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Tuesday, December 31 1 985 the Rapid City Journal B2 Two are victims of armed robberies 1 in nr' -r id -f il ml A Sisters find husbands via dairy magazine MEKINOCK, N.D. (AP) Four sisters corralled two husbands and one promise of marriage after advertising in a magazine for dairy farmers that they were looking for "farm-oriented men." Kathleen Wasylow, 34, married James Weber of Hartford, and Susan Wasylow, 20, wed Tom Flanigan of Wadena, in a double-ring ceremony Saturday at St. Timothy's Catholic Church in Manvel, Margery Wasylow, mother of the brides, said Monday. "It was a beautiful wedding," Mrs. Wasylow said.

A third sister, 23-year-old Carol, plans to marry Wade Johnson of Mora, on April 12. Beth Wasylow, an 18-year-old student studying English and theater arts at the University of North Dakota, does not plan to marry soon but says she's looking. She went along with the advertisement on a lark. "We had read about similar personal advertisements in other farm magazines," Kathleen said. "Usually those personals ads were made by men.

"Many of the men who write the ads are either shy or they don't want to meet a future wife in a bar. And with the way the farm economy is, many women are reluctant to marry farmers." The four placed an advertisement in last February's issue of "Hoard's Dairyman," a magazine for dairy farmers. "We picked winter because dairy magazine. Two other sisters also advertised, and one of them received a promise of marriage. (AP Laserphoto) Two people were robbed Monday night in separate armed robberies.

Rapid City police said a 32-year-old Rapid City woman was pushing a grocery cart outside the Prairie Market store on New York Street when a man grabbed her purse. The Incident occurred at 9:30 p.m. Monday. The woman's purse and its contents were worth $125, said police. The robber was described as an Indian male, 6 feet tall, weighing 200 pounds and wearing a hip-length tan coat and blue jeans.

He was last seen running east on East Chicago Street. The second robbery occurred about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Ellsworth Air Force Base. Details were not immediately available but the suspect was seen running down School Gate Road toward the Mini-Mart store, said Box Elder Police Chief Abe Usera. Usera said Air Force police told him only that someone was "strong-armed on the base." The suspect was identified as a black male, wearing an Air Force field jacket and a blue wool cap.

VA spent $129 million in state during year SIOUX FALLS (AP) The Veterans Administration spent more than $129 million in South Dakota during the budget year that ended Sept. 30, according to Dexter Dix, director of the VA medical and regional office center in Sioux Falls. Almost $68 million of the total represented medical services and administrative costs, he said. Just under $50 million went toward disability compensation and pension checks to veterans, dependents and survivors and about $6 million provided for GI bill educational and vocational rehabilitation programs for South Dakota veterans, Dix said. South Dakota is home to about 79,000 veterans.

The VA has medical centers in Sioux Falls, Sturgis and Hot Springs. Kathleen Wasylow, left, and her sister, Susan, married two farmers in a double-ring ceremony Saturday. The farmers answered an advertisement the women placed in a with her husband, William, has a 650-acre dairy farm near Mekinock, about 15 miles northwest of Grand Forks in northeastern North Dakota. They have 11 children. In all, the Wasylow sisters received 80 letters, most from bachelors in their 20s and 30s.

Letters came from a 56-year-old New York dairy farmer, four Irishmen tending dairy cows in Saudi Arabia and a Wisconsin mother trying to find wives for her four sons. Everyone except for a few cranks who wrote obscene letters, received replies, Kathleen said. "If they didn't write themselves, we just sent them sort of a form letter, thanking them and let it go at that," she said. Kathleen began writing to a South Dakota hog farmer, a stockbroker from Seattle and a lumberman from Wisconsin before finding herself at- deaths David Lee Parsons STURGIS Graveside services for David Lee Parsons, 46, who died Sunday at his home in Sturgis, were held Tuesday at the Bear Butte Cemetery. The Rev.

Harold Verhulst officiated. He was born at Sioux Falls on Dec. 3, 1939, to Claude and Ann Parsons. He grew up and attended schools in the Brandon area. Parsons moved with his family to Sturgis in 1978.

Survivors include his mother, Ann, and sister Marlene Simmons, both of Sturgis, four brothers, William, Loren and Alan of Sturgis and Kenneth of St. Paul, Minn. He was preceded in death by his father. Arrangements were with Kinkade Funeral Chapel of Sturgis. Mildred T.

Mahood Funeral services for Mildred T. Mahood, 69, of Rapid City, will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Osheim-Catron Funeral Home in Rapid City. The Rev. Allen Jacobson will officiate.

There also will be services Saturday at 10 a.m. at Broughs Funeral Home in Summit, N.J. Burial will be in Bear Mount Cemetery at Chatham, N.J. Mahood died Sunday in a Rapid City nursing home. A memorial has been established with the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association.

She was born July 28, 1916, at East Orange, N.J., to Edward and Elsie Thompson. Mahood grew up in New Providence, N.J.; Following high school graduation she worked for Prudential Insurance Co. She married Joseph Mahood on Oct. 9, 1940, at New Providence. The couple lived in New Jersey before moving to Rapid City in May, 1985.

