Don and Dianne Kramer

Don and Dianne Kramer will present their program, Our Neighbors, The amish, on Thursday, Oct. 11, 6-8 p.m. at the Toledo Public library, 2o6 E. High St.

Seating is limited with registration required. Call 641-484-3362 to register.

In the Kramers’ program you will hear about the beliefs and lifestyles of a people whose religious practices are often mystifying and whose way of life is much different from our own.

Program topics cover key beliefs, the Ordnung, language, gatherings, population growth, Rumspringa, church and health an healing.

Amish refreshments will be provided

Don and Dianne Kramer are native Iowans (Don was raised in Earlville, Dianne in Dyersville) who met while students at Xavier High School in Dyersville. Following graduation, they both attended the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, where they majored in education.

The Presenters

The Kramers taught for 14 years in Grundy Center; then they returned to their home territory of Dyersville and taught the remainder of their careers at West Delaware Community Schools in Manchester.

Don taught elementary physical education and later middle school history and language arts. All of Dianne’s teaching career was spent in the high school English area, with emphasis on literature and writing.

Now that they are retired, Don and Dianne enjoy their time on their acreage and in their log home, caring for their cat and horse. Much of their free time is spent volunteering. T

hey enjoy the simplicity of their lives: gardening, landscaping, walking in their timber, helping others, going on day trips, and meeting new people of all ages. Most recently, they have been given the opportunity to share their interest in the Amish culture with audiences in libraries throughout Iowa.