of Danish America permanently recognizes two groups of friends and members who have distinguished themselves through outstanding support, both while living and in their estate plans.

LIFETIME LEGACY GIVING Richard Hellman, Oceanside, CA SILVER $100,000 Iowa West Foundation, Council DENNIS J. ANDERSEN, Atlanta, GA ANONYMOUS Five categories reflect all Bluffs, IA cumulative donations of $25,000 ANONYMOUS James D. & Margery Iversen, ANTON & GUNVER M. BERG, DeKalb, IL and greater from individuals or Ames, IA ESTHER “E.J.” CARLSON ESTATE, their estates, foundations, trusts Columbus, OH and organizations. These names DIAMOND $1,000,000 CARL AAGE CHRISTENSEN, Denver, CO are inscribed on a large plaque at WAYNE ALWILL ESTATE, Manning, IA EDNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Atlantic, IA the museum’s entrance. ANONYMOUS TOM & JAN CHRISTENSEN, Bettendorf, IA BRUCE R. LAURITZEN FAMILY, Omaha, NE ELK HORN LUTHERAN CHURCH, In 2014 the Board of Directors elk Horn, IA was pleased to add the names of PLATINUM $500,000 ASTA FORREST, Fountain Hills, AZ WILLIAM & BERNIECE GREWCOCK, CHARLES & JOANNE FREDERIKSEN, Anonymous Omaha, NE Ames, IA Country Landscapes, Inc., Ames, IA GUNNAR HORN, Omaha, NE STEWART & LeNORE HANSEN, NORMA (LARSEN) WILSON, Red Oak, IA West Des Moines, IA R. James & Janet Borge Crowle, ROY & PATRICIA HOUGEN, Ames, IA Saint Michaels, MD IOWA WEST FOUNDATION, Marianne K. Festersen Trust, GOLD $250,000 council Bluffs, IA omaha, NE ANONYMOUS JAMES D. & MARGERY IVERSEN, Ames, IA MERVIN BRO, Scottsdale, AZ CLYDE & EMMA JOHNSON, Omaha, NE Humanities Iowa, Iowa City, IA MARIANNE K. FESTERSEN TRUST, MARTHA JORGENSEN, Audubon, IA Dagmar Marie Muthamia, Long Omaha, NE JOHN & AUDREY KOFOED, West Branch, IA Beach, CA ROY J. & RITA NEERGAARD HANSEN, LOWELL & MARILYN KRAMME, Svend & Lois Toftemark, Eugene, OR Kenosha, WI Des Moines, IA Norma (Larsen) Wilson, Red Oak, IA RICHARD HELLMAN, Oceanside, CA REOLA LERAGER, Wichita, KS STATE OF IOWA LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD, In addition, we acknowledge ALBERT VICTOR RAVENHOLT FUND, Minneapolis, MN these donors as having achieved Seattle, WA HERBERT C. MADISON, Washington, DC ADELAIDE M. MADSEN ESTATE, a new level of lifetime giving: cedar Rapids, IA

By Deb Christensen Larsen

42 Museum of Danish America A.P. MØLLER and CHASTINE Mc-KINNEY DANISH MUTUAL INSURANCE MARNE & ELK HORN TELEPHONE CO., MØLLER FOUNDATION, ASSOCIATION, Elk Horn, IA Elk Horn, IA copenhagen, Denmark ANE-GRETHE OLESEN & RORY A.M. CARL & MARILYN MEHR, San Diego, MARK & LORI NUSSLE, Palos Park, IL DELANEY, Wayzata, MN California FOLMER & VERA NYBY, Michigan City, IN GORDON, MARY LOU & JANICE ESBECK, INEZ M. MORTENSEN ESTATE, Omaha, NE OLGA S. OLSEN ESTATE, Watertown, SD Tipton, Iowa DAGMAR MARIE MUTHAMIA, H. RAND & MARY LOUISE PETERSEN, RAMONA L. ESBECK, Ames, IA Long Beach, CA Harlan, IA SALLY og GORDON FABER, EINAR SCHULTZ NIELSEN, Tustin, CA JOHN I. PETERSEN ESTATE, Kimballton, IA urbandale, Iowa HANS THYGE & VALBORG NIELSEN, scanldesign foundation BY INGER & JENS J. EMORY & EDNA FREDRICKSON Denver, CO BRUUN, Seattle, WA ESTATE, Elk Horn, IA JOHN MARK & DAWN NIELSEN, HARRIET ALBERTSEN SPANEL, MARGARET LOUISE GEE ESTATE, blair, Nebraska Bellingham, WA West Des Moines, IA RUTH HERMAN NIELSEN ESTATE, CHRYSTAL HEMMINGSEN WILLIS MARILYN ANDERSEN GIFT & WILLIAM Omaha, NE WAGNER ESTATE, Seattle, WA GIFT, Des Moines, Iowa IRENE A. NISSEN ESTATE, Cedar Falls, IA WILBER WILLIAMSON, Des Moines, IA ALF & LILI GREGERSON, Ridgefield, WA ERIC & JOAN NORGAARD CHARITABLE CAROLINE L. HANSEN, Harlan, IA TRUST, Northbrook, IL BRONZE $25,000 WALTER & VESTA HANSEN, KAY ESBECK NORTH, Ames, IA ANONYMOUS West Branch, Iowa KAI E. & MELODY STARR NYBY, LaPorte, IN ANONYMOUS ALMA O. HARTVIGSEN ESTATE, Harlan, IA POUL OLESEN & BENEDIKTE EHLERS NORMAN C. BANSEN ESTATE, Blair, NE HENNINGSEN CONSTRUCTION, INC., OLESEN, Eugene, Oregon MOGENS & CINDY BAY, Omaha, Atlantic, IA ERIK & JACKIE OLSEN, Glenbrook, NV Nebraska STANLEY & HELEN HOWE, Muscatine, IA GLENN & MARY ELLEN OLSEN, ELNA N. BELLOWS, Edina, MN HUMANITIES IOWA, Iowa City, IA Atlantic, Iowa HAROLD W. & LOIS M. BERG, Ogden, IA VERN E. HUNTER, Fargo, ND PETER & IRMA ØRUM, Saint Charles, IL EGON & DIANA BODTKER, Salem, OR AL & BRIDGET JENSEN, Houston, TX MARC & CARLENE PETERSEN, Omaha, NE SANNA and VICTOR BORGE MEMORIAL CORNELIUS C.J. JENSEN ESTATE, The RASMUSSEN FAMILY, Des Moines, FUND, New York, NY Edmonds, WA Iowa MARIE A. BUDOLFSON ESTATE, Ames, IA NILS & KATHLEEN JENSEN, EUGENE ROBINSON, Pensacola, FL CEDAR VALLEY DANES, Cedar Falls, IA portland, Oregon ANELISE SAWKINS, Minneapolis, MN Area ROLAND & JOAN JENSEN, Ankeny, IA SHELBY COUNTY COMMUNITY JACK & BARBARA CHRISTENSEN, IVER (WHITEY) & LIS JORGENSEN, FOUNDATION, Shelby County, IA Yankton, SD Burnsville, Minnesota SHELBY COUNTY STATE BANK, Harlan, IA LAMONT & LOIS CHRISTENSEN, PETER KIEWIT FOUNDATION, Omaha, NE AVA SIMONSEN ESTATE, Audubon, IA elk Horn, IA ROBERT S. KROMAN ESTATE, Elk Horn, IA HAROLD L. SORENSON ESTATE, Exira, IA DOLORES G. CONNELLY ESTATE, KULTURMINISTERIET, Copenhagen, WILBUR C. SORENSON ESTATE, Exira, IA Atlantic, IA Denmark LEMUEL & EDITH SPROW ESTATE, COUNTRY LANDSCAPES, INC., Ames, IA KURT K. & JOY LARSEN, Oneonta, AL Mound, MN R. JAMES & JANET BORGE CROWLE, RICHARD LEDET, Des Moines, IA JANET M. THUESEN, Falls Church, VA Saint Michaels, MD LEONARD K. & LENORA J. MADSEN SVEND & LOIS TOFTEMARK, Eugene, OR DANISH BROTHERHOOD IN AMERICA, ESTATE, Kansas City, MO ERIK & LISSI VANGE, Palatine, Illinois Highlands Ranch, CO MARION J. WALKER ESTATE, Solvang, CA

Anonymous (3) Charles & Joanne Frederiksen, Ames, IA The Heritage Builders Anne Bansen*, Ferndale, CA Earl & LaVena Fries, Des Moines, IA Over the past 31 years, the Norman C. Bansen*, Blair, NE Margaret Gee*, West Des Moines, IA Museum of Danish America has Constance Boggild*, Delray Beach, FL Gertrude Gronbeck*, Washington, D.C. Victor Borge*, Greenwich, CT Caroline Hansen*, Harlan, IA accomplished much because of Marie Budolfson*, Ames, IA Hans Hansen*, Des Moines, IA special friends and members who Borge & Lotte Christensen, Tucson, AZ Laura E. Hansen*, Irwin, IA have provided for the museum Charles R. Christensen*, Omaha, NE Rita Neergaard Hansen*, Kenosha, WI in their estate plans. With their Edna M. Christensen*, Atlantic, IA Rosa Hansen*, Hampton, IA Dolores Gregersen Connelly*, Atlantic, IA Alma Hartvigsen*, Harlan, IA permission while living or through Lydia Sorensen Eriksen*, Waterloo, IA Richard Hellman*, Oceanside, CA the permission of their executors, David Esbeck*, Des Moines, IA Anna Marie Hjuler*, Audubon, IA the names of Heritage Builders Gordon R. & Jan Esbeck, Tipton, IA Gunnar Horn*, Omaha, NE are permanently inscribed on a Howard Esbeck*, Ames, IA Roy E. & Patricia Hougen, Ames, IA plaque at the museum. Ramona Esbeck, Ames, IA Joy Ibsen, Trout Creek, MI Asta Forrest*, Fountain Hills, AZ James D. & Margery Iversen, Ames, IA J. Emory* & Edna Frederickson*, Elk Horn, IA Genevieve Jensen*, Plainview, NE

*Deceased If you would like information on how you can become a member of Lifetime Legacy Giving or a Heritage Builder, contact John Mark Nielsen, Executive Director, Deb Christensen Larsen, Development Manager, Paul Johnson, Planned Giving Consultant, or any member of the Board of Directors, who will be pleased to work with you. Please contact them by calling 712.764.7001 or toll-free 800.759.9192. E-mail addresses are [email protected], [email protected], or PJohnson@firstheartland. com. Your inquiry will be treated confidentially. Annual Report 43 annual report │ 2014

Ruth Jensen*, Ames, IA Helga Mikkelsen*, Waverly, IA Marian E. Ostergaard, Mission Viejo, CA Agnes Johnson*, Garden City, MI Inez M. Mortensen*, Omaha, NE Dorothy C. Pedersen*, Omaha, NE Clyde* & Emma Johnson*, Omaha, NE Ruth Rasmussen Nelson*, St. Cloud, MN Archie Petersen*, Harlan, IA Paul & Liz Johnson, Fremont, NE Einer Schultz Nielsen*, Newport Beach, CA John I. Petersen*, Waterloo, IA Martha Jorgensen*, Audubon, IA Jens Nielsen*, Newell, IA Lois Petersen*, Atlantic, IA Mogens H. Kiehn, Scottsdale, AZ Karen Madsen Nielsen*, Junction City, OR Peyton* & Lucia Respess*, Omaha, NE Folmer* & Reola Lerager*, Wichita, KS Margaret A. Nielsen, King City, OR Ava Simonsen*, Audubon, IA Harald Hans Lund*, Higganum, CT Ruth Herman Nielsen*, Omaha, NE Bodil Sorensen*, Kirkland, WA Tom Lund, Harlan, IA Raymond* & Irene Nissen*, Cedar Falls, IA Harold L. Sorensen*, Exira, IA Adelaide Madsen*, Iowa City, IA Eric* & Joan Norgaard*, Glenview, IL Halvor Strandskov, Osterville, MA Rudolph* & Margaret Madsen*, Racine, WI Folmer & Vera Nyby, Michigan City, IN Carol Svendsen, Denver, CO Keith N. McFarland*, New Brighton, MN Caroline Olsen*, Minneapolis, MN Margaret Syring*, St. Paul, MN Olga S. Olsen*, Watertown, SD Sandra Wunder, Omaha, NE matching bequests gifts in-kind gifts In 2014 the museum The Museum of Danish America The following companies and received $1,361,520 in wishes to thank our members and individuals, through the gift of bequests. $642,641 (47%) donors for initiating matching gifts needed goods and services, has been invested in the from the following corporations supported the Museum of Danish museum’s endowment funds, and foundations: America in 2014: $300,000 (22%) is being held AIG Answers (Frank R. Tighe), Atlantic, IA in a contingency fund, and the Alliant Energy Foundation Dennis Andersen, Atlanta, GA balance (31%) has been or is BP Foundation Carroll Control Systems, Inc. Bank of America Charitable Foundation (Todd Wanninger), Carroll, IA being used for special projects The Boeing Company Country Landscapes, Inc. (Rhett Faaborg), and programming. The Museum Dominion Foundation Ames, IA of Danish America gratefully The GE Foundation Den Danske Pioneer (Elsa Steffensen & acknowledges the following Shell Oil Company Linda Steffensen), Hoffman Estates, IL Thomson Reuters Garey & Sherry Knudsen, Hutchinson, MN estates, trusts and individuals: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Michele McNabb, Atlantic, IA Marianne K. Festersen, Omaha, NE Foundation Midwest Ground Covers LLC (Peter & Irma Rita Neergaard Hansen, Kenosha, WI Union Pacific Corporation Ørum, Craig Keller and Christa Ørum Richard Hellman, Oceanside, CA Woodmen of the World and/or Assured Keller), St. Charles, IL Robert K. Sandahl, Hector, MN Life Association Marian “Mittie” Ostergaard, Mission Viejo, CA E. Irene Starrett, Audubon, IA Carl & Frances Steffensen, Houston, TX Norma (Larsen) Wilson, Red Oak, IA collections As our members have seen of our new Curatorial Center, important as we continue to throughout the past year, 2014 officially opened in October. With build our collection through such brought about many changes increased space for working with generous donations as the almost for the museum. The biggest of our collections and for artifact 500 pieces we received during those affecting the Collections storage, we have provided 2014. Objects like children’s Department was the addition for decades of growth. This is clothing, artwork, photographs,

By *Deceased Angela Stanford

44 Museum of Danish America and more add to the scope and Artifact DONORS Richard & Rita Juhl, Minneapolis, MN strength of our collection and Judy Andersen, Cary, NC Phyllis Just, Minneapolis, MN Mogens Kiehn, Scottsdale, AZ allow us broader options for Karen Beall, Santa Fe, NM Nancy & Malcom Branch, Virginia Beach, VA Kierkegaard House Foundation, Northfield, MN programming and exhibitions. BebeAnna Buck, Eau Claire, WI Catherine McIntire, Golden Valley, MN Estate of Heleen Nielsen, Storm Lake, IA Thank you to our members and Borge M. Christensen, Rochester, MN Joanna Christensen, Council Bluffs, IA Marilynn & Eugene Paulson, Minneapolis, MN donors for your continued and Birgitte Christianson, Minneapolis, MN Marie “Mimi” Payne, New London, MN kind support. Marcia Copeland, Plymouth, MN Bernice Petersen, Harlan, IA Sine Nielsen Duus, Minneapolis, MN Paula Preuthun, Grosse Pointe, MI Jacqueline Foster, Towson, MD Lars Toft Rasmussen, Kerteminde, Allan Fugl, Verona, ND Denmark Lene Flindt Graff, East Dundee, IL Frances Simmons, Paradise, CA Estate of Richard Hellman, Oceanside, CA Judy Stalnaker, Denver, CO Alvina Hjortsvang, Council Bluffs, IA John Steen, Elk Horn, IA Delores Jespersen, Des Moines, IA Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum, Avis Jorgenson, Tucson, AZ Decorah, IA exhibitions

Exhibitions are a museum’s way yours. Did you learn about the life ON-SITE GALLERY of telling stories. Sometimes and career of Søren Kierkegaard EXHIBITIONS IN 2014 those stories are woven between in Minneapolis or Iowa City? Did artifacts, images, and historical the history of Schleswig-Holstein Danish Modern: Design for Living experiences. Sometimes those help you understand some of April 6, 2013 – January 5, 2014 stories share new artistic visions your own family history? Are Søren Kierkegaard: The Global or new discoveries about the you one of those “Happy Danes Dane February 1 – April 13, 2014 world around us. Sometimes on the Plains” discussed in the Schleswig-Holstein: Turmoil on those stories are told within a exhibit of the same name? Have the Danish-German Border museum gallery, and sometimes you enjoyed the beauty of art Feb. 22 – September 1, 2014 they can be told in schools, pottery from Rookwood? Have Nude Vases, Cubist Faces: libraries, and other community you explored the reasons behind Modernism at Rookwood centers. Denmark’s rank as the happiest Pottery For a national museum like ours, country? All of these stories have April 26 – November 9, 2014 exhibitions that can travel coast been shared with museum visitors Danish Children Growing Up to coast are particularly important. and with communities across the American We introduced five brand new country. Sept. 27, 2014 – April 4, 2015 traveling exhibitions to our Your support of the Museum of Exploring Danish Happiness program in 2014, which continues Danish America makes these October 2014 – April 2015 to expand the variety of stories exhibitions possible. Whether Photography by Diana Velasco: to share with communities like in Elk Horn or in your own city, Two Nationalities we hope you enjoy the stories of Nov. 28, 2014 – March 15, 2015 Danish America.

