DSS News February 2023

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Danish SisterhoodNews

February 2023

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Volume 76, Number 2

Published

Christina Sallee, National President

Being a month into 2023, I know many of you have installed new local officers. Congratulations to you all! Please be sure to send your Lodge Offices changes to National Secretary Glenda, along with your lodge reports as it is very important for the Board to have the current contact information for all of our members. Thank you if you have already sent in your information.

We also would love to hear from you when your District Conventions are being held. I am sure all members, along with your Board, are looking forward to seeing you again and celebrate being back together. I am sure we all have so many stories to tell each other.

Speaking of District Conventions, we are having our upcoming Board meeting March 2nd5th in Denver, and one of the items we discuss is what information and guidance we can bring to the lodges at the District Conventions. This is your chance to let us know if there is something you think would be beneficial to the lodges. Please reach out to anyone of the Board members with your suggestions.

I have been able to spend much of my time this winter in Arizona and while there has been some rain it is nothing like our members in California are experiencing. My thoughts are with you, and I hope that you are staying safe. I want to remind all our members about our Disaster Relief fund, should you ever need it. We are all here for you and are happy to help.

Stay safe,

Christina Sallee, National President

Honorary Member Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

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Officers of the Supreme Lodge

National President: Christina Sallee, Lodge #81 16116 SW Deline Ct, Beaverton, OR 97007-3425 (503) 928 4494 president@danishsisterhood.com

National Vice President & Scholarship Chairman: Nealna Gylling, Lodge #186 1474 Floan Point Rd, Brainerd, MN 56401 612-390-1374 vicepresident@danishsisterhood.com

National Secretary: Glenda Madrid, Lodge #177 1557 Oak St. Solvang, CA 93463 (805) 448-7631 secretary@danishsisterhood.com • glenda_madrid@hotmail.com

National Treasurer: Linda Brooks, Lodge #21 8402 Winter Berry Dr., Castle Rock, CO 80108 303-905-9934 treasurer@danishsisterhood.com

National Trustee & Butikken Chairman: Linda Holz #102 4400 EP True Pkwy Unit 47, West Des Moines, IA 50265-5615 (515) 225-0951 trustee1@danishsisterhood.com

National Trustee & Website Chairman: Anna Nielsen #20 (262) 412-4482 trustee2@danishsisterhood.com

National Trustee, Membership Chairman: Karen Vig-Keathley, Lodge #4 109 South First Street, Itasca, IL 60143 708-715-0071 trustee3@danishsisterhood.com

National Past President: Sindy Mikkelsen, Lodge #126 2938 Sweet Grass Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95407 (707) 755-0260

National Historian: Donna Christensen Thomas, historian@danishsisterhood.com

Velkommen

In this Issue

Lauren C. Nielsen, Editor

Dear Sisters,

February is often the month that, for me, feels like the longest even though it is the shortest. Luckily it really IS the shortest month and we will soon be greeting spring.

I know this spring brings many things for the Sisterhood--more regular meetings with our lodges, District Conventions, and our Board's Spring Meeting.

I know that I certainly am looking forward to all of the updates from the Board, the various Districts and of course, your lodges. I hope that the approaching spring will help inspire you to continue getting involved in your lodges and to continue sharing and growing our organization.

Now that we're in the 76th year of the Danish Sisterhood News, we're back to sharing historical or relevant photos on the fronts of each issue of the DSN. Please be sure to send along your high-resolution images with a short description so we can feature them on the cover.

And maybe you'll also then get inspired to write a little article! Who knows what you could learn or be inspired by.

I hope all of you are well and look forward to hearing from you soon.

Until next time,

Lauren C. Nielsen, Editor

editor@danishsisterhood.com

Youth Birthdays

On the Cover

Title: Fastelavn King

Photo submitted by Nealna Gylling

Josiah at a Fastelavn Celebration in 2022. Fastelavn marks the beginning of Lent in Denmark. To celebrate Fastelavn, children hit a barrel with a cat on it and break it open to reveal goodies.

