Willow Lake, South Dakota - The E. L. Thaden family here is ministerially inclined. Three sons are so engaged, two are studying for such careers, and one daughter is married to a minister.
Clifford and Robert are shown in the back row. Seated are Jerry, Ben, and Clarence, and their brother-in-law, Rev. Lester Alberts. The picture was taken at a family reunion this week.
Jerry is a minister in the Presbyterian church at Hickman, Nebraska; Clarence is a minister in the Presbyterian church at Cambell, Nebraska, and Ben is a minister in the Reformed church of Gardiner, New York.
Clifford is enrolled as a junior in the Mission house seminary, at Plymouth, Wisconsin, and Robert is enrolled as a sophomore in Hope College in Holland, Michigan
Johanna, the youngest girl, was Sunday school teacher and church pianist, and married Rev. Lester Alberts, a Willow Lake boy, son of Mr. & Mrs. Sam Alberts. Rev. Alberts is pastor in a Reformed church near Wallkill, New York.
Mr. & Mrs. E. L. Thaden are pioneers in this community, having moved here from Lennox 37 years ago.
Transcribed by Jean E. Straatmeyer
From a very old newspaper clipping saved by her mother,
Mrs. M. E. J. (Dena Thaden) Plucker
Circa the early 1940's