By Tova Brandt

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Traveling Søren Kierkegaard: The Global Sioux City Public Museum, Sioux Exhibitions in 2014 Dane City, Iowa Danish American Center, The Danish Pioneer Danish Modern: Design for Minneapolis, Minnesota Museum of Danish America Living Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City, Genealogy Center, Elk Horn, Goldstein Museum of Design, Iowa Iowa St. Paul, Minnesota Schleswig-Holstein: Turmoil on The Danish Home, Chicago, Nordic Heritage Museum, the Danish-German Border Illinois Seattle, Washington German Hausbarn, Manning, Iowa Danish Gymnastics in America Nude Vases, Cubist Faces: University of Wisconsin Memorial The Danish Home, Chicago, Modernism at Rookwood Library, Madison, Wisconsin Illinois Pottery Luck Historical Society, Luck, West Denmark Lutheran Church, Dubuque Museum of Art, Wisconsin Luck, Wisconsin Dubuque, Iowa Danish Sisterhood #15, Danish Club of Washington, DC Happy Danes on the Plains Milwaukee, Wisconsin Danebod Folk School, Tyler, German American Heritage Minnesota Center, Davenport, Iowa Pine County Historical Museum, Jens Jensen: Celebrating the Askov, Minnesota Native Prairie Danish Lutheran Church and Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead, Cultural Center, Yorba Linda, Minnesota California Denmark October 1943: Rescue of the Danish Jews genealogy center

2014 was another busy year and storage area in the main museum In 2014 we received and/ one of continued growth for the building. This will allow us to or processed donations from Genealogy Center. We added over rearrange the reading room and the following individuals and 500 individual immigrant files to our relieve some of the congestion on institutions: database and, thanks to the diligent our shelves. Our summer photo Lorraine Aiegenfuss, Cedar Falls, IA work of interns Helle Skovsgaard exhibit on immigrants to the US Jacqueline Alfonso, Minneapolis, MN Christensen and Katherine Ehrig- and Canada who participated in Wayne Alwill (estate of), Manning, IA Page, made significant inroads the 1864 Dano-Prussian War and Annette Andersen, Kimballton, IA into the backlog of books and numerous speaking engagements Edna C. Andersen, Lakewood, WA Jerry & Linda Andersen, Chicago, IL other materials needing processing kept staff and our dedicated John Andersen, Kimballton, IA and entering into our computer volunteers occupied, as did the Judy Andersen, Los Angeles, CA database – so much so that we dozens of requests for research Leonard Andersen, Sioux City, IA are once again bursting at the and translation assistance. Wanda Mildred Andersen (estate of), Elk Horn, IA seams! With the completion of Sornson once again designed and Anonymous (3) the Curatorial Center, we look set up an interesting display on the Carmen Becker, Fenton, MO Berry N. Bennett, Des Moines, IA forward to moving some of our history of julenisser for Julefest and Gunver Berg, Long Grove, IL less-frequently used periodicals the holiday season. Helle Berg, Ribe, Denmark and Special Collections to a new Karen Christensen Bernard, Janesville, WI Anne Birdsell, Osage, IA Arlene Bisson, Muskegon, MI Paul & Gyritha Blinkilde, Lathrup Village, MI

By Michele McNabb

46 Museum of Danish America Victor Borge (estate of), Greenwich, CT Karen Hamilton, Clinton, MA Nancy B. Larsen, Ashland, OH Margie Bornhoff, Tyler, MN Darren & Myrna Hansen, Des Moines, IA Jeanette Lillehoj, Kimballton, IA Otto Brask, Kirkland, WA Harlan G. Hansen, Rutland, IA Galen Lillethorup, Omaha, NE Elaine Bredesky, Des Moines, IA Herman Hansen, Omaha, NE Kenneth Lind, Waterloo, IA Carl Bresnik, Omaha, NE Martie & Allan Hansen, Old Hickory, TN Kenneth & Beverly Lind, Waterloo, IA Rick Burns, Elk Horn, IA Stew Hansen, West Des Moines, IA Los Angeles Naver Club, Arcadia, CA Barbara Bushouse, Kalamazoo, MI Thorvald & Johanne Hansen, Des Moines, IA Beverly Maas, Atlantic, IA Shelley Cardiel, Kirkland, WA Rita Neergaard Hansen (estate of), Racine, WI Eugene & Rosella Madsen, Clinton, IA Gary Carlsen, Monterey, CA Harriman-Nielsen Historic Farm, George W. Madsen, Omaha, NE Thomas Carter, Salt Lake City, UT hampton, IA Darrell Mardesen, Elk Horn, IA David Christensen, Bellingham, WA Ruth Harris, Chicago, IL Helen Marr, St. Paul, MN Ellen Christensen, Temecula, CA Caroline F. Hatch, San Francisco, CA Marion Marzolf, Ann Arbor, MI Michael O. Christensen, Newport News, VA Eldon Hattervig, Boise, ID Mette H. McCall, Bolinas, CA Rolf B. Christensen, Gloucester, Ontario, Kirsten Havrehed, San Francisco, CA Michele McNabb, Atlantic, IA Canada Edna M. Hawley, Wessington Springs, SD Bob Mesenbrink, Arvada, CA Svend Christensen, Des Moines, IA Barbara Herschberger, Ivanhoe, MN Melayna & Damon Miller, Rennington, NE Tom Christensen, Colorado Springs, CO Eric Hinrichs, St. Louis, MO Joanne Morse, New York, NY Clara O. Christiansen, Chicago, IL Karin Holm, Esbjerg, Denmark Sylvia Morse, East Lansing, MI Connie K. Christiansen, State College, PA Eleanore Holmen, Fox Lake, IL Robin Mower, Durham, NH Dale & Laurel Christiansen, Dannebrog, NE Vern Hunter, Fargo, ND Norma Lange Nelson, Elk Horn, IA John & Birgitte Christianson, Minneapolis, MN William F. Hunter, Ripon, CA Roger Nelson, Kenosha, WI Rosa Clemsen, Exira, IA Mollie Ingwers, St. Joseph, MO Thomas G. Nelson, Bourbonnaise, IL Delores K. Clouse, Altoona, IA David Iversen, Minot, ND Dale Nelson family Elna Cobb, Grand Rapids, MN James Iversen, Decorah, IA Gary Nelson family Judith Danielsen, Bruce, SD Richard Iversen, Highlands Ranch, CO Lyle Nelson family Danish-American Historical Society of Allan & Blanche Jacobsen, Audubon, IA Arild Nielsen, Muskegon, MI California, Fresno, CA Geraldine P. Jasan, Northfield, MN John Mark Nielsen, Blair, NE Lars Davidson, Aarhus, Denmark Aage Bernhard Jensen, Kalundborg, Zita Nielsen, Solvang, CA Maryellen Jensen Dietz, Silverdale, WA Denmark Don & Gerda Nightingale, North Oaks, MN Anne-Marie Douglas, Chicago, IL Harold Jensen, Ames, IA Linda Norderhaug, Brookfield, WI Doris Duff, Weeping Water, NE Julie M. Jensen, Hutchinson, MN George & Elsie Norman, Seattle, WA Anna Duncan, Flandreau, SD Russell Jensen, Humboldt, IA Vera Nyby, Michigan City, IN Barry Edmonds, East Hampton, CT Thor Jensen, Mason City, IA Karolyn Ortgies, Massena, IA Dorothy A. Eggerss, Avoca, IA Grace M. Johnson, Franklin, WI Clara Pedersen, Elk Horn, IA Eileen M. Ellis, Panora, IA Lynn W. Johnson, Exira, IA Donald B. Pedersen, Pea Ridge, AR Elverhøj Museum of History & Art, William P. Jones, District Heights, MD Dorothy Pedersen, Omaha, NE solvang, CA Avis E. Jorgensen, Tucson, AZ Hans C. Pedersen, Haines City, FL C. Dale Eriksen, Fort Collins, CO Iver Jorgensen, Burnsville, MN Katherine Pedersen, New Richmond, WI Larry & Janis Fajen, Elk Horn, IA Jimmy K. Jorgensen, Holiday, FL Lillian Pedersen, Regina, Saskatchewan, Larry Fajen family, Elk Horn, IA John I. Jorgensen, Palos Hills, IL Canada Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT Knud & Bodil Jørgensen, Tarm, Denmark Lloyd James Pedersen, Jr., Medford, OR Anne Skjaerlund Fege, San Diego, CA Magne Juhl, Viborg, Denmark Paul D. Pedersen, MD, Rockville, MD Dorothy S. Feisel, Chestertown, MD Richard Juhl, Edina, MN Bill Petersen, Mazeppa, MN Jeanine E. Ferguson, Seattle, WA Rita Juhl, Minneapolis, MN Evelyn Petersen, Muscatine, IA Stuart Ferguson, Seattle, WA Karen Kadgihn, Eau Claire, WI Elizabeth Larsen Pratt, Birmingham, AL Hans Festersen, Omaha, NE Erik Ketelsen, Rochester, MI Antoinette Prudhomme, Lake Elmo, MN Thomas & Rose Flood, Joplin, MO Patricia J. Kielberg-McClenahan, Susan QuarQuio, Litchfield Park, AZ Laura Folden, Minneapolis, MN Atascadero, CA Gerry & Sigrid Rasmussen, Junction City, OR Esther Frost, Sun City West, AZ Kimballton Heritage Society, Kimballton, IA Suzanne M. Rasmussen, Kirkman, IA Valeen R. Fryer, Branson, MO Leora Kirk, Harlan, IA Red River Danes, Fargo, ND German American Heritage Center, Petie Kladstrup, Paris, France David Roberts, Memphis, TN Davenport, IA Jeanette Knudsen, Elk Horn, IA Vibeke Biba Roesch, Chicago, IL Gay Gilbert, Idaho Falls, ID Svend Koch, Cedar Falls, IA Sonja Rollins, Summerfield, FL Diana Glasser, Boulder, CO Dale Krog, Tracy, MN Kenneth Sand, Prairie du Chien, WI Florence Glover, Austin, MN Sandy Kuharich, San Antonio, TX George Sellnau, Georgetown, TX Andrew Goldstein, Portland, OR Fern Fuglsang Lapehn, Centennial, CO Clifford Siegh, Wilmette, IL Cindy Gries, Elk Horn, IA Calvin Larsen, Underwood, IA Robert Simonsen, Topeka, KS Bill & Dorte Griswold, Centerville, MA Inger Larsen, Palo Alto, CA Selma K. Sloth, Minneapolis, MN Letha Grutzik, Buena Park, CA Kenneth Larsen, Harlan, IA Linda Small, Reading, MI Anne Haber, Colorado Springs, CO MaryGrace Larsen, Fairview, NC Sharon L. Petersen Smith, Woodbridge, VA Jennifer Hamilton, San Francisco, CA

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Cathie Sondag, Harlan, IA Greg D. Sterup, West Fargo, ND Carol & Bob Watson, Overland Park, KS Charlotte Sorensen, Exira, IA Jim Stone, Vermillion, SD Warren Watson, Elk Horn, IA Marie Louise Sørensen, DeKalb, IL Gayle B. Stuart, Walnut, IA Phoebe Waugh, St. Paul, MN Wanda Sornson, Elk Horn, IA Ann Svendsen, Tyler, MN Jeanette Williams, Springfield, MO Virginia Southwick, Waukee, IA Martin & Hanne Taekker, Eugene, OR Helen Wilson, Manti, UT John Steen, Elk Horn, IA Neoma Thomas, Ames, IA Katherine Pedersen Wilson, Wheeler, WI Maureen Steenblock, Austin, MN Wendy Rahbek Thomsen, Store Heddinge, Else Wolsgård, Rudkøbing, Denmark Carl & Frances Steffensen, Houston, TX Denmark Eugene Wright, Stillwater, MN Elie Steffensen, Houston, TX Nancy & Judy Walden, Des Moines, IA Lloyd Wright, Blair, NE Merle Walling, Polson, MT Diane Smith Yancy, Whittier, CA volunteers In 2014 volunteers at both the MUSEUM We also want to recognize members museum and our Genealogy Center Annette Andersen of the Atlantic Chapter of the contributed a total of 3,206 hours, Marilyn Andersen Friends of The Danish Immigrant down approximately 400 hours from Rosalie Andersen Museum who have been long- 2013. However, we must take into Virgil & Joyce Christensen time supporters and donors. The Rosa Clemsen consideration that we went from 46 Paul Hansen organization provides us cookies volunteers to 41 volunteers in 2014. Peggy Hansen to serve to museum guests during Individual volunteers logged from Jean (Tina) Hansen our annual celebrations of Tivoli just under 10 hours to 470. Chet & Marj Holland Fest, held the weekend preceding Merlyn Knudsen Our volunteers help with a number Memorial Day, and Julefest, held the Jeanette Lillehoj weekend following Thanksgiving. of tasks including assisting staff Earl Madsen with greeting visitors, data entry, Karolyn Ortgies Rosie Petersen Its members include Norma indexing, mailings, translations, Andersen, Delbert & Ramona research, and with special events Wava Petersen Joanne Potts Andersen, Marty & Connie Boose, such as the grand opening of our Elva Rasmussen Janet Bornholdt, Cliff & Mary Ann Curatorial Center in October 2014. Howard & Karma Sorensen Christensen, Jack & Eileen Denne, Staff could not do what we do on a Mardell Walter Clayton Ellingson, Dean & Verna daily basis without assistance from Esbeck, Gene & Kathleen Eyberg, volunteers - we are so grateful for GENEALOGY Center Ed & Ileen Furne, Marcella Gaines, each and every hour. Bent Christensen Priscilla Hansen, Izzy Hoegh, The following are volunteers for Herb Christensen Calvin & Phyllis Hoegh, Chet & whom we have documented hours June Haas Marj Holland, Doris Jensen, Deb in 2014. Ralf & Inga Hoifeldt Larsen, Betty Lillard, Fern Lindvall, Connie Johnson Gladys McCrory, Merlin & Sonya Andy Kissel Mikkelsen, Beverly Nelson, Delores Jeanette Knudsen Nelson, Bob & Frances Nelson, Jeanette Lillehoj Glenn & Joan Ohms, Glen & Mary Suzanne Rasmussen Ellen Olsen, Wayne Olsen, Helen Carolyn Sand Nancy Sand Petersen, Evelyn Rechtenbach, Bertha Schroeter Darrell & Bertha Schroeter, and Lene Sepstrup Nadine Williamson. Charlotte Sorensen Gayle Stuart Donna Thomas Erik Høgsbro Østergaard

