Norman A. Harrison
FENCE, Wis. Norman A. Harrison, 97, of Fence, Wis., died Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at his home in Fence.
He was born Jan. 29, 1924, in Omro, Wis, son of the late Clarence and Ida (Ternes) Harrison. Norman attended grade school in Fence and graduated from Goodman High School in 1942. He married Grace Hansen on Sept. 10, 1949, at Bethlehem Covenant Church in Stephenson.
Norman worked as a dairy farmer until 1965, attended Michigan Tech in Houghton majoring in civil engineering from 1965 until 1966, moved the family to Oregon where he began to work at Bridwell Engineering Company of Madison as a land surveyor in 1966, and he earned his State of Wisconsin Land Surveyors License in 1977.
Mary Jean Gollakner
MENOMINEE Mary Jean Gollakner, 46, of Menominee, Mich. passed away peacefully at home with her friends by her side on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. She was born July 6, 1974, in Kenosha, Wis. to the late William and Marian (Young) Gollakner. Mary Jean is a 1993 graduate of Stephenson High School. She worked as a home health assistant helping others in need. Mary Jean was a member of Bethlehem Covenant Church and North Shore Church. She enjoyed crafting, helping out at church in the youth group and vacation Bible school, Mary Jean also liked to sing in the choir and help care for others with her big heart. She loved her pet cats and frogs.
Devotion to community service defines pastor’s work
WAVERLY, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) About 9 miles north of Waverly off of a dirt road sits a small church and a pastor with a big heart.
Bethlehem Covenant Church’s senior pastor Dan Olson has become a source of inspiration for the church’s members to serve both the Lord and their community.
The church itself has been around for about 130 years, Olson said, and many members have been attending for decades and may have had family members who attended before them.
The congregation includes about 300 people from Waverly, Davey, Ceresco, Lincoln and Eagle and ranges from young families to older adults.