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Do you have a photo that you’d like to see on the cover of the Danish Sisterhood News? Send in your submissions and yours could be featured next!

Photographs must be high resolution and should be accompanied by a short description of the photo’s content. Photos from Danish events, Sisterhood meetings, travels around Denmark, Danish culture and more are all great topics.

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December Updates from Amber Lodge #186, Brainerd, MN

The Amber Lodge celebrated the holidays and Christmas together at the home of Nealna Gylling in early December. We had fun sharing Christmas memories and traditions, a gift exchange, a silent auction with various items, and of course, a fantastic lunch. It was also a special treat to welcome back to our meetings, Susanne Hohlen, who is a founding member of the Amber Lodge. Hanne Porter, invited by Judy Andersen, was also great addition to the December gathering. It was so much fun to learn a little bit about Hanne’s path from Denmark to the United States and the Brainerd Lakes Area.

Happy New Year!

Jane Matthies-Holtan, Correspondant

Updates from Haabets Fremtid Lodge #78, Troy, NY

It was time for some long needed feelings of hygge.

The Sisters of Lodge 78 in Troy, NY along with spouses and family members joined with two ladies from the Schenectady Lodge for our annual Christmas luncheon. We met at Max 410 in Cohoes, NY. We were only eleven people but a fun time was held for everyone who attended. Some people we had not seen in a while included; Jenna Myers, Mildred Shea with her granddaughter Marcia and Monica Dore.

Plans were made by our President Marilyn Dore and everything was holiday perfect. We chose sandwiches from the menu, which was followed with our traditional rice pudding and homemade Danish Cookies. This restaurant is so

accommodating to allow us to bring in our own rice pudding and cookies. I (Marge)was the lucky person to find the almond this year and came home with two little marzipan pigs. I am one person who loves marzipan so am enjoying this treat very much. Several of our Sisters also brought home made favors for the tables.

Thee are several of our members who were unable to attend due to illness and previous engagements. We hope they will be able to join us in the near future.

We wish everyone a Happy New Year and we are looking forward to meeting both in our lodges and at Conventions this year. We pray everyone stays well and will be able to meet with us as spring is just around the corner.

Sincerely,

Marjorie Wheeler, Treasurer and Correspondent

Updates from the Museum of Danish America

I hope everyone is having a happy New Year! Last year I spent time speaking to various Lodges and Districts about the DSS Archives Project. I was lucky to be hosted, both digitally and in person, six times last year and I already have two lodge presentations on the books for this year.

You may remember that in 2019 the Museum of Danish America received a grant from the State of Iowa’s Historic Resource Development Program (HRDP). This grant provided 50% of the funding for a two-year project to catalog and organize the Danish Sisterhood of America Archive. Thanks to individual sisters and lodges, we raised all of the matching funds and we successfully completed the project.

What was completed?

Between 2019 and 2021, I re-housed all the documents in the DSS Archive, moving them from regular cardboard boxes to acid-free archival grade boxes and folders. Through this process I organized and catalogued material, both in a physical, finding-aid document and through our digital cataloguing system, PastPerfect. The intent of this project was to make your archive searchable in person and to organize documents so they could easily be found. You are also able to browse the collection of ledgers and documents online, and as long as the material wasn’t sensitive information, I did my best to scan three examples of the contents each folder or ledger.

The grant parameters and the timeframe, however, did not allow for a complete digital scan of any of the materials. This means, if you would like to access them in their entirety, you would still either have to visit on-site or contact me and pay individually for a scan of the material you are wanting to view. I know this is not possible for all of you, and it creates a barrier to access for researchers and those interested in their own family or lodge research.

I want to mention that complete scanning of your collection would be extremely time-consuming and pricy, but the scanning of certain parts of the collection would create greater ac-

cess. This is not something we have investigated for any of our other collections to date, but your collection is special and would be of interest in many research areas.