By Terri Johnson

48 Museum of Danish America Emery Hoegh Rev. Svend Marckmann Harold B. & Olivia Jensen Hoegh Harlan C. Mathison Hans & Genevieve Hoiberg Mary Julienne Jensen McDonald memorials Merlin Red Holland, Denver, CO Valborg Ellen Mary Grane Henriksen Evelyn “Sue” R. Holst McKinzie A.L. Jensen Judy Meehan The Museum of Danish America is Grandpa Carl Christain Frederick Jensen Godan Meng the grateful recipient of gifts made Deppe & Anna D. Jensen Vern Mikkelsen & his early effort to help in memory of deceased friends Earl Jensen get the museum started Ellen Jensen Frances (Sorensen) Miller and relatives. Helga Jensen Jean Routhe Mitchell Lorrayne K. Andersen Henry & Alma Jensen Erna Møller Maynard F. Andersen Knud Jensen John “Jack” Ericksen Mommer A. P. Andersen, Great Falls, MT Kristian Jensen the T.G. Muller Family Marian Peterson Anderson Oluf Jensen Charles E. Nelson L. Dean Bartelson Peer J. Jensen Larry A. Nelson Ingeborg Beyer, Aurora, NE Vahn Jensen Martha J. Nelson Donald R. Bickel Louis M. Jeppesen, Homer, NE Norval & Helen Nelson Charles E. R. Boye Arthur A. Jersild Paul & Lela Neve Charlie Brehm Gerda (Wallace) Jessen Anders & Anna Nielsen Astrid Andersen Van Nordstrand Brewer Viggo & Carrie Johansen Einer Juhl Nielsen Arlene Christensen Julius A. Johnson & Helen Jorgine Harold R. Nielsen Axel & Marie Christensen Rasmussen Johnson Jens J. & Ellen Nielsen Clarice Christensen Niels W. & Ingrid H. Jorgensen Rae Nielsen Kjer Christensen Howard Juel Tom Nielsen Lloyd Christensen Ranny & Rhoda Kelloway Dick Olsen Roland M. Christensen Rhoda L. Kelloway Ole & Marie Olsen George Clausen, my father bn. 2-26-1897 Torben Klarlund and Erik Klarlund Wayne Olsen Glen Clemsen Clarence Klein, Elk Horn, Iowa Nadjeschda Overgaard My Danish and Swedish grandparents Rev. Carsten Christian & Elisabeth Kloth Niels & Nadjeschda Overgaard My Danish and Swedish parents Jorgen & Marie Margrethe Knudsen Marianne Owen Ralph E. Doonan Marvin L. Knudsen Crystal Pash Deceased graduates of the Elk Horn- Olga & Peter M. Knudsen Kenneth Paulsen, Des Moines, IA Kimballton, Class of 1964 Virginia Jessen Kraatz Howard Eugene Paulson Elk Horn-Kimballton High School, Class Shirley Lange Lone Hindsgaul Paxton of 1964 Else Lansman Niels M. Pedersen Orville & Amber Esbeck Darlene Marie Mullins Larsen Harry & Frances Petersen Millie Eskov Hans Peter Larsen Lynn Petersen Hans & Mathilde Faarstrup Karl Larsen Sharon Petersen John Kelly Farris, Seattle, WA Kurt Klarskov Larsen Robert Poldberg Hans Frederick Festersen Paul M. & Johanne Larsen Ezra Potts Marianne K. Festersen William B. Larsen Delbert Rasmussen Solveig Gregory Anna E. Laursen Emanuel & Dagny Rasmussen Selma Henriksen Grumstrup Bernhard & Kathrine Wisborg Laursen Louise Jorgensen Byriel Rattenborg Kate Hafke Dorothea Laursen Florence Helen Keller Ries Karen Haigh Meta Laursen Harry Roenfeld Alfred Peter Hansen Arlene Leistad Kaj & Astrid Roge Betty Hansen Kathy Leistad Andrew & Rosa Rosenkild Cleo & Esther Hansen C. Paul Lindholm Dr. Charles Dale Rosenquist Clifford K. & A. Veola Hansen Christian & Karen Lodahl Knute Ruggaard Eugene N. & Kathryn A. Hansen Loved Ones Albert Martin Jensen Schjodt Joyce Hansen Annabelle Madsen Joy Cordia Madsen Scott Julie N. Hansen Dr. Paul O. Madsen Helen Christiansen Shahan Frank Heilesen Harald H. Madsen Clara Simonds Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hemmingsen Harold & Lenora Madsen Barbara Paula Smetzer Norman Henriksen Lars Madsen Thorvald Sorensen Benjaman C. & Emma Clausen Hoegh Lorry I. Madsen Peter Steffensen Signe Madsen Poul & Elie Steffensen

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Edith Alisa Ledet Stolz Jens Thorsen Melvin Weisbrod Holger & Marietta Strandskov Paul Thuesen Chris, Godfrey, Niels & Nina Werner Emma Hansen Swendiman Neils (Nels) Peterson Toft Walter Westergaard Christen Moeller Sweningsen Erik Vange Bodil Wilson Edna Swihart Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Vange Renate Wittrup Christian Syndergaard Dolores Walker Mary (Mert) Yackle Adeline Tarsitano John & Doris Wegener wall of honor The purpose of the museum, PEDER EDVIN ANDERSEN (1927) MARGRETHE RASMUSSEN KVARNES among other things, is to tell the Livermore, California – Margaret Andersen (1890) St. Paul, Minnesota - Larry Peterson of Livermore, CA of Grove City, OH continuing story of the Danish PEDER (BRODERSEN) BROTHERSON KURT KLARSKOV LARSEN (1978) Pell immigrant experience and (1869) Tahiti, French Polynesia – Richard, City, Alabama - Joy Larsen of Oneonta, AL influence in America and the Aldo, and Rexford Brotherson of Tahiti, SØREN CHRISTIAN MIKKELSEN (1921) French Polynesia evolving story of Danish-American Junction City, Oregon - David L. & Pauline heritage. As a way of paying KNUD CHRISTENSEN (1872) Royal, Clay Mikkelsen of Silverton, OR County, Iowa - David & Jane Kruse of tribute, the Danish Immigrant GEORGE HEMMING NIELSEN (1892) Spirit Lake, IA Wall of Honor was established Racine, Wisconsin - Gordon L. Nielsen in 1992 listing the name of an JULIUS A. ERIKSEN (1885) Lawrence, of Tulsa, OK; Lindbergh L. Nielsen of immigrant, their year of entering Kansas - Conrad Dale Eriksen of Fort Waupaca, WI Collins, CO the United States, and their place JENNIE DAGMAR NIELSEN (1905) of settlement. The immigrants’ HANS HANSEN (1899) Centerdale, Iowa - Shafer, Minnesota – Michael W. Garey of Walter Hansen of West Branch, IA Hovland, MN stories and family histories, if JENS P. JENSEN (1885) Peterson, Clay JOHN PETER PETERSON (1890) available, are part of the growing County, Iowa - David & Jane Kruse of Bismarck, North Dakota – Larry Peterson repository at the Museum of Spirit Lake, IA of Grove City, OH; Marilyn Score of Boyceville, WI Danish America’s Genealogy JULIUS A. JOHNSEN & (HELEN) Center. JORGINE RASMUSSEN JOHNSEN LARS PETER PETERSON & ANNA (1912) (1913) Santa Cruz, California - Carol JENSINE PETERSON JENSEN (1890) Listed here are the names of the Johnsen Bassoni of Gilroy, CA (1890) Milltown, Wisconsin – Larry immigrants placed on the Wall in Peterson of Grove City, OH; Marilyn Score CHRIS JOKUMSEN & ANNA DORTHEA of Boyceville, WI 2014: (CHRISTENSEN) JOKUMSEN (1905) (1905) Cedar Falls, Iowa – Daniel FRIEDA KRISTIANA LYNGGAARD Christensen of West Des Moines, IA MIKKELSEN RAU (1927) Chicago, Illinois - Fern E. Rau of Joliet, IL; Lyn Rau Pence HANS JÖRN KNUDSEN & ANNA of Hampton, VA DOROTHEA MOLLSEN KNUDSEN (1872) (1874) Denver, Colorado – Carol Johnsen GERDA EDEL GRANE HENRIKSEN Bassoni of Gilroy, CA WESTENBERGER (1923) Chicago, Illinois - Gloria Culpepper of Long Beach, CA

50 Museum of Danish America in honor The Museum of Danish America Dorothy Stadsvold Feisel’s birthday The Museum’s Volunteers Esther Frost’s 90th birthday John Mark Nielsen for writing the article receives many contributions Genealogy Center about the old Muller clock and its made in honor of beloved family Children of Cleo & Esther Hansen: Stew history in the America Letter (Spring members and friends on special Hansen, Wendell Hansen, Marlene 2014) Fontanini, Judy Campfield, Karen John Mark Nielsen - awarded Bien of the occasions. In 2014 the following Anderson, Susan Fisher and Kathryn Year people or special events were Hansen John Mark Nielsen honored: Lotte Hansen, Danish intern at Merete Nieto’s birthday Genealogy Center Mr. & Mrs. James Petersen, Andersen Family Roger & Marilyn Hanson grandparents of Garey Knudsen Robert W. Brown Isabel Hoegh Megan, Luke & Zane Petersen Irene Svendsen Christensen History translation performed by Gerald Rasmussen The Curatorial Center “expansion” Jim Iversen Gerald Rasmussen on Father’s Day Danish Sisterhood Lodge #3 (Davenport, IA) Jim & Marge Iversen The Sigrid Riddle (Faaborg) Family Nancy Darst Father, LeRoy B. Jensen and family Alice Lauritzen Sittler’s 70th birthday Benedikte Ehlers Larsen Family Reunion, Hastings, NE Springwell Danish Cemetery, Omaha, NE Elk Horn-Kimballton High School Laursen Family Kirsten Strnad class of 1964 James Lindberg Family Henry & Mardell Walter Lyle & Dorothy Feisel Earl Madsen Knud & Lucia Westergaard Gladys McCrory’s 90th birthday gift memberships Ron & Diane Andersen, Council Bluffs, IA Dave & Eva Foulks, DeKalb, IL Mogens & Hanne Norlem, Møldrup, Tycho Andersen, Coralville, IA Usama Hajj, San Francisco, CA Denmark Carol Johnsen Bassoni, Gilroy, CA Jerome & Joann Hansen, Lewiston, ID Eric Nussle, Lake Tapps, WA Marvin & Carolyn Bixby, Springdale, AR Albert Hecker, Des Moines, IA Erik Østergaard, Roskilde, Denmark Ann Bokelman, Hanlontown, IA Scott Hecker, Des Moines, IA Olin Pash, Harlan, IA Aldo, Richard & Odette Brotherson Family, James A. Hennick, Exira, IA David Pedersen, Iowa City, IA French Polynesia, Tahiti Henrik Hundevad, Burnsville, MN Deone Pedersen, Iowa City, IA Marcia Buboltz, Lewis, IA Vance Jorgenson, Mason City, IA Diane Pedersen, Austin, TX Gloria Culpepper, Long Beach, CA Chris Kling, Vanceboro, NC Troy Petersen, Elk Horn, IA The Danish American Archives and Library, Stan & Judy Knudsen, Harlan, IA Larry & Marilyn Peterson, Grove City, OH Blair, NE Allan & Tammy Krueger, Sandy, UT James & Suzanne Rasmussen, Burlington Danish Crown USA, Stig Kæroe, Cranford, NJ Leman USA, Steen Sanderhoff, President, Junction, MO Lynn Diaz, Arden Hills, MN Sturtevant, WI Lyn Rau Pence, Hampton, VA Dale Eriksen, Fort Collins, CO Leif Olsen & Kirsten Mahr, Valby, Denmark Fern Rau, Joliet, IL Inge Esbech, Brovst, Denmark John Mehr, Lake Ridge, VA Mark Ravenholt, Kingston, WA April Esbeck, Iowa City, IA Judith Miller, Audubon, IA Melanie Phoenix & Terry Robinson, Santa Craig Esbeck, Iowa City, IA Philip Mohr, Mt Prospect, IL Rosa, CA Dane Esbeck, Tipton, IA Joel & Dorothy Morris, Kelley, IA Gordon Roesler, Blair, NE John & Mary Esbeck, Tipton, IA Gordon Nielsen, Tulsa, OK Tim & Lori Schuett, Marshalltown, IA Nick Fitzgerald & Erica Esbeck, West Lance & Wende Nielsen, Boise, ID Marilyn Score, Boyceville, WI Branch, IA Lindbergh Nielsen, Waupaca, WI Gary & Carey Snow, Jefferson, SD Nick Martin & Alecia Esbeck, West Warren & Erin Nielsen, Fremont, CA Kathy Sonsalla, Webster City, IA branch, IA Merete Nieto, Los Alamos, NM Jeff & Gerta Sorensen-London, Chicago, IL Paul Esbeck, Glenwood Springs, CO James & June Norlem, Curtis, NE Agnete Temali, Shoreview, MN William & Teresa Esbeck, Tipton, IA Norman Westergaard, Sloan, IA

Annual Report 51 annual report │ 2014 special appeals During the course of each year, the Schleswig-Holstein: Turmoil on the Usama Hajj, San Francisco, CA, in memory Museum of Danish America invites Danish-German Border of Grandma–Softa Bedstemor Elsie its supporters to make contributions Danish Sisterhood Lodge #15, Burlington, WI Rasmussen McNabb to special appeals. The individuals, Kathleen Hoegh, Des Moines, IA, in honor GENEALOGY CENTER of Andersen Family Reunion business, or foundations listed below Kirsten Havrehed, San Francisco, CA Vera Johnson, Clive, IA, in honor of contributed to these appeals in 2014 Nola Schroeder, Cedar Rapid, IA Laursen Family (and are also reflected in the Honor Leo & Gayle Stuart, Walnut, IA Kenneth & Jacquie Kluck, Omaha, NE, in Roll of Contributors). Donors to the memory of Lorrayne K. Andersen Summer Appeal and End-of-Year GRANTS Laverne Lansman, Audubon, IA, in Appeal are included in the Honor Roll Curatorial Department memory of Else Lansman State Historical Society of Iowa, of Contributors. Michele McNabb, Atlantic, IA, in memory Des Moines, IA of Grandma–Softa Bedstemor Elsie VICTOR BORGE LEGACY AWARD Jens Jensen Prairie Landscape Park Rasmussen McNabb R. James & Janet Crowle, Saint Michaels, MD Iowa Great Places, Iowa Department of Sean McNabb, Salt Lake City, UT, in Eric & Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust, Cultural Affairs, Des Moines, IA memory of Grandma–Softa Bedstemor Crystal Lake, IL Prairie Meadows, Altoona, IA Elsie Rasmussen McNabb Shelby County Community Foundation Suzanne Gilbert & Brian McNabb, Los CURATORIAL CENTER (Omaha Community Foundation), Angeles, CA, in memory of Grandma– Anonymous Omaha, NE Softa Bedstemor Elsie Rasmussen Mogens & Cindy Bay, Omaha, NE Exhibit: Photography by Diana Velasco: McNabb Richard Hellman Estate, Oceanside, CA Two Nationalities (and Residency) Annabelle Norris, Council Bluffs, IA, in Iowa West Foundation, Council Bluffs, IA Rural Arts Development Grant, Iowa memory of Lorrayne K. Andersen Irving & Elizabeth Jensen Foundation, Department of Cultural Affairs, Des Olin Pash, Harlan, IA, in memory of Crystal Sioux City, IA Moines, IA Petersen Pash Peter Kiewit Foundation, Omaha, NE Exhibit: Nude Vases, Cubist Faces: Hans & Jeanette Pedersen, Haines City, Audrey Kofoed, West Branch, IA Modernism at Rookwood Pottery FL, in memory of Louis M. Jeppesen John & Elizabeth Lauritzen Foundation, Rural Arts Development Grant, Iowa Troy & Cheryl Petersen, Elk Horn, IA, in Omaha, NE Department of Cultural Affairs, Des honor of Henry & Mardell Walter Randall & Margaret Ruggaard, Hudson, OH Moines, IA Lars & Bente Rasmussen, Libertyville, Exhibit: Schleswig-Holstein: Turmoil on IL, in honor of Benedikte Ehlers for ENDOWED CURATOR POSITION the Danish-German Border the Danish Sisterhood of America’s (Albert Ravenholt Curator of Danish- Humanities Iowa, Iowa City, IA Denmark Tour 2014 American Culture) * Kelly & Joan Scott, Council Bluffs, IA, in Albert Victor Ravenholt Fund, Seattle, WA JENS JENSEN HERITAGE PATH memory of Lorrayne K. Andersen Kathleen Abernathy, Glendale, AZ, in Ken & Yvonne Willadsen, Council Bluffs, memory of Axel & Marie Christensen ENDOWMENT IA, in memory of Lorrayne K. Andersen Marianne K. Festersen Trust, Omaha, NE Ron & Diane Andersen, Council Bluffs, IA, (in special memory of Hans Frederick in memory of Lorrayne K. Andersen JENS JENSEN PRAIRIE Festersen) Dennis & Nancy Boehme, Davenport, IA, in Rita Neergaard Hansen Estate, Kenosha, WI memory of Lorrayne K. Andersen LANDSCAPE PARK Glenn & Mary Ellen Olsen, Atlantic, IA Marcia Buboltz, Lewis, IA, in memory of Country Landscapes, Inc., (Rhett Faaborg), E. Irene Starrett Estate, Audubon, IA Norman L. Henriksen Ames, IA Norma (Larsen) Wilson Estate, Red Oak, IA Lynn Diaz, Arden Hills, MN Midwest Ground Covers LLC (Peter & Irma William & Doris Duff, Weeping Water, NE, Ørum and Craig Keller & Christa Ørum- EVENTS in honor of Alice Lauritzen Sittler’s 70th Keller), Saint Charles, IL Sankt Hans Aften birthday Randall & Margaret Ruggaard, Hudson, OH Danish Brotherhood Lodge #15, Des Randy & Kelly Esbeck, Cumming, GA, in Moines, IA loving memory of Grandparents Orville MADSEN Seating AREA Jerry & Carolyn Madsen Larson, Saint Marne & Elk Horn Telephone Co., Elk Horn, IA & Amber Esbeck Paul, MN Shelby County State Bank, Lyle & Dorothy Stadsvold Feisel, Mike & Kim Madsen Williams, Omaha, NE harlan & Elk Horn, IA Chestertown, MD, in honor of Dorothy Tivoli Fest Stadsvold Feisel’s birthday Garey & Sherry Knudsen, Hutchinson, MN MEZZANINE RENOVATION Chaya Gilbert-McNabb, Los Angeles, William & Berniece Grewcock, Omaha, NE CA, in memory of Grandma–Softa TRAVELING EXHIBITS Bedstemor Elsie Rasmussen McNabb Skål! Scandinavian Spirits WEBSITE RE-DESIGN Roger & LuAnna Gruber, Sioux City, IA, in Danish Brotherhood Lodge #15, Des Albert Victor Ravenholt Fund, Seattle, WA memory of Lorrayne K. Andersen Moines, IA

*See page 22 for an update on the Jens Jensen Heritage Path project.

