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Stories from Crestland Alumni

This section has been added for posting of short stories of interest to the Crestland Community. You are welcome to submit your own stories for addition to this site.

You may send your stories to us at:

Photos are welcome.

Click Here to read Vara's speech.

Vara (Bones) Groot '60 was in Storm Lake as the featured speaker for the "Women in Denim" event held at Buena Vista University campus January 14th and 15th, 2005.

Click Here to read Bert Kurth's Biography.

Bert was a football coach and teacher at Early and Crestland from 1949 through 1959. He celebrated his 90th birthday in February 2005.

This seven-chapter book with photos was written by Bert Kurth's daugher Jean (Kurth) Davis, classmate of the Crestland Class of '62.

Table of contents (click on chapter):

Chapter 1 - Beginning
Chapter 2 - College
*Chapter 3 - First Teaching Job
*Chapter 4 - Military Life
*Chapter 5 - Early, Iowa
*Chapter 6 - Omaha
*Chapter 7 - Retirement
**Afterword - Bert left this world Nov. 18, 2006

*Updated July 2005 with 'Early' memories added.
**Updated November 2006 posthumously

Click Here for Nemaha School History.

This is a detailed history of the Nemaha School system.

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