Your coffee cup stories

  • David Cramer’s is from his college days and his wife Blair’s was her great-grandmother’s. “Every Sunday she would have Sunday dinner ready for our whole big family right after church. After dinner would always be coffee and dessert, and this was the mug she would always pull out for herself. Like you, snagged it for myself while we were packing up her house after she passed.”
    David Cramer’s is from his college days and his wife Blair’s was her great-grandmother’s. “Every Sunday she would have Sunday dinner ready for our whole big family right after church. After dinner would always be coffee and dessert, and this was the mug she would always pull out for herself. Like you, snagged it for myself while we were packing up her house after she passed.”
  • Eva Crawford said this one is one of her favorites, but it’s a few years old as her youngest granddaughter’s name (who is now a high school junior) isn’t on it!
    Eva Crawford said this one is one of her favorites, but it’s a few years old as her youngest granddaughter’s name (who is now a high school junior) isn’t on it!
  • Crystal Hardy’s gift from a good friend.
    Crystal Hardy’s gift from a good friend.
  • Dan Brauer of North Platte (remembered by many as Dan the UPS man), said: “My way of having coffee with all my Sandhills friends every morning!”
    Dan Brauer of North Platte (remembered by many as Dan the UPS man), said: “My way of having coffee with all my Sandhills friends every morning!”
  • Suzie (Sevier) Wahlgren said, “Made by Mullen’s old art teacher, Mr. Dustin Stephenson, and everyone gets threatened harm if they ever break it!”
    Suzie (Sevier) Wahlgren said, “Made by Mullen’s old art teacher, Mr. Dustin Stephenson, and everyone gets threatened harm if they ever break it!”
  • Paula Rice said this cup was a gift 14 years ago from her daughters. “The cup I use everyday unless it’s in the dishwasher.”
    Paula Rice said this cup was a gift 14 years ago from her daughters. “The cup I use everyday unless it’s in the dishwasher.”
  • Lori Freeze said, “When I got baptized, I was given this from my Bible class ladies.”
    Lori Freeze said, “When I got baptized, I was given this from my Bible class ladies.”
  • Mary Lou Harding said, “One of my piano students gave me this cup many years ago. My favorite! And yes I use it yearround! Soothes my snowman fetish - if you know, you know!”
    Mary Lou Harding said, “One of my piano students gave me this cup many years ago. My favorite! And yes I use it yearround! Soothes my snowman fetish - if you know, you know!”
  • Leslie (Harding) Rosebery had to ask a question at the parent meeting during her daughter Kassidy’s freshman orientation at SDSU to get this cup.
    Leslie (Harding) Rosebery had to ask a question at the parent meeting during her daughter Kassidy’s freshman orientation at SDSU to get this cup.
  • Jenny Cribelli’s kids picked this out for her for Christmas.
    Jenny Cribelli’s kids picked this out for her for Christmas.
    Last week on the Tribune’s social media pages, I posted a picture of my coffee cup - it has a Holstein cow on it and is one I claimed from my maternal grandparents’ house when we were cleaning ...

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