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relevant to Ireton.
Please feel free to add a comment
about Ireton - whether you grew up here or have just
visited the town (or our site). For those of you
who live here (or who have lived here), we'd love to
know why you are "Proud to Call It Home".
12 Jan 2007
The website looks great
Heather Kaskie
14 Jan 2007
This is a neat web-site. Thanks for
all your hard work.
Kay Mulder
15 Jan 2007
I am looking forward to the
celebration!
Janet Jacobs-Sorum
Canton, SD
19 Jan 2007
Just received the mailing
concerning the 125th celebration. Sounds like a great
opportunity to see some friends and family. Marlene and
I both graduated from Ireton Public High School in 1958.
We married in 1960 at the Reformed Church and relocated
to the Chicago area. We celebrated our 46th wedding
anniversary this past October. We have always been very
proud to call Ireton our home town and always enjoy
visiting friends and family in the Ireton area. Look
forward to participating in the celebration in June.
Ken and Marlene Johnson
4 February 2007Hi greetings from West Africa!
Our good friend Joni Byker (Ireton Native), has
introduced us to this little town and we are all very
excited for the 125 year festivities. We have enjoyed
looking through the web site and getting a 'tour' of the
town. Have a great 125th year Ireton!!!!
Bev Kauffledt,
Charles Ibsen-Niamey
Niger-West Africa
7 February 2007
Just wanted you to know how much I
enjoy the Ireton web site. You have done a wonderful job
on it, keep up the good work. We plan on attending the
celebration in June and are looking forward to it.
Katherine (Westergard)
Still
Farmington, California
12 March 2007
Nice web site! I was pleasantly
surprised to find such an informative and progrssive web
site for Ireton.
Pastor Doug Van Aartsen
28 March 2007
Great website. I've sent the
website address to many former Ireton friends. We enjoy
reading the many comments. We thoroughly enjoyed the
variety program. Keep up the good work and enthusiasm.
Helen & Tony Ver Hoeven
9 April 2007
Having grown up in Ireton, we both
have fond childhood and teenage memories. We are proud
to say we were raised in Ireton. We enjoy coming back
and visiting relatives.
Being able to bring our children and grandchildren to
Ireton to experience the life in a small town and to let
them experience life on the farm is very important to
both of us. One of our favorite stories is when our kids
would go into Ireton and visit Eisma Bros. garage and
downtown Ireton and people would say hi and say to them,
you must be Don & Kay’s kids. They couldn’t believe
people knew them as they didn’t have that experience
being from a city. (Of course being with an Eisma or a
Houlton made it apparent to the community but the kids
didn’t think of that.) When we would get home they would
enjoy reading about our visit in the Ireton paper.
We are very thankful for the great education and firm
foundation that our schools, churches and foremost our
families provided for us.
Don and Kay (Houlton) Eisma & family
19 April 2007nice job janet
linda hughes
15 May 2007
Hello friends,
I wish I could join you for the upcoming celebration. I'm proud to call Ireton home because of it's quiet streets and family atmosphere. Not to mention the great emphasis on kids' programs in the summer (i.e. Little League).
Sincerely,
Craig Broek
Glen Rock, NJ
15 May 2007
Hi everyone. Congratulations!!! 125 years. I enjoyed living in Ireton, I met and became friends with alot of good people. thanks for 10 years of great memories.
Cordially,
Art Bailey
22 May 2007Good old Ireton, Iowa. What a
fantastic place to call home. I left Ireton in 1964.
WOW! It is hard to believe 43 years have past. We won't
be able to attend the celebration but we will be
thinking of everyone having a great time. I'm sure glad
to call Ireton home. Best Wishes.
Gary Johnson
24 May 2007
Hello
Ireton!!!
My mom grew up in Ireton, and I visited there almost
every year growing up, coming from the Grand Rapids MI
area! In fact, I was at the 100th celebration with my
family!! I was about 16 then....:)
My grandparents were Trina and Ed VanEngen. My Mom is
Thelma Jean (Van Engen) Veltema, still living in
Hudsonville,MI.
I love Ireton! I still have many relatives out there,
and sadly, rarely do I get the chance to get out there
any more. I did get to visit this past February though,
that was nice! Hi to my Aunts out there, Carol, Louise,
Joyce and Gert!!
We love you all! Have a great time with your
celebration!! The web site looks great!!
Carmen (Veltema) Kuncaitis
Byron Center, MI
25 May 2007
Hello, My name is Marlene (Van Engen) Natelborg.
I grew up in Ireton for 18 years and I proudly tell many
about Ireton. I'm thankful I had a safe, accepting and
friendly place to grow up. My life was shaped by the
good instruction and upbringing of the Christian
Reformed Church and the Christian and Public schools.
Due to the beneficial instruction, I was able to receive
a BSN degree and pass my learning onto others by giving
them life saving and good medical care.
Also, it taught me to be the best mom I could be with
my three sons who are now giving to others.
