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Bonnie Linder
Lavonne Joan "Bonnie" Linder (March 15, 1927 – November 19, 2020) was a resident of Hartley, Iowa, who was the subject of a viral video in 2020. Her fame began after her daughter, Judy Zimmerman, posted a video of Linder waving to children on a school bus after they had arranged to stop in front of her house to wish her a happy birthday. The event occurred on March 13, two days before her 93rd birthday. Early life Lavonne Joan Harms was born in 1927, in Sheldon, Iowa, to Henry L. and Lillian Minnie Harms. She attended Archer Consolidated School, in Archer, Iowa, and graduated in 1944. Viral video In March 2020, Linder's daughter, Judy Zimmerman, arranged to have a bus from a local school stop in front of her house, in Hartley, Iowa, and to have the children on board wish Linder a happy birthday. Since the beginning of the school year, Linder had either waved from the window of her home, or, in favorable weather, stood on her porch every weekday morning to wave to the bus as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheldon, Iowa
Sheldon is a city in O'Brien and Sioux counties in the U.S. state of Iowa, along the Floyd River. The population was 5,512 at the time of the 2020 census; it is the largest city in O'Brien County. History and culture Sheldon got its start in the year 1873, following construction of the Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad through that territory. It was named for Israel Sheldon, a railroad promoter. It was a strategic location on the rail for businesses from as far away as Minneapolis and Omaha, after the addition of the intersection with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway in 1878. The growth in infrastructure has continued. Today, the city lies at the crossroads of Iowa Highway 60 and U.S. Route 18. Eastbound and westbound rail service is provided by IC&E Railroad (since 2008 a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway), while northbound and southbound service is provided by Union Pacific Railroad. The city's first financial institution, the Sheldon State Bank, closed in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |