By Nancy Karnes
This spring I was at
my grandsonÕs baseball game at Osceola High School. They were playing in a
tournament in Osceola against SVHS and Elmwood. I got to visit with the bus
driver from SVHS and he told me Helen Holerud had knee surgery but would drive
again in the fall, etc.
I was sitting near my grandsonÕs girlfriend, whose name is
Amber Hogen. I said I had ridden one of the SVHS buses, etc. and she said, ÒMy
Grandpa was from Spring Valley.Ó I did not connect ÒHogenÓ at first and then a
light came on. Her fatherÕs name is Al Hogen. So I asked her all the
questionsÉBev, Mary, sisters, etc. and the answer was yes to all. So Al Hogen,
Sr. was her Grandpa!
So I gave my old yearbooks to her and she took them home to
her dad. They enjoyed that and kept them to share with AlÕs widow this summer.
Al Sr. had written in it, too. What a small world!!