Mahood was a member of the United Methodist Church in New Providence, was a volunteer with the American Red Cross, and belonged to the Suburban Golf Club in Union, N.J. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Mahood of Rapid City; one son, David Mahood of Minneapolis, three daughters, Joan Brookes and Barbara Olson, both of Rapid City and Helen Mahood of Dallas, Texas; and four grandchildren. She was predeeded in death by her parents and one sister. For Health and Human Interest Catch Dr. Paul Donohue, Cathy Paulsen and Dr.

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"They would be more likely to write us." The $43 advertisement read: "Four fun-loving sisters looking for farm-oriented men" and gave a box number for replies. "I laughed. I didn't think they were serious," said Mrs. Wasylow, who Behrens MORTUARY Seventh A St. Francis Rapid City 343-0145 -Since 1879- City, area C.

B. Nelson NEWELL Funeral services for C. B. Nelson, 85, from Newell, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, at the First Congregational Church in Newell.

The Rev. Tom Martin will officiate. Burial will be in Hope Cemetery at Newell. A memorial has been established to the Newell Ambulance Fund. Cornelius Bernard Nelson died Sunday in the Belle Fourche Health Care Center.

He was born July 23, 1900 in Des Moines, Iowa. He moved to South Dakota in 1908 with his parents and sister, Cecil Nelson. They homesteaded at Wall and Fairpoint. In 1915 he moved to Newell where he went to school. He has been a resident of Butte County since.

Nelson married Mable Erickson at Sturgig in January, 1918. He ran the Standard Oil Service in Newell for many years. In June of 1937 he became general forman of district 5 of the South Dakota Department of Highways. Nelson retired Feb. 1, 1969, after working 29 years for the highway department.

On Dec. 27, 1963 he married Elsie Tensley in Custer. Survivors include his wife, Elsie Nelson, Newell; one son, Donald Nelson, Newell; and two daughters, Mrs. Albert Rielly, Pearce, and Mrs. Doris Petitt, Santa Ana, 10 grandchildren, 17 greatgrandchildren and three great-greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister. Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis is in charge of arrangements. Margaret L. Rasmussen Services for Margaret Lanthrop Rasmussen, 77, who died Monday at the Rapid City Regional Hospital will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the First Congregational Church with the Rev.

Henry Bradshaw officiating. Burial will be in Pine Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. to noon Thursday at Behrens Mortuary.

She was born Aug. 30, 1908, in Anaconda, to Dr. and Mrs. C.C. Albright.

She was graduated from Great Falls High School, Great Falls Conservatory of Music and received a bachelor of music degree from Northwestern University. She taught music both in Montana schools and privately until her marriage to Lloyd K. Lanthrop in 1932. The couple owned and operated several weekly newspapers in tana and Washington, the last being the Fallon County Times in Baker, Mont. Following her husband's death in 1957 she continued to operate the paper for 10 years.

She was active in Baker community affairs during that time, serving as president of the Chamber of Commerce, member of the Fallon County Planning Board (Helena), State Hospital Board and was a chosen member for the Montana State Board for Improvement of the State Legislature. She was also a member of the Soroptimist Club, Baker Homemakers Club and others. In 1969 she married W.M. "Shorty" Rasmussen. The couple had lived in Rapid City since 1977.

Mrs. Rasmussen had been organist for the Christian Science Church and was a member of the United Church of Christ. Survivors include her husband, "Shorty" of Rapid City; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Lillian) Keough of Richland, and Mrs. Donald (Audrey) Stordock of Spokane, Wash.

two brothers, Clifton Albright and Joseph Albright, both of Seattle. Ethel 'Ma M'Gillycuddy Services for Ethel "May" M'Gillycuddy 83, who died Saturday at the Hillsview Nursing Home, will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at Behrens Mortuary with the Rev. Warren Rutledge officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.

A memorial has been established to the Girls Club of Rapid City. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday. She was born Jan. 9, 1902, in Pr-ingle to Charles and Izora Francis.

She was graduated from Rapid City High School and taught school for a time in Kyle. She married Trent M'Gillycuddy on Oct. 4, 1923, in Rapid City. They had resided in Rapid City. Mrs.

M'Gillycuddy been an employee of the Warren Lamb Saw Mill in Rapid City. She was a member of the Degree of Honor. Surviors include one brother, Marion Francis of Kennewick, several neices and nephews, and a guardian, Cindy Fletcher of Rapid City. She was preceded in death by her husband, one sister and her parents. Ruth M.

Samuelson FAITH Funeral services are pending for Ruth M. Samuelson, 55, who died Monday at the Sturgis Community Memorial Hospital. Among survivors is her husband, former state senator Robert Samuelson of Faith. Arrangements are with F.O. Jolley Funeral Home of Sturgis.

Remember: You are no older than your age, but that doesn't mean you have to act it. BS JACO 420 Cambell tracted to Weber, who has a dairy farm. "We first became friends, then the relationship grew and by summer we were discussing the possibility of marriage," she said. "After Jim and I became serious, I wrote the others and told them the news." Susan and Flanigan, also a dairy farmer, began their long-distance romance by mail and soon moved up to the telephone. "I would call after midnight because the rates were cheaper," she said.

"We might be on the phone for three or four hours." Saturday's wedding, the first double-ring ceremony in the church, drew about 150 people, Mrs. Wasylow said. The sisters had time for a reception but a honeymoon had to wait. "They went, home to milk the cows," Mrs. Wasylow said.

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