52 Museum of Danish America the honor roll of contributors The Honor Roll of Contributors support, designated purposes, U.S. Virgin Islands, and 7 countries, recognizes all who have supported memorials, Wall of Honor, Jens namely: Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Museum of Danish America during Jensen Heritage Path, special Denmark, Germany, France and the 2014 calendar year. appeals, matching gifts, endowment French Polynesia, Tahiti. gifts, and gifts-in-kind. Recognition is given to those Additionally, we are pleased to include who attained membership at the This year’s Honor Roll of Contributors on the honor roll, our Organization designated levels with cumulative includes over 3,250 individual Associate members who contribute contributions amounting to $25 members and donors from 45 states, $100 or more to the museum. The or more, including gifts for annual Washington D.C., the territory of the organizations are listed according to their giving level. Annual Leadership Society ORDER OF JYLLAND Poul & Benedikte Ehlers Olesen, Eugene, OR Ellen Westergaard Jackson, Whiting, IA Shelby County Community Foundation, Bridget Jensen, Houston, TX $10,000 & ABOVE Omaha, NE Erna Jensen, Des Moines, IA Dennis Andersen, Atlanta, GA Mike & Kim Williams, Omaha, NE Marnie Jensen, Nebraska City, NE ANONYMOUS ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATE William & Joann Jensen, Urbandale, IA Mogens & Cindy Bay, Omaha, NE Carroll Control Systems, Inc. Iver & Lis Jorgensen, Burnsville, MN Marianne K. Festersen Trust, Omaha, NE (Todd Wanninger), Carroll, IA Karen Karlsson, Monrovia, CA Alf & Lili Gregerson, Ridgefield, WA Dr. Leo H. Kirchhoff, Chico, CA William & Berniece Grewcock, Omaha, NE ORDER OF FYN Clark & Joan Mathisen, Omaha, NE Richard Hellman, Oceanside, CA $2,500 · $4,999 Marilyn J. Meyer, Everly, IA Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, State Joy Larsen, Oneonta, AL Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, IA Gary & Cynthia Larsen Adams, Littleton, CO Daniel Christensen, West Des Moines, IA Marlys Lindholm, Maple Plain, MN Iowa West Foundation, Council Bluffs, IA Richard & Karen Nelson, Albert Lea, MN Irving & Elizabeth Jensen Foundation, Sioux John Mark & Dawn Nielsen, Blair, NE Humanities Iowa, Iowa City, IA Kai & Starr Nyby, Michigan City, IN City, IA Glenn & Mary Ellen Olsen, Atlantic, IA Audrey Kofoed, West Branch, IA Vera Johnson, Clive, IA Garey & Sherry Knudsen, Hutchinson, MN Marian “Mittie” Ostergaard, Mission Viejo, CA John & Elizabeth Lauritzen Foundation, Carl Rasmusseum & Cindi Rasmussen, Omaha, NE Carl & Marilyn Mehr, San Diego, CA Mark & Lori Nussle, Palos Park, IL Nevada, IA Eric & Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust, Elva Rasmussen, Elk Horn, IA Crystal Lake, IL Folmer & Vera Nyby, Michigan City, IN Prairie Meadows, Altoona, IA Randall & Margaret Ruggaard, Hudson, OH Peter Kiewit Foundation, Omaha, NE Jerry L. Schrader, DVM, Elk Horn, IA The Petersen Family Foundation, Inc. Robert K. Sandahl Estate, Hector, MN Karen Suchomel, West Branch, IA Agnite M. Astine Schreiber Foundation, (H. Rand & Mary Louise Petersen), Inc., Shepherdstown, WV Harlan, IA Lissi Vange, Evanston, IL ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATE Egon Simonsen, Elk Horn, IA Albert Victor Ravenholt Fund, Seattle, WA Flemming & Lynn Smitsdorff, Germantown, WI E. Irene Starrett Estate, Audubon, IA Country Landscape, Inc. (Rhett Faaborg), Ames, IA Mark & Cheryl Strandskov, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des mount Pleasant, MI Moines, IA Leo & Gayle Stuart, Walnut, IA Carl & Frances Steffensen, Houston, TX ORDER OF BORNHOLM Svend & Lois Toftemark, Eugene, OR Norma (Larsen) Wilson Estate, Red Oak, IA $1,000 ∙ $2,499 ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATEs ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATE Danebod Lutheran Church, Tyler, MN Midwest Groundcovers, LLC (Peter & Irma Richard & Rosalie Andersen, Harlan, IA ANONYMOUS Danish Brotherhood Lodge #15, Ørum, Craig Keller & Christa Orum- Des Moines, IA Keller), Saint Charles, IL Muriel Bacon, Harlan, IA Carol Bassoni, Gilroy, CA Danish Brotherhood Lodge #56, Lenexa, KS ORDER OF SJÆLLAND Bien Publishing Inc. (René Gross Den Danske Pioneer (Elsa Steffensen & Kærskov), Pacific Palisades, CA Linda Steffensen), Hoffman Estates, IL $5,000 ∙ $9,999 James & Elizabeth Bramsen, Barrington, IL Faith, Family & Freedom Foundation Erik & Eva Andersen, Croton-on-Hudson, NY Paul & Karen Emanuelsen, Royal Oak, MI (Kenneth & Marlene Larsen), R. James & Janet Borge Crowle, Saint David & Helen Esbeck, San Diego, CA callistoga, CA Michaels, MD Charles & Joanne Frederiksen, Ames, IA Knudsen Old Timers, Glendale, CA Ramona L. Esbeck, Ames, IA William & Marilyn Gift, Clive, IA Rebild National Park Society, So. California Rita Neergaard Hansen Estate, Kenosha, WI Alden & Birgitte Flanders, North Andover, MA Chapter, Los Angeles, CA area Stewart & LeNore Hansen, West Des Rober D. Hansen, Sr., Carver, MN Red River Danes, Fargo, ND Moines, IA Curtis & Nancy Hoegh, Clive, IA Independent Order of Svithiod, Verdandi James & Margery Iversen, Decorah, IA Isabel Hoegh, Atlantic, IA Lodge #3, Chicago, IL Nils & Kathleen Jensen, Portland, OR Harold Holliday, Jr. & Consul Anna Jerome R. & Carolyn Larson, Saint Paul, MN Thomsen Holliday, Houston, TX Dagmar Muthamia, Long Beach, CA Roy & Patricia Hougen, Ames, IA

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ORDER OF LOLLAND Danish Brotherhood Lodge #14, Jeanette Lillehoj, Kimballton, IA Kenosha, WI James & Sara Jane Lindberg, Denver, CO $500 ∙ $999 Danish Brotherhood, Heartland District William Lindborg, Long Beach, CA Enis & Karen Alldredge, Carbondale, CO Lodges, Des Moines, IA JoAnn Jensen Luedecke, Colorado Jergen & Jean Barber, Waukesha, WI Danish Club of Tucson, Tucson, AZ Springs, CO Steven & Jean Beisler, Iowa City, IA Marne Elk Horn Telephone Co., Elk Horn, IA George & Kristen Lund, Scottsdale, AZ Arvid Bollesen, Tustin, CA The Rasmussen Group (Sandra Steven Lund, Yuma, AZ Ronald & Mary Bro, Cedar Falls, IA Rasmussen), Des Moines, IA Alan & Patricia Madsen, Champaign, IL Rich Inman & Melinda Brown, Littleton, CO Francis A. Madsen, Jr., Holladay, UT California Lutheran University, Rich & La Donna Matthes, Naples, FL thousand Oaks, CA ORDER OF FALSTER Michele McNabb, Atlantic, IA Marcella Carey, San Clemente, CA $250 ∙ $499 Duncan & Kathryn Meldrum, Mertztown, PA Carlo Christensen, Glendale, CA Inger Andersen, St. Louis, MO David & Pauline Mikkelsen, Silverton, OR Erik & Lone Christensen, Brown Deer, WI Jorgen & Donna Andersen, Arcadia, CA Alan & Donna Christensen Mores, Harlan, IA Lois Christensen, Elk Horn, IA Judy Andersen, Cary, NC Richard & Norma Lange Nelson, Elk Horn, IA Reinhard & Pamela Danger, Rochester, NY Margaret Andersen, Livermore, CA Ellen Warren & Wade Nelson, Sturgis, MI Lynn Diaz, Arden Hills, MN Ron & Diane Andersen, Council Bluffs, IA Mary Nelson, West Lafayette, IN Shirley Doonan, Alexandria, MN T.R. Andersen, Jr., Audubon, IA Consul Karen E. Nielsen, Overland Park, KS Bente Ellis, San Jose, CA Edwin & Ethel Barker, Iowa City, IA Marlin & Charlotte Nielsen, Des Moines, IA C. Dale Eriksen, Fort Collins, CO Donald Best, Los Angeles, CA Shelley Nielsen, Greeley, CO Gordon & Janice Esbeck, Tipton, IA Donald & Audrey Bockelman, Robert Olsen, Carroll, IA Randall & Kelly Esbeck, Cumming, GA harrisonville, MO Duane & Karolyn Ortgies, Massena, IA Larry & Janis Fajen, Elk Horn, IA Egon & Diana Bodtker, Salem, OR Lloyd & Vickey Pedersen, Medford, OR Lyle & Dorothy Stadsvold Feisel, Sandra Boeskov, Seattle, WA Dean Petersen, Lafayette, IN Chestertown, MD Guy & Elizabeth Boye, Franklin, TN Everett & Doreen Petersen, Hampton, IA Margrethe Feldman, Los Alamos, NM Kyle & Karen Brocker, Napa, CA Peter & Shirley Petersen, Canyon, TX Earl & LaVena Fries, Des Moines, IA Aldo, Richard & Odette Brotherson Family, Svend & Grethe Petersen, Bloomington, MN Rodney & Rosanne Fulton, Council Bluffs, IA French Polynesia, Tahiti Mark Pedersen & Joseph Price, Omaha, NE Larry Gregory, Cedar Falls, IA Everett & Louise Brown, Indianola, IA Robert & Joan Price, Papillion, NE Charles & Emma Hansen, Mt. Prospect, IL Timothy & Christine Burchill, Jamestown, ND Henrik & Kristina Rasmussen, Springfield, IL David & Paulette Hendee, Omaha, NE David & Staci Byrd, Denton, TX Lars & Bente Rasmussen, Libertyville, IL Kathleen Hoegh, Des Moines, IA Linda Carlson, Leonardtown, MD Sigrid Rasmussen, Junction City, OR Helen Howe, Muscatine, IA Borge M. Christensen, PhD, Rochester, MN Fern Rau, Joliet, IL Peder & Doris Hoy, Modesto, CA Ellen Christensen, Temecula, CA Nola Schroeder, Cedar Rapids, IA Richard & Edna Jacobsen, Tacoma, WA Edmund Clausen, Oakland, CA Marilyn Score, Boyceville, WI Janet Jensen, Saint Peter, MN Hans Clausen, West Hills, CA Edith Skene, Ventura, IA Kristi Planck Johnson, Bethesda, MD Rosa Clemsen, Exira, IA Paul & Marie Sørensen, DeKalb, IL Rhoda Kelloway, Atlantic, IA Gloria Culpepper, Long Beach, CA Peter & Eva Stonebraker, Deerfield, IL Ronald & Betty Knapp, Gibson City, IL Norman & Lola Danielsen, Randolph, KS Kirsten Nielsen Strnad, Faribault, MN Lowell & Marilyn Kramme, Des Moines, IA Roger & Ellen Doty, Indianapolis, IN Helen Stub, Minneapolis, MN David & Jane Kruse, Spirit Lake, IA Don & Anne Eppley, Omaha, NE Alan & Lorene Thomsen, Fremont, NE Dennis & Gwen Lange, Knoxville, TN Janice Forney, Waukee, IA Peter & Sharon Toxby, Bellevue, WA Dean & Barbara Larsen, Overland Park, KS Michael & Kristin Garey, Hovland, MN Charlene Villars, Minden, NE James Lorensen, Phillipsburg, KS Chris & Jan Glintborg, Elgin, IL Nancy Walden, Des Moines, IA Dr. Renate Madsen, Madison, WI Carl Hansen, Tequesta, FL Sonja Hansen Walker, Minneapolis, MN Joe & LuAnn Meyers, Fitchburg, WI Ethan & Patricia Hansen, Atascadero, CA Thomas and Diann Weinman, John W. & Elizabeth Nielsen, Blair, NE Frederick “Fritz” Hansen, Wichita, KS Des Moines, IA Peter & Faith Nielsen, Naples, FL Ingrid Hansen, Lincoln, NE Norman Westergaard, Sloan, IA J. Brent & Shirley Norlem, Monticello, MN Roger & Marilyn Hanson, Cedar Falls, IA ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATES Eric & Lisa Olesen, Racine, WI Kirsten Havrehed, San Francisco, CA A & A Framing (Annette Andersen), Olin Pash, Harlan, IA Harold Hoiberg, Silver Springs, MD Kimballton, IA Martin Pedersen, Bennington, NE Raymond & Joyce Holland, Bettendorf, IA Atlantic Friends of The Danish Immigrant Larry & Marilyn Peterson, Grove City, OH Hugh & Jane Hunt, Blair, NE Museum, Atlantic, IA Jorgen & Martha Rasmussen, Ames, IA Elise Jensen, Newell, IA Danebod Folk School, Tyler, MN Robert & Nancy Rasmussen, Berlin, NJ Esther Jensen, Santa Maria, CA Danish Brotherhood Lodge #35, Paul & Sharlene Roge, Northbrook, IL Harvey & Ardyce Jensen, State College, PA Homewood, IL Leroy & Nancy Sand, Kimballton, IA Irving F. & Carolyn Jensen, Sioux City, IA Danish Crown USA (Stig H. Kjaeroe), Marc & Barbara Shelstrom, Lancaster, WI Lynn & Connie Johnson, Exira, IA Cranford, NJ Neal & Jeanne Thuesen, Cedar Falls, IA Paul & Elizabeth Johnson, Fremont, NE Danish Sisterhood Lodge #21, Denver, CO ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATES Hans & Kathy Jorgensen, Loveland, CO Harlan Newspapers (Steven Mores & Andersen Windows (Sarah J. Andersen), Jon Frega & Eleanor Jorgensen, Prairie Alan L. Mores), Harlan, IA Bayport, MN Village, KS House of Denmark, San Diego, CA Answers (Frank R. Tighe), Atlantic, IA John Kirwan, Bellevue, NE Kirsten’s Danish Bakery (Paul & Kirsten Christopher Ranch LLC (Donald & Karen Finn & Margrethe Knudsen, Evergreen, CO Andersen Jepsen), Hinsdale, IL Christopher), Gilroy, CA Mogens Knudsen, Omaha, NE Olsen, Muhlbauer & Co., L.L.P., Carroll, IA Danish American Club of Milwaukee, Knud & Paula Larsen, Roseburg, OR Shelby County State Bank, Harlan & Milwaukee, WI William & Antoinette Lawson, Green Bay, WI elk Horn, IA Danish Brotherhood Lodge #1, Omaha, NE Arlo & Joann Ledet, Huxley, IA TK Petersen (Thorvald K. Petersen), John Leistad, Elk Horn, IA santa Monica, CA Erik Lillehoj, West Friendship, MD

