screamed very loudly as an involuntary response and so did Marijon. We soon discovered Patrick had crawled under the seat and my foot was in his way of making a complete escape from his parents.” – Donna Nash
The Family of Lucile Nash – Pictured are good friends Lucile Nash, Eleanor Boblin and Jean Manning dressed as the pioneer women of our early church for a 2004 celebration. “I remember Lucile talking about peeling bushels of potatoes for the annual church chowder. Then she would bake her delicious pies for dessert. Bob Davies would want to buy the whole pie before it was cut. Now when I help with funeral dinners, I often think of Lucile and how she helped with dinners as long as her health allowed. I think it is wonderful that our church has been able to pass the preparation of funeral dinners down through the generations. – Donna Nash
“What I love about my church is: we are a ‘People helping People’. Since I am a 73 year member, I have many special memories, too numerous to mention, so I will give a few outstanding ones. When I was about 7 or 8 years old our family was awarded the picture of Christ, done by ‘Howdy’ Ellis, who was a minister who did ‘chalk talks’ and had been holding services at our church for a week. This was a large picture and beautifully done! My parents let me put it on the wall of my bedroom, where it stayed for several years. Another outstanding memory is of our Confirmation Class going to Goodman’s daffodil patch to cut some daffodils for our Church Service the Sunday of our Confirmation. There had been rain just before we were to go get them, but the sun came out just beautifully as we cut them.
As a teenager in August 1945, our Youth Group went to the church to ring the church bell when the Second World War ended. What a joyous time! I also had lessons from Ruth Werry, Church Organist, in my teenage years, who taught me to play the pipe organ that was in our church at that time. Then in 1952, Don and I were married in our church by Rev. Rob Kell. Rev. Theron Castleman, our church’s minister at that time had suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized in Indianapolis.
Murlea (Webb) Maier, Betty (LaMar) & Don Espenlaub, Jerry Uhde 1952
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