2020 July 6 St. Thomas News

St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Le Sueur will have masses with Father Chris Shofner: Saturdays at 5:15 p. m. and Sundays at 8 a. m. and 10:30 a. m. Check the website for more instructions.


Jim and Marsha Sullivan and family spent the fourth of July weekend with the Pinney side of the family at Marsha's sister's cabin near Alexandria. Highlights included family games, fishing and tubing. Fishing was good and Emily, Anna and Caleb got lots of practice baiting hooks and removing hooks from fish. 


Julie and Pat Callahan and family spent the weekend at Lake Ina, near Melby.

Camrie Vlasak, daughter of Corey Vlasak and Corrina Smith, became engaged to Tony Trautman of Northwestern Minnesota on July 4th. Camrie and Tony presently reside in Aurora, Colorado. They met
while attending Concordia College in Moorhead 5 years ago. Tony is employed as an accountant and Camrie has been taking graduate classes and interning in family counseling. They plan to move back to Minnesota next year.

Watch out for Hattie Tuck out there. The young lady has her drivers license.

Stay sanitized, stay safe…and God bless.

Summer berry salad w/ grilled chicken & bread $10.95

Chicken salad wrap w/ chips $8.25

soup:
Chicken wild rice
Sweet chili

2020 June 30 St. Thomas News

St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Le Sueur will have masses with Father Chris Shofner: Saturdays at 5:15 p. m. and Sundays at 8 a. m. and 10:30 a. m. Check the website for more instructions.

Tom’s brother, Rog messaged us with sad news last Friday. “Gloria left us a few minutes ago.” Gloria, our sister-in-law, was a gracious lady, a kind hostess with a pleasant smile and laugh, a fine wife, Mom and grandmother. She will be missed. Our sympathies to Rog, her daughter Noreen, and all their precious grandchildren.

Congrats to Nathan and Kara Olson, the parents of Ames Eldridge, who was born on June 3, 2020 weighing 6 pounds, 9 ounces, and is 19 ¼ inches long. Sisters Eliza and Anja also welcomed him home. So far there’s two girls and a boy, just like their children’s great grandparents, Tim and Rosemary Burns started out with… and they had a total of nine.

Caroline Tuck received the sacrament of Confirmation at St. Anne’s on June 24.

Neela (0) versus slide at the playground (1). Neela O’Connell, Dan and Julie’s, added a broken arm to her 2020 list. She got her first ride in an ambulance and has visited 2 hospitals and a follow up with Ortho on Monday. Wonder what color she will get for her cast. She’s an O’Connell...could be red? She’s a bit Irish...could be green? She a cute little girl, she’ll look good in any color. Good Luck with that, Neela, and be careful.
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This writers family came home on Sunday with pot-luck and partied on the patio. Jodi and Pat, Corey, Cari and Kevin and their families... Grandpa Tom took all the grands on a Kawasaki mule ride . It’s so good to watch family members together again, helping, talking, teasing, laughing. We started out with masks, we kinda kept our spaces... and we sanitized, sanitized...and sanitized, God bless.

TENTATIVE Henderson City Wide Garage Sales: Friday, August 7, 8am-8pm and Saturday, August 8, 8am-Noon. Call Tom Bender at 507-248-3230 asap if you are considering having a sale so we can determine if we have enough interest. $ 10, sponsored by the Henderson Area Chamber.

2020 June 23 St. Thomas News

St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Le Sueur will have masses with Father Chris Shofner: Saturdays at 5:15 p. m. and Sundays at 8 a. m. and 10:30 a. m. Check the website for more instructions.


We celebrated Marvin and Will Halloran’s graduation at the St. Thomas Sportsman’s Park on Saturday.
Perfect weather with good company, good food and a good time.

Although bittersweet, most heard the sad news at the graduation gathering... Pat Sullivan, Kevin and his sisters Karen, Katie, Kelly, and Kim’s “Uncle Pat didn’t wake up this morning.” Pat is the son of Leo and Mag Sullivan and brother of Mary Kay and brother-in-law of Donnie Halloran, all from St. Thomas who preceeds Pat, who passed away sometime during the night of June 19/20. Pat, one of ours, attended catechism and received his early sacraments here in St. Thomas. Pat will be remembered around St. Thomas as a lover of nature, and well-liked with a quiet sense of humor.
Our sympathies to his wife Ramona, and his siblings Joannie, Jeanette, Terry “Buckeye” and Theresa “Tilly” and their families.

Always did look up to and have a high respect for our Emergency Teams. This writer has a renewed respect for our firefighters after watching them fight the fire of a house burning on the hill north of Henderson, Sunday morning. Fire Departments from the surrounding areas, Henderson, Green Isle, Arlington, Belle Plaine and Le Sueur, dressed in heavy gear, worked hard carrying heavy equipment up the steep driveway, some overcome by the heavy smoke, hours later come down drenched, exhausted and covered with soot...then have to gather belongings, wrap hoses and pack equipment back on the trucks...

Overheard: “Do you really know anybody that has tested positive for this corona?”
This week this writer can say, “Yes”, it’s really out there, folks.
Keep the distance, keep sanitizing, keep safe...and God Bless.

OBITUARY
Andrew “Andy” R. Patson, age 40 of Henderson, died on Friday, June 19, 2020 in Henderson. Funeral services will be on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 2:00 p.m, at the Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur, MN. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services. Luncheon to follow at the Roadhaus, Henderson, MN… Due to CDC and MN Dept. of Health restrictions, only 50 allowed in the funeral home at a time.

Andy was born on January 29, 1980 to Rueben & Susan (Albin) Patson in Fergus Falls, MN. He grew up in the Detroit Lakes area and graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in 1998. He worked with his father in the auto parts business for many years and later drove truck. Andy had a passion for fast cars, he enjoyed hunting with his father and nephews, his sister’s cats and listening to Tom Petty music. Andy loved his parents and family very much. He had a soft heart and loved his Lord. He is now riding his Harley Davidson in heaven and is free.

He is survived by his parents, Rueben and Susan Patson of Henderson, MN and sister, Amy (Danny) Ross of Henderson, MN. Nephews; Henry, Oliver and Sawyer Ross. He is preceded in death by his grandparents.

2020 June 15 St. Thomas News

St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Le Sueur will have masses with Father Chris Shofner: Saturdays at 5:15 p. m. and Sundays at 8 a. m. and 10:30 a. m. Check the website for more instructions.

Thomas Jeffrey Holden was born Thursday, June 11 weighing 8 pounds, 10 ounces to “Mom and Dad” Michael and Jeniel, who have got to be living the dream as they make their home on Michael’s Grandpa Tom and Grandma Max’s Holden farm. Congratulations to Grandma Kim and Grandpa Tom Goetzinger and “Uncle Sam!”


Jim Oak enjoyed a few days of fishing with some old fishing buddies on Lake of the Woods last week.


Davie Connelly helped his buddy, Greg Graham celebrate his 35th birthday, Saturday night with more friends on the front deck of the Roadhaus in Henderson.

Tyler Vlasak, spent his first night since the coronavirus outbreak at his cousins’s home in Buffalo, Anna and Andy Baumgard. They all joined cousins Katelyn and Madelyn Landwer at Grandpa and Grandma’s in Henderson on Saturday.

Happy Father’s Day to all our St. Thomas Fathers.
As I type that I’m getting a bit choked up, remembering so many great Dads resting in St. Thomas.
Oh-h-h…We still have some great ones in our community...and some that are gonna be.
Stay safe and God Bless.