54 Museum of Danish America ORDER OF AMAGER Ray & Tove Carver, Lancaster, CA Eric Faaborg, Cedar Rapids, IA Christian & Cecily Castenskiold, Sally og Gordon Faber, Urbandale, IA $100 ∙ $249 rancho Santa Fe, CA Cora Fagre, Loveland, CO G. Ernest & Marilyn Abariotes, Blair, NE Elinor Chase, Hackensack, MN Daniel MacMillan & Juleann Fallgatter, Kathleen Abernathy, Glendale, AZ Hal & Avril Chase, Des Moines, IA Washington, DC Marie Addison, Murdo, SD Dale & Linda Chimenti, Ames, IA Spencer & Lilia Fallgatter, Chandler, AZ James Petersen & Erica Agesen, Bent & Henni Christensen, Michael & Sanna Feirstein, New York, NY medford, OR huntington Beach, CA Myrtle Felkner, Centerville, IA Ann Andersen, Cornelius, NC Dennis & Judy Christensen, Cedar Falls, IA Arnold & Alanna Fenske, Winona, MN Ardean & Annebell Andersen, Aurora, NE Don & Annegrethe Christensen, Tucson, AZ John & Ester Fesler, Minneapolis, MN Dale & Nancy Andersen, Princeton, IL Don & Arda Jean Christensen, Gloria Fiedler, Davenport, IA Jerry & Shirley Andersen, Chicago, IL salt Lake City, UT James & Paulette Fisher, Le Claire, IA Robert & Linda Andersen, Avoca, IA Frank & Edith Christensen, Shoreline, WA Sue Fisher, Des Moines, IA Roger & Joan Andersen, Ames, IA James Christensen, Carlsbad, CA Dean & Julie Flesner, Woodstock, GA Ruth Andersen, Fresno, CA James & Joy Christensen, Peter Flinch, Alexandria, VA Darrell & Milda Anderson, Luck, WI elk Grove Village, IL Hans Flinch & Nan Nixon, Chapel Hill, NC Elwyn & Susan Anderson, Orangeville, IL John & Jean Christensen, Fort Dodge, IA Ben Hong & Annette Floystrup, Oakland, CA Karen Anderson, Des Moines, IA Paul & Sue Christensen, Rockford, IL Roland Fog, Belle Mead, NJ Keith & Paula Anderson, Gaylord, MN Raymond & Ramona Christensen, Laura Folden, Minneapolis, MN Consul Craig & Chris Andrews, La Jolla, CA Rosemount, MN Raymond & Virginia Frandsen, ANONYMOUS J. Robert & Joyce Christensen, Minneapolis, MN Donald & Karen Antonel, Atascadero, CA park Ridge, IL Don & Beverley Freberg, Prairie Village, KS Ron & Jan Arkfeld, Defiance, IA Tom & Ann Christensen, Tim & Cindy Fredericksen, Elk Horn, IA Arlie & Ardys Askelson, Indian Hills, CO colorado Springs, CO Mark & Barb Frederiksen, Peyton, CO Dennis Barten, Kirkwood, MO Vaughn & Clarice Christensen, Blair, NE Norman Freund, Fremont, NE Bonnie Bates, Sioux City, IA Virgil & Joyce Christensen, Harlan, IA Larry & Carol Frost, Ashland, NE Robert & Joyce Beasley, Altoona, IA A. Gwendolyn Christiansen, St. Paul, MN Richard Hileman & Sara Gaarde, Dale Beck, Maricopa, AZ Dale & Laurel Christiansen, Dannebrog, NE mount Vernon, IA Roger & Margo Behler, Avon, CO Monty & Connie Christiansen, J. Brian & Margaret Garrett, Centennial, CO Frank & Julie Bellon, Cedar Rapids, IA state College, PA Frank & Christie Jensen Gehringer, Inez Benjes, Craig, NE Philip & Deborah Christiansen, Omaha, NE omaha, NE Anton Berg, DeKalb, IL Robert & Martha Christiansen, Tempe, AZ James & Catrine Giery, Myrtle Beach, SC Robert & Betty Berg, DeMotte, IN John & Birgitte Christianson, Minneapolis, MN Jerry & Joyce Gilbert, Eugene, OR Erna Berthelsen, Albert Lea, MN Ardyth Christoffersen, Greenfield, IA Clyde & Nathalie Givens, Jr., Daleville, VA Aase Besson, Lake Oswego, OR Myrvin & Anne Christopherson, Decorah, IA Johannes & Roelie Goddik, Dayton, OR Signe T. Nielsen Betsinger, Anita Clark, DeLand, FL Steve & Ann Godwin, Medford, OR falcon Heights, MN Philip & Sally Clausen, Ames, IA Gerda Gomes, Leesburg, VA James & Deb Bieker, Elk Horn, IA Robert & Joan Coffey, Menomonee Falls, WI Senator & Mrs. Charles E. Grassley, Royal & Shirley Bierbaum, Griswold, IA Robert & Birgit Coffman, Iowa City, IA Arlington, VA Gary & Vivian Biesecker, High Point, NC James & Dorothy Colburn, Naples, FL Arne Graversgaard, Corral de Tierra, CA Paul Bixby, Fayetteville, AR Mary Cole, Tucson, AZ Lois Greene, White Lake, MI Horace & Barbara Bjorn, Creston, IA Kim Coleman, Omaha, NE Kenneth & Evelyn Gregersen, Paul & Gyritha Blinkilde, Lathrup Village, MI Bent & Lee Collin, Washington, MO Gold Canyon, AZ Hugo & Mary Ann Block, Neponset, IL Richard & Marlys Cook, West Des Moines, IA James & Sareta Brix Gregory, Thomas & Molly Boast, Brooklyn, NY John & Marcia Copeland, Plymouth, MN Las Cruces, NM Michael & Lisa Boesen, Bellaire, TX Henry & Carol Crain, Davenport, IA Doris Greve, Walnut, IA Per & Nora Bogehegn, Elk Grove Village, IL Jeff & Cherisse Croll, Castle Rock, CO Joanne Greving, Elk Horn, IA P. K. & Gloria Bonde, Longmont, CO Craig & Tonya Cunningham, Erling Grumstrup, Solvang, CA Richard Bonnesen, Aurelia, IA West Des Moines, IA John & Leona Grutzik, Buena Park, CA John & Margie Bornhoft, Tyler, MN Michael & Betty Ann Dall, Colorado William & Lois Gydesen, Byron & Diana Boysen, Argyle, WI Springs, CO inver Grove Heights, MN Preben & Anne Dorte Brandenhoff, Laurie Dauber, West Branch, IA John & Nancy Hackley, Burnsville, MN san Francisco, CA Consul Ray Jens & Cherry Daugbjerg, Patricia Hall, Plymouth, MN Steven Olson & Tova Brandt, Harlan, IA Brenham, TX Archibald Hansen, Wilmington, NC Thomas & Linda Brandt, Minneapolis, MN Robert & Sophie Davey, Omaha, NE Charles Hansen, Sausalito, CA Otto & Minna Brask, Kirkland, WA Marvin & Shirley Davis, Ames, IA Christine Hansen, Washington, DC Arne & Angel Brinkland, Orange, CA Ruth Dent, Goodyear, AZ Dallas Hansen, Elk Horn, IA Bernice Bro, Ames, IA E. Joe and Frances Dieu, Sequim, WA David & Margaret Hansen, Las Cruces, NM Bruce Bro, Henderson, NV Joe Melicher & Melissa Dinesen, Harlan, IA James Kasper & Lucy Hansen, Tipton, IA Douglas & Glenda Bro, Claremont, CA Mette Djokovich, Orange, CA Joe & Rose Jean Hansen, Des Moines, IA Franklin & Ora Mae Bro, Toledo, IA William & Leah Doherty, Roseville, MN Marvel Hansen, Lenexa, KS Eugene & Ruthe Brocker, Anita, IA Walter & Elaine Dolgireff, Santa Rosa, CA Paul & Joyce Hansen, Lincoln, NE John Roof & Beth Bro-Roof, Mary Owens & John Domingo, Peter & Karolee Hansen, Kenai, AK cedar Rapids, IA Williamsburg, VA Roger & Natalie Hansen, Carroll, IA Bettie Gormsen Brown, Cocoa, FL William & Doris Duff, Weeping Water, NE Rosemary Hansen, St. Louis Park, MN H. Donald & Margie Brown, Seal Beach, CA Leif & Sine Duus, Minneapolis, MN Sten Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark James & Annette Brown, Mishicot, WI Barry & Winnie Edmonds, East Hampton, CT William Hansen, Overland Park, KS Phillip & Rebeca Bryant, West Des Moines, IA Robert & Lillian Eggerss, Lincoln, CA Judy Hanson, Lake Crystal, MN Marcia Buboltz, Lewis, IA Delos & Karen Eilers, Cottage Grove, MN Kent & Connie Hanson, Glendora, CA Ellen Buchy, Jr., San Diego, CA William Emanuelsen, San Pedro, CA Verlan & Helga Hanson, Blair, NE Mary Bullamore, Milwaukee, WI Edward Esbeck, Olympia, WA Margaret Hatcher, Harlan, IA Betty Cahoon, Iowa City, IA Shirley Esbeck, Elk Horn, IA Dallas Havick, Harlan, IA William & Judy Campfield, Ankeny, IA Elaine Faaborg, Puyallup, WA Annual Report 55 annual report │ 2014

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Steven & Lynda Hegg, Holland, MI Tove Jespersen Minneapolis, MN Natalie Larson, Hobe Sound, FL Ruth Heggen, Wells, MN Jes & Gerda Jessen, Yuma, AZ Paul & Carol Laursen, Crawfordsville, IN Frank & Alison Heilesen, Santa Rosa, CA Doris Johansen, Milan, IL Phyllis Lentz, Aurora, IA Kenneth & Beth Heitman, Glenwood IA Margaret Johansen, Luck, WI Gracie Lernø, Simi Valley, CA Michael & Jill Hennick, Blair, NE Beverly Johnson, Seattle, WA Jacquelyn Lewis, Harlan, IA Kent & Carole Henning, Johnston, IA Bruce Johnson, Lincolnshire, IL Camilla Rambusch Leyser, Palm City, FL Alice Henriksen, Brønshøj, Denmark Charles & Barbara Johnson, Las Vegas, NV Carole Liljedahl, Missouri Valley, IA Alicia Henriksen, Chicago, IL Dolores Johnson, Iowa City, IA Kenneth & Beverly Lind, Waterloo, IA Marie Henriksen, Arco, MN Inge Johnson, Tuscumbia, AL Anni Jensen Lipper, Del Mar, CA Paul & Kristy Henriksen, Pipestone, MN Julianne Johnson, Columbus, OH Maurice Lykke, Fargo, ND Per & Laurie Hesel, Pawnee City, NE Kris & Michelle Johnson, Brimfield, IL Ole Lyngklip III, New York, NY John & Barbara Hill, Camarillo, CA Ronald & Joyce Johnson, Raleigh, NC Jette Mackintosh, Birkerød, Denmark Calvin & Phyllis Hoegh, Elk Horn, IA Shirley Johnson, Temecula, CA Earl Madsen, Elk Horn, IA Ralf & Inga Hoifeldt, Urbandale, IA Verlee Johnson, Atlantic, IA Edgar Madsen, Princeton, NJ Janet Hoins, Waverly, IA Vernon & Margaret Johnson, Beaverton, OR Ingrid Madsen, Berkeley, CA Chester & Marj Holland, Atlantic, IA Terry & Lori Jones, Texarkana, TX Wayne Madsen, Simi Valley, CA Donald & Ann Louise Holm, Lincoln, NE Alice Jorgensen, Ferndale, MI Donald & Shirley Mann, Murrieta, CA Donald & Bonnie Holm, Chandler, AZ Carl J. C. Jorgensen, Fort Collins, CO Carl Marckmann, Prescott, AZ Irving & Ingrid Holm, Omaha, NE Don & Joyce Jorgensen, Ripon, WI Michael Madison & Susan Marquesen, Charles Holmes, Greeley, CO Herbert & Carol Jorgensen, Green Lake, WI Pittsburgh, PA Martin & Lauren Holst, Cedar Falls, IA James & Linda Jorgensen, Blair, NE Charles & Carol Martin, Detroit Lakes, MN Paul & Andrea Holst, Cedar Falls, IA Paul & Karen Jorgensen, Eugene, OR Ronald & Barbara Martin, Morrison, CO Willi Holst, El Paso, TX Karen Jorgensen-Reynolds, Moline, IL Zona Mathison, Moorhead, MN Katherine Hoover, Lincolnshire, MN Barbara Jorgenson, Emery, SD Nancy Maynard, Davis, CA Judith Hopson, Ames, IA Niels Knutson & Martha Josephson, Elvira McCarty, Great Falls, MT Norma Horswell, Lyndhurst, OH Washington, DC Brad & Theresa McClatchey, Plattsmouth, NE James Horton, Scottsdale, AZ Richard & Rita Juhl, Minneapolis, MN Gladys McCrory, Atlantic, IA Suellen Hudson, Pensacola, FL Jean Kaldahl, Port Townsend, WA Elliott McDonald, Davenport, IA Gaylin & Marcia Huey, Audubon, IA Marybeth Kantner, Arvada, CO Wayne & Margot McDonnell, Tempe, AZ Don Lenef & Joy Ibsen, Ontonagon, MI Thomas & Jerre Karl, Loudon, TN Craig & Joan McKee, Montezuma, IA O. Elizabeth Ibsen, Urbandale, IA Richard & Mary Keller, Cottage Grove, MN John & Cyndi McKeen, St. Paul, MN John Impagliazzo, Northport, NY James & Beverly Keltner, New Auburn, WI Toni McLeod, Fargo, ND Lis Ingerslev, Upland, CA Eric & Ginger Ketelsen, Rochester, MI Sean McNabb & Laurie Sartorio McNabb, Dale & Barbara Lund Irvin, Omaha, NE June Goldman & Karl Kiilsholm, Okoboji, IA Salt Lake City, UT Ahlmann & Herta Iversen, Oak Lawn, IL Jim & Elaine Hansen- Kinchen, Volcano, CA Margaret Metcalf, Houston, TX Philip & Sarah Iversen, Decorah, IA Peder Kirkegaard, Lake Geneva, WI Jesper & Hanne Michelsen, Palatine, IL Barbara Jacobsen, Atlantic, IA Frances Kittelmann, Washingtonville, NY Daniel & Alice Mikel, West St. Paul, MN Paul & Nancy Jacobsen, Boone, IA Paul & Margit Kjeldbjerg, Prospect John & Merrilee Miller, Omaha, NE Todd & Tami Jacobsen, Kimballton, IA Heights, IL William & Martha Miller, Bloomington, IL William & Connie Jacobsen, Ralston, NE Virginia Kjolhede, Mt. Pleasant, MI Gordon & Carol Mills, Dubuque, IA Inge & Marge Jacobson, Helena, MT John & Ramona Klaasmeyer, Omaha, NE George & Deborah Misner, Delhi, NY Scot & Joellen Janssen, Stacyville, IA Jytte Klarlund, Lawrence, KS Egon & Laina Molbak, Clyde Hill, WA Joann Jarvis, Omaha, NE Richard & JoAnn Kleber, Northfield, MN Amanda Golbeck & Craig Molgaard, Robert Jennings, Muskegon, MI Luther & Doris Kloth, Milwaukee, WI Missoula, MT Arne & Inger Jensen, Waterloo, IA Roger & Patricia Klotz, Anaheim, CA Glenda Molgaard, Fort Dodge, IA Craig & Shannon Jensen, Audubon, IA George & Carole Knaub, Richmond, TX John & Karen Molgaard, Atlantic, IA Daniel Jensen, Columbus, OH Janet Knudsen, Overland Park, KS Steven & Michelle Mores, Harlan, IA Darrell Jensen, Audubon, IA Merlyn & Jeanette Knudsen, Elk Horn, IA Bent & Liselotte Mortensen, Dania Beach, FL Douglas Jensen, Des Moines, IA Roger & Nancy Knudsen, Winesburg, OH Else Mortensen, Bonner Springs, KS Dwight & Patricia Jensen, Iowa City, IA Sonja Knudsen, Rock Island, IL Jill Mortensen, Millville, NJ Elaine Jensen, Merritt Island, FL Svend & Elin Koch, Cedar Falls, IA Joel & Carla Mortensen, Minneapolis, MN Ernst & Linda Jensen, Seattle, WA Chris & Lisa Kofoed, West Branch, IA Robert & Glennda Mortenson, Elk Horn, IA Erving & Beverly Jensen, Lake St. Louis, MO Leonore Koptizke, Gillett, WI Robert & Stella Mosborg, Savoy, IL Finn Vang & Laetitia Jensen, Glen Allen, VA William & Charlotte Kraft, Fall Creek, WI Franklin & Mary Mosdal, Billings, MT Glenn & Marjorie Jensen, Marion, IA Christopher & Claire Kramme, Uccle, Belgium Jørn & Bodil Muller, Hillsboro, OR Harald Jensen, Hawarden, IA Richard & Marilyn Kramme, Des Moines, IA William & Margie Nelsen, Saint Peter, MN Harold & Carole Jensen, Ames, IA Robert & Ruth Kramme, Des Moines, IA Earl Nelson, Mount Pleasant, WI Jan Jensen, Coralville, IA Kaj & Eva Kristensen, Corte Madera, CA Marvin & Sandra Sue Nelson, Enumclaw, WA Joel & Marjorie Jensen, St. Davids, PA Dale & Karen Krog, Tracy, MN Robert & Frances Nelson, Atlantic, IA Mark & Tracy Jensen, Moorhead, MN Glenn Krog, Lake Benton, MN Timothy Nelson, Madison, WI Mary Ellen Herbert & Paul Jensen, Staten Robert & Joan Krogh, Blair, NE Andrew & Kathryn Nielsen, Greeley, CO Island, NY Elaine Krueger, Elmwood Park, IL David & Gail Nielsen, Urbandale, IA Maynard & Rose Marie Jensen, Leo & Mary Beth Lake, Minneapolis, MN Ellen Nielsen, Boone, IA Kimballton, IA Laverne Lansman, Audubon, IA Eric & Ruth Nielsen, Antioch, IL Richard & Dorothy Jensen, Provo, UT Kristine Lapehn, Centennial, CO Flemming & Annelise Nielsen, Ishøj, Terrence Jensen, Ames, IA Allan & Reta Larsen, Elk Horn, IA Denmark Virgil & Shirley Jensen, Palm Desert, CA Curtis & Mary Larsen, Helena, MT Gordon Nielsen, Tulsa, OK Virginia Jensen, Lincoln, CA Edith Larsen, Elk Horn, IA James & Dianne Nielsen, Kimballton, IA Ada Jeppesen, Blair, NE Kent & Beverly Larsen, Polk City, IA Larry Nielsen, Carroll, IA Paul Jeremiassen, Olney, MT Paul Larsen, Copperopolis, CA Leif & Diana Nielsen, Chicago, IL Delores Jespersen, Des Moines, IA Philip & Florence Larsen, Blair, NE Lindbergh Nielsen, Waupaca, WI Gary & Suzanne Jespersen, Spokane, WA Sonya Larsen, Iowa City, IA Lori Nielsen, Blair, NE William & Judith Larsen, Scottsdale, AZ Robert & Arleen Nielsen, Bannockburn, IL 56 Museum of Danish America Steve & Susan Nielsen, Pamela Hansen Ruben, Larry Valade, Fredericksburg, VA bainbridge Island, WA menomonee Falls, WI Katrine Vange Keller, Wilmette, IL W. Clayton Nielsen, Solvang, CA Theodore & Jenny Rudberg, Emerson, NE Borge & Judith Villumsen, Greeley, CO George & Inge Nord, Reedley, CA Rita Ruggaard, Fountain Hills, AZ Palle Vraast-Thomsen, Pacifica, CA Larry & Sherry Northup, Ames, IA Terrence & Karn Ryken, Chelmsford, MA Judith Walden, Des Moines, IA John & Janet Norton, Moline, IL Kenneth & Carolyn Sand, Evelyn Walker, Warren, MI Alfred Nyby, Culver, IN prairie du Chien, WI Robert & Helga Wallner, Duluth, MN Andy & Diana Nyby, Humble, TX Richard & Lori Sand, Kansas City, MO Ardes Weedman, LaVista, NE Allan & Ruth Nyegaard, Eugene, OR James & Jerrie Savery, Carroll, IA Donald & Joyce Wegener, Bolingbrook, IL Karen & Lynne Olesen, Redwood City, CA Stephen & Helen Sawtell, Omaha, NE Roy & Thelma “Sally” Wehde, Phoenix, AZ Norman Oleson, Cedar Falls, IA Earl & Connie Schell, Fort Covington, NY Alan & Judy Wenell, Columbia, MD Charles & Jane Olsen, Leawood, KS Ellen & Claire Schloenvogt, Lincoln, CA Martin West, Huntington Beach, CA Christopher & Sally Olsen, Cedar Rapids, IA Irene Schmidt, Atlantic, IA Henrietta Wheeler, Rochester, MN James & Susan Olsen, Blair, NE Constance Schneider, Lincoln, NE Pamela Whitmore, Des Moines, IA William & Beverly Olsen, Rochester, NY Karen Schneider, Cincinnati, OH Glen & Lola Wiese, River Falls, WI O. Leland & Helen Osborne, Belmont, CA Cynthia Schou, Bloomington, MN Richard & Mildred Wilcox, Cherry Hill, NJ Ann Ostergaard, Pittsburgh, PA John & Linda Seeley, Willow Springs, MO Evan & Maria Kramme Williams, Summit, NJ Donald Ostrus, Los Altos, CA Randi Selehdar, Potomac, MD Glenn Williams, Lincoln, NE Eric & Susan Pallant, Meadville, PA Bente Hansen Shoar, Napa, CA Harold & Ruth Williams, Leavenworth, KS Hillary Parker, Carter Lake, IA Phyllis Shrader, Gainesville, VA Robert & Jeanette Williams, Springfield, MO Kenneth & Jane Paulsen, Johnston, IA Patricia Simmons, Waterloo, IA Michael & Carol Wilson, Fountain Hills, AZ Curt Pedersen, Tucson, AZ James & Pat Simms, Carlisle, PA Merlyn & Sonna Winther, Spencer, IA Donna Pedersen, Luck, WI Jens & Eileen Simonsen, Oakdale, NE Donald & Phyllis Witzel, Palmer, AK Duane & Anna Pedersen, Ames, NE Robert Simonsen, Topeka, KS John & Gail Witzel, Bloomington, MN Georg & Nina Pedersen, Seattle, WA Harold & Ann Slaight, Omaha, NE Søren & Sue Wolff, Holland, MI Hans & Jeanette Pedersen, Haines City, FL Waldo Smeby, Mason City, IA Doug & Kirsten Wood, Chino, CA Paul Pedersen, St. Charles, IL Douglas & Wanda Smith, Atlantic, IA John & Deborah Schou Wood, Wilma Pedersen, Iowa City, IA Edna Smith, South Dayton, NY oklahoma City, OK Dave & Melinda Pell, Jackson, MN LaVerne & Joyce Smith, Elk Horn, IA Sandra Wunder, Omaha, NE John Pesek, Ames, IA Mark & Barb Smith, Elk Horn, IA Alvie & Katherine Young, Ames, IA Celius & Rosemary Petersen, Elk Horn, IA Chris & Yvonne Sorensen, Wapakoneta, OH Debra Yurosek, Bakersfield, CA David & Ruth Petersen, Erik Sorensen, Knoxville, IA ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATES colorado Springs, CO Howard & Karma Sorensen, Elk Horn, IA Danish Brotherhood Lodge #16, Minden, NE Donald & Terry Petersen, Whitefish, MT Margaret Sorensen, Minneapolis, MN Danish Brotherhood Lodge #144, Dike, IA Donald & Alice Petersen, Park Ridge, IL Robert & Nancy Sorensen, Lincoln, NE Danish Brotherhood Lodge #268, Harry Petersen, Vandalia, OH Virgil & Charlotte Sorensen, Exira, IA Junction City, OR Helen Petersen, Atlantic, IA Martha Staby, Loveland, CO Danish Brotherhood Lodge #283, Dagmar, MT Lisa Petersen, Owings, MD Kenneth & Lois Stangeland, Elmwood Park, IL Danish Brotherhood Centennial Lodge Lukas Petersen, Omaha, NE Alan & Susan Steen, Lincoln, NE #348, Eugene, OR Lyle & Wava Petersen, Elk Horn, IA Linda Steffensen, Hoffman Estates, IL Danish Brotherhood Pacific NW District Ronda Petersen, El Cajon, CA Paul & Donna Steffensen, Des Moines, IA Lodges, Eugene, OR Troy & Cheryl Petersen, Elk Horn, IA James & Donna Stenseth, Sioux Falls, SD Danish Home for the Aged, James & Joanne Peterson, Richfield, MN Søren Stephansen, Gentofte, Denmark croton-On-Hudson, NY William & Shirley Pickett, Oakdale, MN Mary-Joan Stewart, Los Angeles, CA Danish Sisterhood Dagmar Lodge #4, Elaine Plagge, Latimer, IA Halvor & Laura Strandskov, Osterville, MA Chicago, IL Nancy Porter, Iowa City, IA Barbara Sullivan, Fort Collins, CO Danish Sisterhood, Heartland District Joanne Potts, Elk Horn, IA Jay Mead & Carol Svendsen, Denver, CO Lodges, Johnston, IA Kenneth & Karen Putt, Jr., Red Lion, PA Marion Svendsen, Cedar Falls, IA Danish Sisterhood Lodge #15, Burlington, WI Arvin & Joan Quist, Oak Ridge, TN Jason Swalve, Rancho Mirage, CA Danish Sisterhood Lodge #102, Douglas Raichle, Lawrenceville, NJ Pearl Swank, Poplar, MT Des Moines, IA Clark & Joanne Rasmussen, A. Einar & Arlene Swanson, Leawood, KS Danish Sisterhood Lodge #176, Dike, IA West Des Moines, IA Barry & Marianne Swanson, Littleton, CO Elk Horn-Kimballton Optimist Club, Curtis Rasmussen, Adel, IA Charles Sweningsen, Boulder City, NV elk Horn, IA Kent Rasmussen, Apache Junction, AZ Larry Syndergaard, Kalamazoo, MI Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Community Kurt & Consul Lynette Skow Rasmussen, Nick Temali, Mahtomedi, MN School District, Elk Horn, IA Johnston, IA Phillip & Neoma Thomas, Ames, IA Hansen Interiors (Torben & Bridget Sonja Rasmussen, Eugene, OR Edel Thompson, Ashland, VA Ovesen), Mount Pleasant, WI Reimert & Betty Ravenholt, Seattle, WA Susan Thompson Hill, Carlisle, IA Ivy Marketing Group (Debra Sheridan), Charles & Shirley Reed, Holt, MI Burdette & Nancella Thomsen, Glen Ellyn, IL David & Marjorie Reerslev, Junction City, OR Apple Valley, CA Marge’s Hair Hut (Kent & Marge Ingerslev), Bonita Refshauge, Cedar Falls, IA Judith Thomsen, Glendora, CA Elk Horn, IA Dewey & Sharon Reis, Denison, IA Carl & Anna Jean Thordahl, Rochester, NY Nelsen and Nelsen (Bruce J. Nelsen), Sonja Richardson, Laguna Niguel, CA James & Bonnie Thordahl, San Clemente, CA Cozad, NE Joyce Ford & James Riddle, Winona, MN John Thorup, Tucson, AZ Outlook Study Club, Elk Horn, IA Tom & Judy Rine, Omaha, NE Theodore & Mary Thuesen, Hickory, NC Proongily (Cynthia McKeen), St. Paul, MN Thomas & Barbara Roberts, Eugene, OR Kristian & Lora Lee Pedersen-Thusholt, Raymond James (Consul John & Jilliann Dennis & Linda Robertson, Manchester, IA Rosemount, MN Larsen), Scottsdale, AZ Thomas & Consul Eva Robinson, Butler, PA Odin Tidemand, Mashpee, MA Ringsted Danish American Fellowship, Earl & Constance Rogers, Omaha, NE Norris & Cynthia Tidwell, Corrales, NM Ringsted, IA Gary & Lynne Rosenkild, Casa Grande, AZ Karen Tinkham, Litchfield Park, AZ Symra Literary Society, Decorah, IA Eleanor Rosenquist, Pendleton, OR Arlen & Asta Twedt, Ankeny, IA The Vault Antiques (David & Roshelle Deloris Ross, Cherokee Village, AR Lily Uhren, Brookfield, WI Thompson), Walnut, IA Donald & Kelli Valade, Allen, TX Annual Report 57 annual report │ 2014

