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Thanksgiving Guests Gather Across Illyria Area
A lengthy listing of Thanksgiving and holiday visitors spanning Illyria, Wadena, Clermont, Cedar Falls, Oelwein, West Union, Fayette, and nearby towns. Families including Yearous, Frieden, Dennler, Gehring, Shaffer, Ogle, and Hermen hosted or joined relatives and friends from Topeka, Mason City, Cedar Rapids, and other locales, with numerous dinners and suppers noted.
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Illyria News
Thomas Foxwell
Rudd
Floyd Frieden
Clarkie Voshell
Clarion Mathys
Iva, Mathys
Wadena
Linda Thies
Clermont
Silag Wilson
Carol Wilson
Don Sutter
Joe Ogle
Duane Strong
Floyd Mitts
Thomas Ogle
Ale Harlan
Jim Whitford
Volga
Inez Shaffer
Forrest Shaffer
Floyd Patterson
Helen
Earl Rathlisberger
Wm. Yearons
Merlin Chapman
Scott
Dike
Delbert Chapman
Oelwein
Earl Strang
Pam
Monticello
Reynold Strong
LaVern Schwein
Efus
George Wander
Debbie
Phillip Wander
Castalia
Suzanne Wander
Cedlar Rapids
Otis
Ruth Rothlisberger
Robert Kruempel
Iowa City
Harold Kruempel
Annette Meyer
Cedar Rapids
Melbert Meyer
Ralph Stirm
Brandon
Frank Dempster
Arlington
Robert Kerr
Ralph Shaffer
Richard Schmidt
Tripoli
Ben Dennler
Glen Dennler
Polk City
Uriel Gehring
Burlington
Elizabeth Schneider
Clifford Gisleson
Edwin Jacobson
West Union
Fremont Ogle
Monona
Anna Maier
Littleport
Lettie Hermen
James Hermen
Oliver Heins
Allen Foxwell
Fayette
Will Christen
Milton Duff
Ray Wilcox
John Christen
Anne Dennler
Charlton Looby
Postville
Orran Bane
Waterloo
Gene Wenger
Ed Wenger
Howard Medberry
John Grimm
Eugene Medberry
Emma Holzer
Orran Bane Sr
Walter Ash
Lyle Medberry
Emmett Light Family
Ross Whitcher
Virgil Torson
Alta
Torson
Arthur Chapman
Nick Hild
Marlion