One did so well that the Lord wanted him back to
continue for him in heaven. Thank You for being the town
Ireton is and God Bless all of you as you keep the town
a safe,friendly, accepting place where education is
important.
Marlene
Natelborg
28 May 2007
This is a cool site
for my lil' hometown. Thank-you!
Julie Hulshof
Sioux Falls, SD
May 31, 2007
My name is Kim Huitink Butler. My parents are Bert &
Willard Huitink. My husband Dan & I are looking forward
to the 125th. I left Ireton in 1982 to attend Central
College in Pella, IA and have lived in the Des Moines
area since that time. I still say I'm going HOME when we
visit Ireton. My kids have spent many summer days
playing home-run derby at the ballpark and just enjoying
a relaxing small town kind of day. As a RAGBRAI veteran
I've visited many small towns in Iowa and there is none
nicer, more friendly or cleaner than our little home
town.
Congratulations on what I'm sure
will be a great celebration.
Kim Huitink Butler
31 May 2007
Hello Ireton! Rachel Mohning
(Eisma) from Boyden Iowa (a town not to far from
Ireton). It is pretty funny how I can still say that
Ireton is still my "home town" as I reference it as
home. I think that the website is great, and everybody
did a great job!
I have been proud to call it home because living there
for 18 years I have gained alot of memories, such as
going to grade school, little league, swimming, and I
could go on and on. Ireton was a great place to live
because you always knew that you were in a great
community to live in because you could call everybody
family.
Keep up the good work and can't
wait for the celebration!
Rachel Mohning
31 May 2007
Nice website. Ireton is a great
town to raise your kids!
Sara Stock
Ireton, IA
11 June 2007
Committee - This is Jake Van Wyk -
contacting you about the barn raising I'm planning for
Monday, the 25th after the weekend events - in case
people want to check it out too and, or lend a hand.
Announcing an Old Fashioned Barn Raising The week of
June 25 - 30 at the Jake Van Wyk acreage - Ireton
(formerly the John Dekker place)
2676 Hwy 10 - 3.5 mi.E. of the Ireton corner Restoring a
100 yr old post and beam cedar barn
48 ' by 35' two story with a 28ft peak
Come out out and check it out and lend a hand!
Work begins at 8 am each day till 9 pm
Committee Note: Find out more
about Jake's project on our
Calendar and Events
page!
15 June 2007
Wow, where do I begin. I am very
impressed with the Ireton website and appreciate all of
the hard work you fellow "Iretonites" have put into
planning this very special event. I can't wait to be
there to join in the fun.
Even though I have not lived in Ireton since 1980,
it is still my "home" and always will be. I have so many
great memories. My children also had the opportunity to
stay with Grandpa Pete and Grandma Betty during the
summers and they also have great memories. There is
nothing like that hometown atmosphere. I miss it.
Since Mom and Dad are both gone, I do not get back home
enough, but I do subscribe to the "Ireton Examiner" to
keep in touch. I know the paper is called something else
now, but it will always be the "Ireton Examiner" to me.
See you all next week.
Take Care!
Julie Eisma
1207 Creston Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50315
home# 515-280-6515
cell# 515-865-3417
email coffeebaskets@yahoo.com
18 June 2007
Caught a few of the TV spots this weekend--they are
GREAT!!!
Carol Salberg
19 June 2007 I'll always
consider Ireton as my hometown. I really enjoy
telling people about Ireton's schools, churches,
businesses, recreation facilities, and other small town
advantages. I presently live in Fort Dodge and I really
enjoy going back and seeing the changes that have taken
place over the years. We are looking forward to the
upcoming celebration.
Dave Peters (class of '59)
Fort Dodge, Iowa
19 June 2007
After teaching 42 years in Iowa and
Nebraska I thinkmost of my students thought it was ok
for me to retire in 2002. Yes Ireton was good for our
family. I graduated in 1956 with 13 other folks and
really do not know where many reside. Maybe some of you
guys will be home on Sat the 23rd for the 125th.
I am always impressed when we come to Ireton to visit my
folks grave at the cemetary. It would certainly win the
award for the cleanest and neatest town in the good old
USA for cities under 1000 people. Keep looking spiffy
and hope to visit our town many more years.
Ron Peters
Sibley, Iowa
21 June 2007
I am proud to call Ireton my home
because it is a great place to meet all types of nice,
friendly people; whether they've lived here for a long
time to people who've just moved in. Ireton is truly a
great place to live.
-Unsigned
22 June 2007
Having grown up in Ireton, I have
fond memories of my home town. One of the greatest was
going to the Post Office where my Dad was Postmaster.
When the little chicks came in by mail, he would always
let us pet them. I currently live in Irving, Texas,
population 200,000+ so I know the advantages of raising
children in a small town, I really miss the 6 o'clock
whistle. I wish I could join you for your big
celebration.
Patty (Peters) Holm |