Therefore, I have proposed a second phase to this project, which would encompass the full digitization of the 300 DSS ledgers and the DSS News. These are the two most requested items in the collection so far and contain the most lodge-specific information. These parts of the collection would then be available online for direct viewing by you.

Please look forward to more information about this exciting project coming both from me and a special committee of the Museum of Danish America board, who are also Danish Sisterhood members.

Sincerely,

Cheyenne Jansdatter, MLIS Museum of Danish America Archives Manager & Outreach Associate Member Lodge #102

News from Western Star Lodge #113, Grand

We met at the home of Diana Honore for our annual Christmas party. Diana's home was decorated very beautifully and Santa greeted us at the door. She prepared a delicious and, as she says, simple cheese soup (recipe below), served with different kinds of breads and Havarti Cheese. Edie Grim brought a Yogurt ice cream cake for dessert to celebrate her birthday which is on Christmas day.

We had a short meeting and elected Christine Rindone as our new treasurer. We thank and praise Carolyn Andersen for her many years of dedication and service to our lodge, most recently as treasurer. We shared Christmas cards and gifts and had a cookie exchange. Tim Hannibal played a white elephant game with us, giving gifts of lavender products from the Sandhills Lavender Farm in the Dannebrog and Nysted area in Nebraska. We were entertained by Cal Fuehter while he played his dulcimer. His music was very uplifting and beautiful. We got to join in by singing along. Cal's wife, Marlene, was a special guest, also. It was a wonderful day to enjoy good food, friends and fellowship!!

Submitted by Christine Rindone, Lodge #113

Island, NE

Cheesy Vegetable Soup

3 potatoes, diced

1 16 oz. package frozen California Blend vegetables

3 chicken bouillon cubes

2 cans Cream of Chicken soup

1 lb. velveeta cheese, cubed

1 small onion chopped

1-2 Tbsp. parsley flakes

Cook potatoes for 20 minutes in 6 cups of water. Add vegetables, onions and bouillon cubes and cook for 15 minutes. Add the Cream of Chicken soup, cheese and parsley flakes. Stir until blended.

Recipe by Diana Honore

January Updates from Amber Lodge #186, Brainerd, MN

The January 2023 meeting of the Danish Sisterhood, Amber Lodge #186, was held at Good Shepard Lutheran Church in Brainerd, MN.

The morning started out with guide speaker, Sharon Carlson. Sharon gave a wonderful presentation based on the ideas explored in the book “The Gentle Are of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter” by Margareta Magnusson. Sharon shared several of the ways she has organized the important items in her life, including photos, family stories, travel treasures and family heirlooms. The methods and tips shared were both enjoyable and thought-provoking.

Also included in the day was the installation of 2023 officers. The positions are as follows; Judith Andersen, President, Amber Thrusholt, Vice-President, LeAnn Plinske and Nealna Gylling, Co-Secretary, Dottie Bisted, Treasurer, Margaret Hill, Marshall, Jane Matthies-Holtan, Trustee for Correspondence, Amanda Bisted, Trustee for Health and Wellness and Barb Wenschlag, Trustee Historian.

Additionally, we welcomed and initiated new members Heidi Plasek, Isabel Plasek and Hanne Porter.

As always, we enjoyed a fantastic potluck lunch with many delicious offerings. The upcoming February meeting will feature a Fastelavn celebration. Jane Matthies-Holtan, Correspondent

Detroit Senior Danes Luncheon

Detroits Senior Danes Christmas luncheon was attended by Danish Sisterhood Sister Leslie Pedersen and 96 year old Dee Larsen.