Order of LÆSO John & Lee Grandin, Darien, IL LeaAnne Koppen, Mesa, AZ Diane Gray, Grimes, IA John & Helene Kristensen, Monrovia, CA $50 - $99 John & Esther Grindberg, Circle Pines, MN Sonja Kromann, Everett, WA LeRoy & Sharlene Albertsen, Carroll, IA Earl & Virginia Gritton, Madison, WI Duane & Carol Kropf, Kimballton, IA Andrea Andersen, New Fairfield, CT Richard & Nancy Gross, Greenfield, IA Jody & Alissa LaCanne, Exira, IA Edwin Andersen, Plymouth, MN Roger & LuAnna Gruber, Sioux City, IA Karl & Inge Lamberg, Eugene, OR Keith & Marilyn Andersen, Harlan, IA Arnold & Doris Gude, Elk Horn, IA David & Bernice Larsen, Gretna, NE Kenneth Andersen, Durham, NH John & Hertha Haas, Harlan, IA Douglas & Virginia Larsen, Polk City, IA Howard & Joan Anderson, Turtle Lake, ND June Haas, Kimballton, IA Jerol & Jo Ann Larsen, Zearing, IA Jeanette Anderson, West Linn, OR Lenore Hageman, Hinton, IA Rodney Larsen, Kingaroy, Paul W. Anderson, Napa, CA Usama Hajj, San Francisco, CA Queensland, Australia ANONYMOUS Erik & Greta Hansen, Mount Pleasant, WI Svend Larsen, Dagmar, MT Hans & Gwenna Appel, Curlew, IA Kai Hansen, Mercer Island, WA W. Daniel & Yvonne Larsen, San Diego, CA Bruce & Joyce Arant, Omaha, NE Linda Hansen, Exira, IA Wilmer & Inger Larsen, Santa Rosa, CA Robert & Else Arnold, Madison, WI Paul Hansen, Elk Horn, IA Nita Larson, Harlan, IA Erik & Yelva Baelum, Glenview, IL Peder & Andrea Hansen, Omaha, NE Arthur & Cheryl Ann Laursen, Omaha, NE Steve & Barbara Baier, Griswold, IA Phil Sorensen & Donna Hansen, Lincoln, NE Reginald & Jerilyn Laursen, Decorah, IA Joan Barrett, Saint Charles, IL Roland & Peggy Hansen, Elk Horn, IA Enfred Linder, Manson, IA Anna Bates, Orem, UT Shirley Hansen, Edina, MN Larry & Doris Lubbert, Decorah, IA Diane Baum, Cedar Falls, IA Tim & Kathy Hansen, Clarinda, IA Dorothy Lund, Omaha, NE Grace Beck, Omaha, NE Verdell Hansen, Harlan, IA Lilian Lykke, Anaheim, CA John Beck, Spokane, WA Duane & Carol Hanson, Buffalo, MN Donald & Andrea Maddock, Ypsilanti, MI Arthur & Betty Beckman, Omaha, NE Lee & Charla Hardesty, Fair Oaks, CA Bill & Dixie Madsen, Cedar Falls, IA John & Jane Beekman, Muncie, IN Lori Hayes, Aurora, CO Renee Madsen, Omaha, NE Helen Bergman, Britt, IA Timothy & Natalie Heer, Santa Cruz, CA Debra Marple, Ames, IA Burnell & Kirsten Blockhus, Los Angeles, CA Anny Hempel, Flourtown, PA Gilbert & Ella Marten, Ames, IA Steve & Jana Boettger, Harlan, IA Alan Hanson & Mary Henriksen, Omaha, NE Dr. & Mrs. Eric L. Matteson, Rochester, MN Keith & Janice Bowman, Des Moines, IA J. Allan & Susan Hjelle, Elk Horn, IA Merle & Sandra Mattson, Edina, MN Allen & Deanna Boysen, Potomac Falls, VA Jeene Hobbs, Blair, NE Catherine McBride, Herman, NE Judith Brehm, Blair, NE Irene Hogan, Moorhead, MN Helen McRoberts, Ames, IA Brian & Ramona Bro, Sugar Land, TX Claudia Holcomb, Altoona, IA Florence Meng, Lopez Island, WA James & Kay Brown, Vernon, TX Spencer & Betty Holland, Colorado Norman & Venita Merk, Audubon, IA Ken & Bernie Brown, Raleigh, NC Springs, CO Joanne Meyer, Atlantic, IA Sandra Brummund, Elkhorn, NE Ronald & Sally Hoppe, Niles, IL Marlene Miller, Fallbrook, CA Jytte Svarre & Erik Bruun, Plymouth, MN Poul & April Hornsleth, Gulfport, FL Ivy Mitchell, Rochester Hills, MI Roger & Carol Casteel, Lincoln, NE Curtis Hougen, Blair, NE Daryle & Connie Moeller, Elk Horn, IA Thomas Chittick, Portland, ME Ruth Hovden, Minneapolis, MN Leland & Virginia Molgaard, Ames, IA Amy Christensen, Billings, MT Clement & Phyllis Hunter, Oregon City, OR Patricia Morgan, Ottumwa, IA Clifford & Mary Ann Christensen, Atlantic, IA R. Wayne & JoAnn Ingersoll, Wayne & Emma Mortensen, Scotia, NY Gary Christensen, Omaha, NE chocowinity, NC Kirsten Moss, Fredericksburg, TX John & Linda Christensen, Hayes, VA George Jacobs, Columbus, OH Douglas & Ingrid Neale, Decatur, GA Donald & Mary Clausen, Orlando, FL Knud Jacobsen, Solvang, CA Lloyd & Leila Mae Nelsen, Kimballton, IA Gary Clausen, Elk Horn, IA Lavonne Jacobsen, San Francisco, CA Beverly Nelson, Atlantic, IA Frank Clement, Allyn, WA Marie Jaeger Nielsen, Solvang, CA James & Karen Nelson, Delavan, WI Gregory & Delores Clouse, Altoona, IA Suzanne Jebe, Minneapolis, MN Liane Nichols, Cedar Falls, IA Dale & Eunice Cox, Swedesburg, IA Dale & Barbara Jensen, Ellendale, MN Alan & Susan Nielsen, Richfield, MN Gary & Sandra Crees, West Des Moines, IA Earl & Eileen Jensen, Minnetonka, MN Lisa Nielsen, Saint Marys, GA Nellie Curran, Pittsburgh, PA Jean Jensen, Audubon, IA Margaret Nielsen, Harlan, IA Marie Dahlman, Marysville, CA Jennifer Jensen, Omaha, NE Ronald & Patricia Nielsen, Cedarburg, WI Danish Sisterhood Flora Danica Lodge Ralph and Lou Ann Jensen, Burlington, WI Stacy Norris, Virginia Beach, VA #177, Solvang, CA Timothy Jensen, Indianapolis, IN Donald & Barbara Olsen, Rochester, MN Danish Sisterhood Lodge #3, Milan, IL Vagn Jensen, Richfield, MN William & Ruth Olsen, Warren, MI Danish Sisterhood Midwest District, Paul & Marilyn Jersild, Norfolk, VA Roger & Dorothy Olson, Blair, NE Elmwood Park, IL area David & Karen Johnson, Petaluma, CA Norma Opperman, Ralston, NE Jack & Eileen Denne, Atlantic, IA Dennis & Carole Johnson, Morris, MN Erling & Henny Overgaard, Bixby, OK District IV Recorder Association, Niel Johnson, Independence, MO Maren Palmer, Temple, TX Audubon, IA Richard & Terri Johnson, Manning, IA Steve & Mimi Payne, New London, MN David & Lynne Don Carlos, Greenfield, IA Jerry & Janet Jorgensen, St. Charles, IA Bente Pedersen, Junction City, OR Sam & Pia Edgar, Aurora, CO Tove Jorgensen, Lone Tree, CO Clara Pedersen, Elk Horn, IA Tracy Deutmeyer & Matt Edwards, Sylvia Juhl, Omaha, NE Donald & Audrey Pedersen, Pea Ridge, AR Ankeny, IA Roy Julie, Queenstown, MD Loetta Pedersen, Superior, NE William & Judy Ellerman, Dallas Center, IA Phyllis Just, Minneapolis, MN Ole Pedersen, Pacific Grove, CA Norman Enhorning, Queensbury, NY Cathy Karr, Monona, WI Bob & Kathy Pellegrini, Elk Horn, IA Nathan & Alison Esbeck, Maplewood, MO Ellinor Kasuga, Southold, NY Ernest Petersen, Lomita, CA Jo Evans, Denver, CO Emmett & Anne Keller, Chippewa Falls, WI Glen & Katherine Petersen, Huxley, IA David & Susan Everson, Saint Louis, MO Howard & Alice Keller, Fort Myers, FL Inger Petersen, South Elgin, IL Roger & Diana Faaborg, Loveland, CO William & Joan Kelso, The Villages, FL Lynden & Thelma Petersen, Aurora, CO Sylvia Fisher, Minneapolis, MN Lise Kildegaard, Decorah, IA Merle Petersen, Audubon, IA Darrell & Lenore Frederiksen, Elk Horn, IA Richard & Nancy Kinney, Eureka, CA Buckley & Marilyn Peterson, Ames, IA Ruby Frost, Maple Plain, MN Donna Kirschenmann, Waverly, IA Carol Peterson, Omaha, NE Jean Gifford, West Des Moines, IA Kenneth & Jacquie Kluck, Omaha, NE Gloria Peterson, Omaha, NE Otto & Kirsten Gotzsche, Minneapolis, MN Esther Knudsen, Spokane, WA Karen Peterson, Kittery, ME

