St. Joseph Fun Days 2025
Three Days of Family Fun in Marion
The 8th annual St. Joseph Fun Days took place at St. Joseph Catholic Church Friday May 30th to Sunday June 1st. The event featured a country store, silent auction, Bingo, carnival rides, a fun run, a hog roast meal, interactive catholic trivia, a catholic password game, a silent auction, the Back Booth Alley Band, and the Jimmy Welty Band. The event is organized and set up by St. Joseph Catholic church’s Fun Days Committee. The committee consists mostly of volunteers from the church which has 6,000 members.
Grayson Eastman calls a game of Bingo during the St. Joseph Fun Days held at St. Joseph Catholic Church on Saturday May 31st.
Diane Dahl (left) plays a game of Bingo with her daughter Michele Dean while participating in the Fun Day’s activities just outside of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Tom Bohr (left) rides the Hurricane with his daughter Molly Bohr while attending St. Joseph Catholic Church’s Fun Days with some of their friends on Saturday May 31st. The Hurricane was bought by Next Generation Shows INC from Adventureland Resort where it was known as the Lighthouse.
Louise Sughroue (left) goes down Next Generation Shows Inc’s slide with his son Charlie Sughroue while enjoying the Fun Days Festivities held just outside of St. Joseph Catholic Church on Saturday.
Parker Davis goes fishing for a prize while enjoying Fun Days with her parents. Davis’s family moved to Iowa from Atlanta Georgia in 2020.
Brooklyn Popelka takes a ride on the swings owned by Next Generation Shows Inc. Next Generation Shows INC was started 15 years ago, and is based out of Texas.
Mike Fields (left) watches as his daughter Avyn Fields picks out a prize after shooting a target with a nerf gun at St. Joseph’s Fun Days on Saturday May 31st. St. Joseph Catholic Church hosts their Fun Days celebration on the grass field just south of their school on the weekend after Memorial Day every year. Also pictured is Next Generation Shows INC Employee Robert Bryan.
Cousins Jaden Bechtel (center left) and Katie Kohn from Cherokee Iowa ride one of the rides provided by Next Generation Shows while enjoying St. Joseph Catholic Church’s Fun Days with their grandma.
Charlotte Walker (left) has fun riding the Tea Cups with her Dad Justin Walker at the St. Joseph Fun Days celebration. St. Joseph Catholic Church created the Fun Days celebration to give back to the city of Marion and the surrounding communities.
Fun Days committee member Scott Schlegel grills hamburgers, hot dogs, and chicken for the Fun Days attendees on Saturday May 31st.
Tyler Kohn plays a game of bags with his friend Brady Diercks just before the Jimmy Welty Band takes the stage at St. Joseph Catholic Church’s Fun Days celebration.
The Jimmy Welty Band performs for the Fun Days crowd on Saturday May 31st. The Jimmy Welty band will be playing at Sonchasers Social Club in Cassville Wisconsin on Saturday June 7th next.
Margaret Spencer dances to the music of the Jimmy Welty Band with her fiancee Larry Techau. The couple plans to get married next month.