In Sisterhood Spirit, Jonna Easterby

Updates from Flora Danica Lodge #177, Solvang, CA

Flora Danica Lodge #177 in Solvang had a busy second half of 2022 and we are looking forward to many activities and gatherings in 2023. In September 2022 we were able to return to a somewhat “normal” Danish Days celebration in Solvang, after a three year absence. We had a very successful weekend selling our homemade crafts and baked goods. With those proceeds we were able to once again make annual donations to some very worthy causes in our area. We were also able to fund our local high school scholarship fund, which is one of our main goals every year. In December we were able to return to another event that had been put on hold the last three years: Our annual Sisterhood Christmas dinner party. Dinner started with a bowl of risengrød made by our own Marie Jaeger, which included the almond prize (which was actually won by the person having an “X” on the bottom of their bowl to avoid any issue with someone mistakenly eating the whole almond!), followed by a delicious flaeskesteg dinner with all the trimmings. After dinner, Pastor Chris Brown of Bethania Lutheran Church, read The Christmas Story to the kids before everyone got up and danced around the Christmas Tree, hand-in-hand, singing all the Christmas Carols and accompanied by Kevin McConnell on the piano. It was a wonderful way to celebrate the Christmas Season.

Just a few days after the Sisterhood Christmas Dinner, we joined with the local Brotherhood for another Christmas Dinner, this time with just the adults. Another fantastic flaeskesteg dinner was had. There was no dancing around the Christmas Tree, but we did sing more Christmas Carols with Kevin once again leading us. Of course, we ended by standing up, hand-in-hand, and circling the room with a loud and happy rendition of “Nu Har Vi Jul Igen.”

In January we had our annual Installation dinner meeting with both our local Brotherhood and Sisterhood as well as the Santa Barbara Chapters. Due to the very heavy rains and road closures experienced in the days before the Installation, many of the members from Santa Barbara were unable to attend, but a few did manage to

make the 45-minute drive to Solvang. The Danish Smørrebrød meal was prepared by our Sisterhood members, Denise Johnson, Mindi Christian, and Glenda Madrid, with lots of helping hands by members who were available to help (see photo for a sample of the almost-too-pretty-to-eat open face sandwiches). Beautiful tables were set by member Donna Ineman with help from her family. Flora Danica Lodge #177 installed it’s Officers for 2023: Lori McConnell, President; Mindi Christian, Vice-President; Lisa Pedersen, Secretary; and Janice Zigler, Treasurer. Past President, Karen Voorhis, was thanked for her service in an especially tough time to keep organizations together. Mange Tak, Karen!

We are looking forward to an active 2023 and wish our other Sisterhood Lodges and happy new year.

Lisa Larsen Pedersen, Secretary

Updates from Lodge #185, Cleveland, OH

During the Covid years, we survived by doing Zoom meetings. We had a variety of programs ranging from those available from the Museum of Danish America to interviewing some of our members living out of state.

It is great to be back in person again! Here are some highlights of our year. Our Christmas party is our biggest and most popular event, we usually have around one hundred people attending including children. We inherited the Christmas party from the Danish Brotherhood which no longer exists in Cleveland. We form circles and walk around the tree singing Danish and English Christmas carols. This is followed by Danish folk dancing, taught by our member, Ruth Mortensen, with many participating since we have been doing it for years. Then comes Santa’s visit, dinner (which includes pork, red cabbage and homemade Danish cookies) and a raffle afterward.

In October we hosted the Leif Erikson Celebration in downtown Cleveland where there is a bust of Leif since 2001. The Scandinavian groups take turns hosting it and providing the Akvavit that we use to “skål” with outside where the bust is located, as you see in the picture. Then we have lunch inside the restaurant with the group.

The picnic and St Hans Fest is held in June at a member’s home, this year at Marilyn Brandt’s. Here you see the mini fire where we burned the traditional witch and sang along with the Danish Midsummer Night song. We also had Danish style hot dog with all the Danish fixings including remoulade.

In April we had an outing to Lake View Cemetery, founded in 1869 and a Cleveland landmark. President Garfield's Memorial is there, and many famous people are buried there, such

as the Rockefellers. We are fortunate to have our member, Marilyn Brandt, VP of Operations there, to arrange our tour. We were driven around and saw all the well-known sites including where some Danes were buried. Seeing the Daffodil Hill in bloom was the highlight, note picture and imagine the yellow colors. We ended the event with coffee and dessert.