58 Museum of Danish America Charles & Elizabeth Philipsen, Asheville, NC Arlan & Carol Andersen, Dike, IA Neal & Judy Busk, Richfield, UT William & Mary Phillips, Council Bluffs, IA Dale Jay & Patricia Andersen, Omaha, NE Kevin & Joni Butts, Earlham, IA Kristian & Susan Poulsen, Sierra Madre, CA Delbert & Ramona Andersen, Elk Horn, IA Jack & Christine Canfield, New Brighton, MN Robert & Loretta Prostine, Marion, IA Dorothy Andersen, Sioux City, IA Lois Cardinal, Littleton, CO Florence Pueschel, Des Moines, IA Dorothy Andersen, St. Paul, MN Anna Mae Carlson, Omaha, NE Berger & Jo Rasmussen, Kenosha, WI Emmert & Diane Andersen, Harlan, IA Ronald & Margaret Carlson, Sauk Centre, MN Michael & Suzanne Rasmussen, Kirkman, IA Harvey & Carol Andersen, Palestine, TX Tim & Kathleen Carlson, Bellevue, WA Donna Rector, Green Valley, AZ Kenneth & Marilyn Andersen, David & Joelene Carper, Clarinda, IA Wendell & Grace Rehnblom, Des Moines, IA center Point, IA John & Sondra Carver, Decorah, IA Roland & Barb Rinell, Urbandale, IA Lillian Andersen, Kenosha, WI Paul & Eileen Cash, Ames, NE Donald & Karma Roberts, Marana, AZ Margaret Andersen, Omaha, NE Bryce & Elizabeth Christensen, Lyman, WY Valda Rose, Vallejo, CA Michael Andersen, Lompoc, CA Cynthie Christensen, Rushford, MN Birgitte Jappe Ross, Lakewood, CO Rick & Shon Andersen, Marne, IA Doris Christensen, Audubon, IA Esther Rossman, Boone, IA Roger & Jackie Andersen, Elk Horn, IA Fred & Dorothy Christensen, Caldwell, ID Anders Sand, Kansas City, MO Tim & Janice Andersen, Audubon, IA Gerda Christensen, Plentywood, MT Donald & Jane Scaro, Edgerton, KS Viggo Odson Andersen, Great Falls, MT Irene Christensen, Sherman Oaks, CA Grete Schioler, Kettering, OH Debra Anderson, Dover, NH Jens & Nyla Christensen, Rapid City, SD John Bertel Schou, Cedar Falls, IA Paul & Dianne Anderson, Seattle, WA John & Marion Christensen, Panora, IA Darrell & Bertha Schroeter, Exira, IA James & Rose Andrews, Wilkesboro, NC Kent Christensen, Albuquerque, NM Jay & Peggy Scott, Mesa, AZ Beverly Hunter Aper, Klamath Falls, OR Kevin & Sue Christensen, Omaha, NE Kelly & Joan Scott, Council Bluffs, IA Dwayne & Nancy Armbrust, Elkhorn, NE Lyle & Dona Christensen, Lennox, SD Michael & Judith Showalter, Palmetto, FL Victoria Arriola, South Pasadena, CA Paul & Gloria Christensen, Columbia Renee Showalter-Hanson, Minnetonka, MN John & Jean Aulner, Jr., Omaha, NE Heights, MN Harry & Amy Skallerup, Ormond Beach, FL Leland Avery, Selma, CA Preben & Claire Christensen, St. Louis, MO Selma Sloth, Minneapolis, MN Jo Avey, Anthem, AZ Rodger Christensen & Brian Christensen, Gary & Carey Snow, Jefferson, SD Peter & Ragnhild Baade, Edgecomb, ME Union, IA Theodora Sonntag, Pearl River, NY Bill & Jan Baer, Lakewood, CO Roger & Mary Christensen, Ogden, IA Sons of Norway (Solglimt Lodge #1-547), Randy & Kristen Baggery, Spencer, OK Timothy Christensen, Moline, IL Cedar Falls, IA Richard & Jan Barnes, Rogersville, MO Verda Christensen, Baton Rouge, LA Anna Sorensen, LaVista, NE Todd & Nicky Bauerkemper, Anita, IA Carol Christiansen, West Des Moines, IA Margaret Sorensen, Grand Island, NE Floyd & Diane Beaman, Bath, SD Rita Christianson, West Des Moines, IA Meredith Sorensen, Fairport, NY Birgit Beaudette, Columbia, SC Elna Christophersen, Clarkston, MI Wanda Sornson, Elk Horn, IA Paul & Donna Bebensee, Des Moines, IA Willa Cleary, Arlington, VA Thaddeus & Grace Sosnicki, John & Virginia Beck, Colorado Springs, CO Beverly Clemsen, Alexandria, VA New Fairfield, CT Marion Larsen Beck, Birmingham, MI Larry & Nancy Cohen, Persia, IA Matthew Schipper & Angela Stanford, Richard & Shirley Beck, Omaha, NE Neil Collins, Poinciana, FL Neola, IA Earl Beelman, Aurora, CO Jørgen & Conny Conradsen, Roswell, GA Helen Steen, Clinton, IA Alice Bekke, Minneapolis, MN Mary Copp, Elk Horn, IA Kenneth & Ruth Stoner, Lawrence, KS Ray & Sandra Benter, Des Moines, IA Kay Cota, Sergeant Bluff, IA William & Barbara Strauss, Mesa, AZ Delia Benton, Guthrie Center, IA Harold & Janice Cozad, Simi Valley, CA Holger Stub, Medford, NJ Donald & Barbara Berg, Decorah, IA Nancy Cozine, Emmetsburg, IA Anker & Dorothy Studsgaard, Delray Jean Berg, Fargo, ND Richard & Phyllis Cram, Austin, TX Beach, FL Karen Bernard, Janesville, WI Ruth Crandall, Wheeling, IL Ann Svendsen, Tyler, MN Wm. Gerald & Karen Venge Bertram, LaVerna Crooks, Darien, IL Dwight & Darlene Klitgaard Taylor, Long Beach, CA W. Darrell & Alana Cunningham, Haslett, MI st. Charles, MO Aleeta Bice, Kimballton, IA Linda Jensen Czarnecki, Papillion, NE James & Darlene Thompson, Hereford, AZ Anne Blackburn, Burien, WA Donald & Marilyn Dahlof, Kirkman, IA Nancy Thompson, Urbandale, IA Ronald & Kathy Block, Harlan, IA Joe & Susan Dale, Red Oak, TX Axel & Lou Ann Thomsen, Olathe, KS Sally Blount, Des Moines, IA Lyle & Judy Damgaard, Arvada, CO Mary Topp, Mankato, MN Dennis & Nancy Boehme, Davenport, IA Dania Ladies Society, Elk Grove, IL Larry & Charlotte Travis, San Antonio, TX David & Nancy Boettger, Harlan, IA Danish Sisterhood Lodge #90, Lincoln, NE Michael & Lis Trent, Sun City West, AZ Deloris Bollin, Litchfield, MN Richard & Vivian Dau, Oakland, IA Consul Steven Tuchman, Indianapolis, IN Helle Bonaparte, Ballerup, Denmark Tom & Susan Dean, Iowa City, IA Austin & Ruth Turney, Lawrence, KS Ole & Tuula Bondesen, Jyllinge, Denmark Susan Diedrichsen, Omaha, NE Thomas Van Hon, Des Moines, IA DeWitt & Shirley Booth, Mt. Pleasant, IA Bruce Dugstad, San Francisco, CA Winston & Linda Wade, Scottsdale, AZ Janice Bradley, Fort Gratiot, MI Anna Duncan, Flandreau, SD William & Joanne Waghorne, Lapeer, MI Gunter & Jane Brakner, Bemidji, MN Jay & Jean Dunn, Highlands Ranch, CO Henry & Mardell Walter, Elk Horn, IA Larry & Faye Brandstetter, Red Oak, IA Michael & Patricia Kragh-Durfee, Bonnie Warrington, Decorah, IA Donald & Lorraine Braun, Cedar Falls, IA Milwaukee, WI Pete & Bonnie West, Denver, CO Louis & Elaine Bredesky, Jr., Des Moines, IA Roger & Beverly DuVall, Belmond, IA James & Janelle Willis, Aplington, IA Barbara Breining, West Des Moines, IA Lois Eagleton, Umpqua, OR Elaine Winkler, Plymouth, MN Dawn Breining, Des Moines, IA Laurine Eden, Britt, IA Nina York, Christiansted, St. Croix, Peterson Brink, Omaha, NE Elinor Ehrman, Anita, IA Virgin Islands Jim & Donna Brittsan, Sanford, FL Clayton Ellingson, Atlantic, IA ORDER OF FANO Solveig Brodsky, Palo Alto, CA Ted & Vicki Ellis, Emmetsburg, IA James & Cherry Brouwer, Bemidji, MN Johanne Ervin-Gade, Oakdale, CA UNDER $50 Leo & June Buchan, Florence, AZ Carl & Kathie Esbeck, Columbia, MO Michael & Linda Abildtrup, Fort Dodge, IA Michael & BebeAnna Buck, Eau Claire, WI Dean & Verna Esbeck, Atlantic, IA Ardys Albertsen, Carroll, IA Steve & Connie Buller, Blair, NE Roger & Marian Esbeck, Panora, IA Bruce & Wendy Allen, Highlands Ranch, CO Christopher & Lori Burgess, Urbandale, IA Jennifer Ewing, Urbandale, IA Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN James Burke, Tigard, OR Dorothy Eyberg, Arispe, IA Ingrid Ancker, Yorktown Heights, NY Norma Burnham, Marion, IA Jay & Linda Fahn, Harlan, IA

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Anne Fege, San Diego, CA Burnell & Patricia Haven, Independence, IA Verda Johnson, Atlantic, IA Jeffrey & Jackie Westergaard Felder, Claude & Harriet Hayes, Decorah, IA Floyd & Dorothy Jorgensen, Bemidji, MN Livonia, MI Ellen Head, Montrose, SD Avis Jorgenson, Tucson, AZ Joan Felkner, Iowa City, IA Joy Heckman, Johnston, IA Don & Barb Julesgard, Saint Libory, NE Denny & Linda Fendley, Pesotum, IL Doris Larsen Hedgcock, Edith Kahl, Denison, IA Janet Fenton, Grand Island, NE colorado Springs, CO Neil & Julianne Kahn, Jr., Waterloo, IA Richard & Julienne Ferry, Harlan, IA Dennis & Angela Hemminger, Blair, NE Ruth Karr, Omaha, NE Sigrid Festersen, Omaha, NE Joanne Henderson, Ankeny, IA Penny Karrer, Sioux Falls, SD Janice Feustel, Mason City, IA Mark & Joann Hendrickson, Wausau, WI Charles & Linda Kauffman, Audubon, IA Edith Forsch, Olathe, KS Alan & Deborah Henke, Fitchburg, WI Ronald & Diana Kay, College Station, TX Christine Fraizer, Salt Lake City, UT Ardyce Henriksen, Mesa, AZ Arlene Keith, West Liberty, IA James & Lisa Fredericksen, Glenn Henriksen, Armstrong, IA Jim & Inga Keldsen, Walnut Creek, CA West Hartford, CT Harry & Jeannine Henriksen, Mahomet, IL Lloyd & Donna Kelly, Audubon, IA Cynthia Friis, Minnetonka, MN Howard & Rhoda Henriksen, Harlan, IA Gladys Kempe, Tustin, CA Marian Froker, Exira, IA Gullvi Henriksson, Omaha, NE Thelma Wendel Kerkman, Maquoketa, IA Esther Frost, Sun City West, AZ Manuel & Jeri Herrera, Lincoln, NE Leroy & Joan Kiertzner, El Monte, CA Bente Fuller, Lincoln, NE John & Mary Hess, Somerset, CA Carlton King, Oro Valley, AZ Charlotte Gabelhaus, Omaha, NE Stanley Hess, Bremerton, WA Nancy Lee Christensen King, Raleigh, NC Gerald & Sandra Gallagher, Castle Rock, CO Steve & Joanie Heuton, Kimballton, IA Mary Lou Kirk, Modesto, CA Ole Galsgaard, Houston, TX Anne Hildebrand, Des Moines, IA Andy & Fern Kissel, Elk Horn, IA Stephen & Barbara Gardner, Ottumwa, IA Lara Hildebrand, Des Moines, IA Inger Kjær, Birkerød, Denmark Soren & Dawn Gerber, Avondale, AZ Joan Hill, Brainerd, MN Donald & Petie Kladstrup, Paris, France German American Heritage Center, Cindy Hiltgen, Omaha, NE Howard Klitgaard, Milwaukee, WI Davenport, IA Anita Hinners, Humboldt, IA Michael & Alice Knoop, Minot, ND Alice Gibson, Voorheesville, NY Alvina Hjortsvang, Council Bluffs, IA Marie Knudsen, Hamilton, OH William & Katherine Gibson, Aurora, IA Janet Hoegh, Atlantic, IA Wayne & Jana Knudsen, Emporia, KS Tim Gier, Montgomery Village, MD Linda Holz, West Des Moines, IA Jean Knudson, Kimberling City, MO Chaya Morasha Gilbert-McNabb, Margaret Hoover, Lewisburg, PA Karen Kokos, Aurora, CO Los Angeles, CA Joyce Houck, Zephyrhills, FL Elisabeth Kolind, Christiansted, Robert & Julie Gilman, Lee’s Summit, MO Don & Lila Rae Huff, Anita, IA Virgin Islands Susan Goodhope, Vernonia, OR Jenette Bergstrom & Charles Hunt, Ove Krebs, Willow Street, PA Diane Gray, Santa Monica, CA Macedonia, IA Santosh and Ruth Krishnan, Saint Paul, MN Jame & Sue Greene, Round Rock, TX JoAnn Hunt, Lu Verne, IA Hans & Dawn Kristensen, Crystal Lake, IL Lynn & Inga Grove, Wilmington, OH Shawn & Rebecca Hunt, Des Moines, IA Shirley Kuebrich, Urbandale, IA Neil & Arlene Grover, Staples, MN Michael & Hedy Hustedde, Davenport, IA Shirley Kuhlman, Denver, CO Donald & Nealna Gylling, Brainerd, MN Allen & Roberta Hye, Spring Valley, OH Jim & Mary Louise Landfried, Cambridge, MA Lowell & Esther Haahr, Newell, IA John Hyltoft, Luray, VA Neva Langgaard, Guthrie Center, IA Anne Munk Haber, Colorado Springs, CO Janice Jacobsen, Elk Horn, IA Carol Larsen, Chicago, IL Julie Hahn, Lake Forest Park, WA Kristin Jacobsen, Skokie, IL Daniel & Rosemarie Larsen, Paul Haigh, Overland Park, KS Nadine Jacobsen, Kimballton, IA overland Park, KS Aase Hansen, Burbank, CA Shane Jacobsen, Park City, MT Deb Christensen Larsen, Harlan, IA Andrew & Rina Hansen, Wilmette, IL Doris Jensen, Atlantic, IA Glenn Larsen, Solway, MN Anna-Lisa Hansen, Villa Park, CA George & Dorothy Jensen, Lawrence & Betty Hughes Larsen, Bo & Lisa Hansen, West Des Moines, IA harlan, IA rancho Palos Verdes, CA Gerda Jensen, Phoenix, AZ Paul & Beulah Larsen, Fremont, NE Charles Hansen, Atlantic, IA John Jensen, Elk Horn, IA Peggy Larsen, Atlantic, IA Christian & Jean Hansen, Napoleon, ND John & Marion Jensen, Naperville, IL Vernon & Dorothy Larsen, Audubon, IA Donna Hansen, Superior, WI Kathryn Jensen, Minneapolis, MN Chris & Margaret Laursen, Hans Hansen, Milnor, ND Kenneth & Bonnie Jensen, Albert Lea, MN sault Ste Marie, MI Harlan & Virginia Hansen, Rutland, IA Marianne Jensen, Clinton, IA Ernst & Patricia Laursen, Swannanoa, NC Ivan & Jan Hansen, Harlan, IA Marilyn Jensen, Exira, IA Verner & Barbara Laursen, Appleton, WI Kathleen Hansen, Ankeny, IA Mark & Pamela Jensen, Council Bluffs, IA Verner & Nadine Laursen, Concord, CA Keli Hansen, Ackworth, IA Timothy & Sharon Jensen, Blair, NE Lea Lautenschlager, Salem, VA Lydia Hansen, Rockford, IL Vincent & Phyllis Jensen, Audubon, IA Robert & Sarah Leander, Spring, TX Marilyn Hansen, Manning, IA Lynda Jeppesen, Oak Park, IL JoAnn Leo, Omaha, NE Maynard Hansen, Springfield, MO Christopher & Lori Jirovec, Jerry & Ginny Leppart, Eden Prairie, MN Priscilla Hansen, Elk Horn, IA cottage Grove, MN Marlin & Mary Kay Lewis, Audubon, IA Richard Kaudy & Terri Hansen, Littleton, CO Ann Johnson, Manson, IA Kai & Inger Licht, Canton, OH Robert & Connie Hansen, Sioux City, IA Daniel & Brenda Johnson, Litchfield, MN Galen & Marcy Lillethorup, Omaha, NE Robert & Illa Mae Hansen, West Bend, WI David Johnson, Ocheyedan, IA Richard & Ellen Lindauer, Bellevue, NE Ronald & Wendy Hansen, Holts Summit, MO Earl & Lois Johnson, Moorhead, MN Dewey Linden, Elk Horn, IA Verner & Joyce Hansen, Kimballton, IA Fred & Dee Ann Johnson, Cedar Rapids, IA Fern Lindvall, Atlantic, IA Willis & Marjorie Hansen, Elk Horn, IA Gary & Lizbeth Johnson, Bemidji, MN David & Evelyn Linner, Stillwater, MN Virginia Hanson, Onida, SD Harry & Jerry Johnson, Pasco, WA Dennis & Sharon Littlejohn, Des Moines, IA James & Birthe Hardin, San Antonio, TX Harry & Rowena Johnson, Lexington, KY Harry & JoAnne Lockhart, Woodstock, VA Rhonda Hardy, Ames, IA Kent & Emiko Johnson, Evergreen, CO James Louzan, Ellicott City, MD William & Beverly Hartranft, Elk Horn, IA Marlys Johnson, Bettendorf, IA Jean Lowe, Fullerton, CA Robert & Carolyn Harvey, Battle Creek, MI Mary Jane Johnson, Marietta, GA Anthony & Jennifer Lund, Murray, UT Glen Haselbarth, Minden, NE Quentin & Marie Johnson, Ceresco, NE James & Gladys Lundquist, Davenport, IA Elaine Helgeson Hasleton, Centerville, UT Richard & Louise Johnson, Ames, IA Marjorie Luth, Arroyo Grande, CA William & Geraldine Hastrup, Fresno, CA Robert & Donna Johnson, Sioux Falls, SD Gene & Inger Lutz, Cedar Falls, IA

