Christ Lutheran Friendship Quilt
This quilt was made in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Lutheran Church in Greenwood County from 1869 to 1994. Upper Fall River (Norwegian) 1969; Christ, 1873; St. Paul, 1911. The names of all the ministers of all the churches are embroidered. This information is on the top of the quilt section in yellow material embroidered in lavender. Family names are also included on the quilt.
The blocks are 3” x 6” in. yellow and lavender. Names are embroidered in lavender on the yellow blocks of families who were church members. It is hand-quilted. Quilt backing is white bound in lavender.
At least 127 names/families are included on the quilt:
Elwood Marshall, Henry Olson, Valerie Meinhardt, Eric Ruge, Scott Valentine, Eldon Teter, Margaret Spires, Ed Jackson, Joe Garrison, Mark Gruner, Hurley Breech, Eric Moots, Bradley Cook, Pete Hubbell, Margie Lou Swisher, Phil Evens, Dale Pohl, Eldora Heyl, Dolores Borst, Pauline Kenney, Hap Jackson, Leona Teichgraeber, Curtis Shaw, Ted Baker, Clayton Rockhill, Keith Moots, Randy Scates, Tim Watkins, Perry Evenson, Flo Northridge, Alan McCoy, George Aicher, Carl Shewmaker, Karl Jackson, Louise Adams, Jason and James Ruge, Wm. Harrison, Donna Lewis, Paul Evenson, Virginia Ladd, Larry Fritts, Chester Coonfield, Vivian Donaldson, Sally Hawthorne, Joe Vopat, Ruth Shewmaker, Minnie Cox, Veral Moore, Gertrude Lovett, Walter Fischer, Robert Teagardin, Mabel Wallace, Carol Simmons, Hans Holm, Leola Hanson, Barbara Green, Tammy Garrison, Henry Ford, Helen Forbes, Donna Buck, Mary Lee Monical, Beulah Olson, Harold Wiggins, Murle Teter, Thedda Olson, Shirley Beeman, H. G. Holmes, Ted Freeman, Ron Myers, Kevin Shaw, Madge Payne, Mildred Marshall, Chris Leonard, Irene Cutmeyer, Harry Anderson, Carl Harvey, Henry Lampe, Dorothy Applegate, Elmer Brawley, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Anna Mae Vaughn, Pat Forbes, Ruby May, Leroy Cross, Kent Campbell, Lottie Bruns, Kendal Rush, Herb Rockhill, Michael Forbes, Larry Hayes, Michael McIlvain, Jim Garrison, Kirk Schureman, Art Teichgraeber, Fern Clever, Jesse Bane, Mark Hendrickson, Mike Roberts, Terry Clites, Bud Turner, Tracey Clites, Kyle Johnson, Tom Howell, Dick Teichgraeber, M. E. Mock, Paul Hendrickson, Charles Hand, Ross Hendrickson, Richard English, Wayne Hendrickson, C. A. Long, Dick Clausen, Phyllis Flock, Loleta Brown, Alice McGinnis, Louis Surber, Bob Lozier, Roger Bechtel, Duke Coulter, Mike Wiggins, Allen Hall, John Huntington, Darrel Shaw, Elizabeth Shaw, Margaret Osmundson, Freda Eide
(an incomplete list)