Sadly, in January 2022, we lost one of our valued charter members, Bente Bob. She served in many positions in our Lodge as well as the MOO District. We miss her in so many ways. We had a memorial service for her in September.

We had business meetings during the other months and try to have programs to educate us about our heritage. They included:  Cecelia Smith shared about her experiences living in Denmark for 13 years;  Helen Soucek and Minna shared a history of our lodge with pictures from over the years; Dorte Brandenhoff, our first President who moved to CA, joined us by Zoom and shared about her life in DK and here in the U.S. and about the beginning of our Lodge.

Minna Mortensen, Pres and Laurel Covell, VP/ Sec

Bente Bob 1939-2022

Jean Marie (Katzenstein) Davidson: Lifetime membership of Lodge #6

by Donna Christensen Thomas, National DSS Historian

Last October, Danner Lodge #6 of Omaha, Nebraska celebrated their 133rd anniversary. We celebrated with pizza, a beautifully decorated cake and good conversation.

Delayed due to COVID, a few months ago we also celebrated one of our members, Jean Marie (Katzenstein) Davidson’s 65th anniversary of membership!!. We recognized that she had been a member half of that 133 years! However, she had been attending meetings as she accompanied her mother and grandmother to their meetings as a child. She clarified, “Actually I didn’t attend, I waited alone in the kitchen while they had their meetings.” I watched as they brewed coffee in a very large blue enamel pot and then they would crack a couple of eggs into the coffee, eggshells and all. I always wondered how that would taste.” The eggs captured the loose coffee grounds. Reportedly, the coffee tasted good and was lighter in color than what we normally see.

Jean was born to Nellie Marie Christine (nee Christensen) and her husband Chester A Katzenstein. Nellie, eldest of seven children, was born in Omaha, her father was born in Nebraska City, NE about an hour south of Omaha. Jean Marie shared that her maternal grandparents named their children after Norse gods and goddesses. They tried to keep the tradition going of recognizing the family’s notable ancestor.

The sons were allegedly named for Hans Egede, a missionary who later became a bishop to Greenland. Was there a familial connection to the man? More research is required to answer that question. I will expound on this man in a separate article. She commented that she would get special attention because of the Egede name if she were to visit Denmark.

Hans Egede Grønborg Christensen (18631928) and Abelone Poulsen (1876-1952) were married in Omaha on 31 August 1895. Her grandfather was born at Mou, Aalborg, Denmark to Peder Karl Christen Christiansen. and Barbara Peternille Nicoline Grønbech. He immigrated in

1884. He had died before Jean Marie was born. She doesn’t have much information about him. Peternille was the daughter's name of Hans Egede, so she was named in honor of the family's notable ancester.

Abelone came by herself from Denmark through Castle Garden in New York City at the age of sixteen in 1892 which was the first year that Ellis Island was open. Her husband immigrated in 1884, likely through Castle Garden. She also had an older sister Jensine, (1871-1955), who married Iver Thomas Petersen (1864-1948) , also a Danish immigrant. He and several sons were house painters.

His oldest brother, Tage Marius William Christensen had also immigrated to Omaha and married another Danish immigrant, Anna Thomsen in 1889 in Omaha. The couple moved to Minden, Nebraska, a largely Danish town. They didn’t have children. His wife was known to everyone as “Tante Annie.” She lived to be 103 years old while still living in her own home. One of our members grew up in Minden and also had memories to share about her. A story that makes them chuckle was when she was cared for in a nursing home or hospital they reported that she wasn’t responding. Her friends, the Madsen family, looked in on her and noted, “Put in her hearing aids!” That made all the difference!

Most of this family is buried in the Danish Springwell Cemetery in Omaha.