60 Museum of Danish America Mark & Fae Lykke, Spencer, IA Kathryn Nielsen, Green Bay, WI Lance & Monique Poldberg, Robert & Joy Maag, Lincoln, NE Laurits Nielsen, Golden Valley, MN Lake Elsinore, CA Jenny Mackenzie, Fargo, ND Louis Nielsen, New Berlin, WI Barbara Pomeroy, Detroit, ME George & Julie Madsen, Omaha, NE Marvin & Laurel Nielsen, Audubon, IA Rod & Pat Pommer, Ahwahnee, CA John Madsen, Drexel Hill, PA Michael & Karma Nielsen, Altoona, IA Clayton & Janet Porter, Adel, IA Paul & Barbara Madsen, Ottumwa, IA Mike & Barb Nielsen, Council Bluffs, IA Ellen Posadas, Silverdale, WA Robert & Mabel Madsen, Elk Horn, IA Patricia Nielsen, Blair, NE Ted & April Poulsen, West Des Moines, IA Joseph & Kristy Maggiore, Omaha, NE Raymond & Marilyn Nielsen, Algona, IA Helen Prall, Carlisle, IA Margaret Magnan, Detroit Lakes, MN Russell & Wanda Nielsen, Cedar Falls, IA George Prothro, Tulsa, OK Wayne & Eleanor Magnuson, Omaha, NE Scott & Tara Nielsen, Moorhead, MN Phyllis Quarg, Lakeside, CA Diane Manown, Sheboygon, WI Simon Nielsen, Ames, IA John & Marjorie Quist, Omaha, NE Les & Aveline Marks, Omaha, NE Vagn & Karen Nielsen, Sonoma, CA James & Bonnie Raasch, Cedar Rapids, IA Steven & Linda Marquesen, Bakersfield, CA Robert & Karma Nilsen, Salinas, CA John Race, Elkhorn, WI Nora Martinez, Bothell, WA Kai & Elisabeth Nirell, Katy, TX Bill & Karen Rafferty, Omaha, NE Jonna Masek, Lincoln, NE Dan & Frannie Nissen, Elk Horn, IA Bob & Martha Rasmussen, Fairfield, IA John Vogt Masengarb, West St. Paul, MN Steve & Lisa Noble, Grimes, IA Erik & Elizabeth Rasmussen, Arlington, VA Jeannette Petersen May, Richardson, TX Wilmer & Freda Noll, Ida Grove, IA Erling & Ruth Rasmussen, Fairfield Bay, AR Martha McCord, Harlan, IA Jeff Nordstrom, Castle Rock, CO L. Dale & Helen Rasmussen, Omaha, NE Suzanne McCoy, Spirit Lake, IA Dennis & Kathleen Norgaard, Harlan, IA Lawrence & Doris Rasmussen, Harlan, IA James & Ruth McIntyre, Anita, IA Erik Nørkjær, Aulum, Denmark Ove Rasmussen, Kyle, TX Suzanne Gilbert & Brian McNabb, Annabelle Norris, Council Bluffs, IA William & Christine Rattenborg, Los Angeles, CA Northwest Danish Association, Seattle, WA fort Collins, CO Bruce & Kristie Hansen-Mendez, John & Janet Nothnagel, Hyde Park, NY Sharon Redfern, Helena, MT chicago, IL Douglas & Karen Nute, St. Michael, MN Barbara Rehmeier, Henderson, NV Merlin & Sonya Mikkelsen, Atlantic, IA James & Carol Nymann, Georgetown, TX Barbara Rennert, Omaha, NE Clarice Miller, Bellevue, NE Richard & Marie Odgers, Lincoln, NE Mary Olsen Riber, Des Moines, IA David Miller, Minneapolis, MN Jeanne Ohms, Omaha, NE Russell & Idella Richardson, Ames, IA Terry & Gail Miller, Clarion, IA Henry & Shari Olesen, Woodstock, IL William & Rusti Riddle, Colfax, IA Pamm Minden, St. Cloud, MN Dolores Olsen, Pendleton, OR Gregory & Merna Rierson, Casper, WY Kirsten Mitchell, St. Paul, MN Dorothea Olsen, Clinton, IA Everett & Randee Rissler, Arvada, CO Dean & Linda Mohning, Remsen, IA Elinor Olsen, Elk Horn, IA Chris & Karen Holland Robb, Lenexa, KS Roger & Marilyn Moller, Lakeville, MN Gerald & Murnell Olsen, Scandinavia, WI Sherlyn Roberts, Westminster, CO Birgitte Molvig, Paradise, CA Robert & Connie Olsen, McCook, NE Eunice Rocca, Cedar Falls, IA Robert & Ellinor Montgomery, Tucson, AZ Marianne Olson, Des Moines, IA Vivian Rock, Spencer, IA David Morehouse, Hopkins, MN Roger & Judy Olson, Gray, IA Lisa Roed, Lutherville Timonium, MD Jean Morrissey, Montezuma, IA Matthew & Ann O’Neil, Milwaukee, WI Susann Rogberg-Lavars, Corralitos, CA Adele Mortensen, Santa Rosa, CA Pamela Orth, Minot, ND Richard & Sonja Rollins, Summerfield, FL Gitte Mortensen, Vordingborg, Denmark Russ & Dorothy Overgard, Lakewood, CO Anna Ronne, Salt Lake City, UT Jean Mortensen, Omaha, NE Jeanette Owens, Sturgeon Bay, WI William & Ann Roof, Avoca, IA John & Minna Mortensen, Brook Park, OH Judith Page, Madison, WI Beth Rosenquist, Omaha, NE Dennis & Marcia Morton, Bondurant, IA Charles Palmer, Jefferson City, MO David & Peggy Ross, Omaha, NE Hope Mosier, Lake Benton, MN Mark & Kimberly Jensen Paltridge, Douglas & Barbara Rossbach, Humboldt, IA Carol Mueller, Glenview, IL Middletown, RI Charles & Vergene Routhe, Shoreview, MN Erik & Susan Muller, Seattle, WA Jerry & Connie Paul, Woodland Park, CO Carolyn Rovner, Centennial, CO Marilyn Mullin, West Des Moines, IA Elaine Bakke & Larry Paulsen, Savage, MN Kathleen Rudolph, Paw Paw, IL Paul & Kaye Namkoong, Hollister, CA Ivan & Patricia Paulsen, Walker, MN Donna Ryterske, Lily Lake, IL Honora Nartatez, San Diego, CA Derek & Maren Peck, Ankeny, IA Earl & Ruth Sande, Adel, IA Alan Clark & Renee Neff-Clark, Bente Fuller & Ida Pedersen, Lincoln, NE Esther Sand-Henderson, Carroll, IA Westwood, KS Erik Pedersen, Solvang, CA Annemarie Sawkins, PhD., Shorewood, WI Agnes Nelsen, Storm Lake, IA Katherine Pedersen, New Richmond, WI Marilyn Schaefer, Cedar Falls, IA Delores Nelson, Atlantic, IA Paul & Marolyn Pedersen, Kodiak, AK Dwain & Ellen Schmidt, Rodney, IA Doreen Nelson, Minden, IA James and Sherry Pehrs, Eyota, MN Eldo & Dee Schornhorst, Iowa City, IA Jeneen Nelson, Rocky Ford, CO Walfred & Lillian Pelto, Fairfax, CA Steven & Kathleen Schou, Minneapolis, MN Roger Nelson, Kenosha, WI Clifford Petersen, Hoffman Estates, IL Janet Schroeder, Cedar Rapids, IA Larry & Wendy Neppl, Gretna, NE Darwin & Wanda Petersen, Tucson, AZ Lori Schultz, Harlan, IA Leon & Alice Neve, St. Paul, MN Elmer Petersen, Galesville, WI Connie Scott, Sidney, IA Loyd & Marie Neve, Omaha, NE Gerald & Loretta Petersen, Audubon, IA Joann Scott, North Hollywood, CA Glenn & Marie Nicholson, Loveland, OH Lawrence Petersen, Lake Forest Park, WA Dix & Linda Scranton, Norfolk, NE Alger & Nancy Nielsen, Cedar Springs, MI Michelle Petersen, Iowa City, IA Preben & Lene Sepstrup, Malling, Denmark Anne Mette Ravn Nielsen, Copenhagen, William & Margaret Petersen, Mazeppa, MN Patricia Severson, Clear Lake, IA Denmark Christopher & MaryAnn Peterson, Rita Shaughnessy, Omaha, NE David Nielsen, Winfield, KS upland, CA Sheffield Historical Society, Sheffield, IL Diane Nielsen, Omaha, NE Gary & Carolyn Peterson, Rochester, MN Laforest & Winnie Sherman, Grinnell, IA Donald & Patricia Nielsen, Audubon, IA Patricia Peterson, Council Bluffs, IA Elvin & Helen Shew, Cedar Creek, NE Edith Nielsen, Omaha, NE Richard & Brenda Peterson, Lincoln, KS Steven & Cynthia Shove, Gig Harbor, WA Gail & Nancy Nielsen, Fremont, NE Virgil & Marlene Peterson, Coon Rapids, MN Daniel & Joan Shurtliff, Seward, NE Helen Nielsen, Exira, IA Sherry Pettit, Omaha, NE Betty Sievers, Audubon, IA Jan Nielsen, Tyler, MN John & Janis Pientok, St. Francis, WI Susan Sievers, Audubon, IA John & Barbara Nielsen, Fremont, NE Charles Pluth, Madison, WI Gary & Donna Simmer, Des Moines, IA Joseph Mariano & Karen Nielsen, Cordell & Donna Poldberg, Pocahontas, IA James & Jane Simon, Ames, IA chicago, IL Henrik Bredmose Simonsen, Ry, Denmark

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Helen Simpkins, Ames, IA Virginia Stafford, Ames, IA Verner Utke-Ramsing, McLean, VA Dennis & Linda Sims, Anita, IA Shirley Stakey, Story City, IA Ronald & Suzanne Vallez, San Jacinto, CA Ole & Eva Sindberg, Cary, IL Judith Stalnaker, Denver, CO Molly Van Austen, Wilsonville, OR Yvonne Skouby, Columbia, MO John Steen, Elk Horn, IA Jon & Mary Bro Van Gerpen, Moscow, ID Arnold & Helen Skov, Alden, MN Neoma Steen, Elk Horn, IA William & Marion Vierow, Saco, ME Doris Skow, Santa Clara, CA Edward & Caryl Steenberg, David & Bente Vinci, Skokie, IL Shirley Small, Fremont, NE circle Pines, MN Timothy & Linda Vorm, Lincoln, NE Carla Smalley, Charlotte, NC Elsa Steffensen, Hoffman Estates, IL Sharon Wade, Omaha, NE Charles & Debra Smith, Omaha, NE Ruth Steffensen, Paradise, CA Steffen Waendelin, Birmingham, AL J. Christina Smith, Malden, MA Gary Stoltenberg, Olathe, KS Merle Walling, Polson, MT Joan Smith, Boone, IA Beverlyn Stoneking, Cushing, IA Evelyn Ward, Greeley, CO Nancy Zuber & Delmar Smith, Arlene Stork, Arlington, NE Donald & Peggy Watkins, Omaha, NE roseville, MN Kurt & Susan Stotts, Des Moines, IA Aleen Weaver, Atlantic, IA David & Ellen Solevad, Washougal, WA Annalee Strandskov, New Brighton, MN Wayne & Peggy Wegwart, Lexington, NC Carl & Gloria Sorensen, Glendale, CA Kip & Laura Stransky, Durango, CO Birgit Werth, Evanston, IL Dale Sorensen, Clear Lake, IA Marthin & Cora Svaneborg, Aalborg, Jennifer Wetzeler, Davenport, IA Harald & Carol Ann Sorensen, Denmark Richard & Joan Tomlinson White, Albuquerque, NM Martin & Hanne Taekker, Eugene, OR Lincoln, NE Jens & Dorothy Sorensen, Valparaiso, NE Joan Tange, Cedar Falls, IA Carol Wilcox, Atlantic, IA Jimmy & Esther Sorensen, Wood Dale, IL Benjamin & Darlene Thayer, Rex & Hope Wilhelm, Stuart, IA Martin & Linda Sorensen, Lombard, IL Dannebrog, NE Carl & Alice Wilhjelm, Pompton Plains, NJ Richard Sorensen, Adel, IA Randy & Becky Thompson, Exira, IA Ken & Yvonne Willadsen, Council Bluffs, IA Richard & Carol Sorensen, Finn Thomsen, Aalborg, Denmark Gerda Willis, Solvang, CA independence, MO Wendy Rahbek Thomsen, Store Heddinge, Donna Wilson, Council Bluffs, IA Robert & Nerita Sorensen, Walnut, IA Denmark J. Roger & Annette Wilson, Harlan, IA Susanne Johansen & Ole Sorensen, Miriam Thomson, Kahoka, MO Katherine Wilson, Wheeler, WI Sunds, Denmark John & Judy Thraen, Earling, IA Jennifer Winters, Elk Horn, IA Peter & Karolyn Spirup, Oregon City, OR Thomas & Karin Tilman, Anderson, CA Marilyn Wittrup, Scituate, MA Hele Spivack, Bellevue, NE John & Gitte Toben, Marietta, GA Jennifer Worl, Omaha, NE Marc & Virginia Sprenger, Ottumwa, IA James & Gerd Tuchscherer, Lino Lakes, MN Michael & Nancy Christensen Wright, John & Martha Squire, Des Moines, IA Thomas & Phyllis Tucker, Corydon, IN san Carlos, CA Mary Staby, Frisco, CO Patricia Turner, Brush, CO Nancy Yackle, Omaha, NE Eric & Tasha Unkenholz, Rapid City, SD Virginia Youse, Hutchinson, KS Todd & Diane Zygmontowicz, Troy, MI

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