Her mother, Nellie, had been a trustee, as a member of the Danish Sisterhood. During this era, Danish Sisterhood had a sick benefit which was paid out to members who were home bound. Sometimes there were discussions as to whether or not a person deserved that benefit if they were seen “out and about” or even answered the door! Her mother was relieved when that program was discontinued.

There were perhaps one hundred twenty, even two hundred people who attended the Danish Sisterhood meetings. Many were Danish

immigrants and spoke the Danish language at their meetings. Eventually there were three Sisterhood groups in Omaha as well as one in Council Bluffs, Iowa just across the river. Eventually the other groups have disbanded. (We are about nine members right now.)

One of the rituals she thought was very meaningful and special was during a member’s funeral was that the Danish Sisterhood members would process down the church aisle and place a piece of greenery on the casket. They might also have read a eulogy about their departed Sister, but that was sometimes met with objection as the pastor thought that it was his role.

They took the lodge rituals very seriously. They voted upon whether or not to accept a person as a member by putting a white or black marble which indicated “yay or nay” and then counted regarding the question at hand

Jean Marie especially enjoyed participating in the Drill team. Their costumes were white with red sashes. The last one was a red lacy formal, very dressy. Getting to know women from other local lodges was a nice benefit of the drill team. Jean Marie’s mother played the piano for the group, so she was always involved and missed it a lot when it was discontinued some years ago. They performed especially for installation of the officers at the conventions. The performances brought families to the conventions which increased the attendance. They always had a formal photograph taken each year. She regretted not recording the names of the the people involved as she doesn’t remember most of them now.

Danish Sisterhood has been a big part of her long life. She has many fond memories of the many activities and occasions throughout the years. She finds herself thinking of ways to make the Danish Sisterhood meetings more educational to pass on the traditions and knowledge of the Danish culture and its ways to the younger generations.

Updates from Lodge #100

In September of 2022, we met at the Lutheran church with 8 members present. We enjoyed a delicious meal provided by Ila and Arlene. We learned the history and how to make a Danish red hot dog like the street vendors sell in Denmark. It is sad that we do not have that yummy delicacy available here. We discussed the up coming National Convention.

Our Oct. will be dark as some of our members will be out of state but unfortunately, it was not me. I am lucky enough to have a job outside of the home.

Our Nov. meeting was to be held at the residence of Joyce and Janice in Port Huron about 45 miles away from home base. Mother Nature decreed that we needed a snow blizzard that day. With great sadness and safety in mind, the meeting was cancelled. Perhaps in the spring amid the tulips, we can visit Port Huron.

Our Christmas family dinner was held on Dec. 4 at Liberty Lanes in Sandusky. We had 6 members and 4 family members present. The restaurant was beautifully decorated in Christmas attire. The food was super delicious and great fun was had by all. Santa appeared early with small gifts.

Our next few months of meetings are dark as many of the members are snowbirds. OR hate the cold and stay inside hibernating.

I am very sad to tell you that we lost a wonderful Sister a few days ago. She was a great person with a wonderful knowledge of Denmark. RIP Janice.

Carol, Secretary Lodge #100

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DSS Angel Member Status

The Danish Sisterhood has a new and very special member status, the DSS Angels. This status belongs to those members that wish to gift their funeral benefit back to the Sisterhood. We have had some members in the past make the Sisterhood their beneficiary. We believe this is a generous and significant gift, and wish to honor them while we can, keeping a list of our current “Angels” posted. A couple of options are available:

• A change of beneficiary to: Danish Sisterhood of America or,

• A change of beneficiary to one of the national scholarship funds. Be specific, ie: Betty Hansen Scholarship, Past National Officers, Camp Grant, etc.

If you wish to change your status, please contact your lodge or the National Secretary for a Beneficiary Change Form. Your benefit does not need to be fully paid yet, and you'd be expected to maintain your payments, as the Sisterhood will not receive the benefit until your passing. Those that do not have a funeral benefit as part of your membership category can participate by donating $1,000 to the Danish Sisterhood of America. On behalf of our entire membership, we wish to thank and honor as our first Angels:

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