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Thanksgiving Socials Span Iowa Towns And Last Names
A dense list of Thanksgiving visits and dinners across towns in Iowa is recorded with numerous families and hosts. Guests from Cedar Falls, Dubuque, La Crosse, Fayette, West Union, Oelwein, Decorah, and many others attended gatherings at homes of Frieden, Shaffer, Pollock, Chapman, Foxwell, Yearous, and related households.
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Medeste Chase
Elmer Ralph
Voigs
Ana Ane Ernest
Lisey Christen
Thangs Ving Dinn
Puestt
Christen
Raymond. Pritchard
Charles
John Christan Reynold Strong
Ed Wenger
Carl Gehring
Mompson
Anksig
Harold Kruempel
Floyd Frieden
Hazel-Rothlisberger
Dubuque
Earl
I. F. Shaffer
Fayette
Ruth Rothlisberger
Ralph Shaffer
Thomas Foxwell
Arthur Yearous
LaCrosse
Wisc
Methodist’ Church
John Otten
Gordon Pollock
Thomas Pollock
Arthur Chapman
Merlin Chapman
Schoenheider
Chicago
Burton Wolf
Marengo
Ben Dennler
Des Moines
Lawrence Nelson
Ronnie Nelson
Earl Stannard
Lima
Forrest Feller
St. Olaf
Matilda Feller
Gladys
Bob End
Vic Feller
Cedar Rapids
Delbert Chapman le A
Don Winter
West Union
Guy Ernst
Anna Maier
Elkport
Will. Frey
Wadena
Frana
Rose Creek
Minn
Chris Rinkenberger
Burlington
Spe
Guy Esabeth Benimidek
Kenneth Medberry
John Frey
Chariton Looby
Oelwein
Edwin
Peg Peterson
Everly
Gan
Sane Wenger
Roy St. John
Blackstone
Howard Medberry
Margaret
Orran Bane
Eugene Medberry
Silas Wilson
West Union Hospital
Sigourney
Tofield Heck
G. J. Heck
Postville
Melvin Gregerson
Volga
Albert
William Kingman
Glen Zurcher
Monona
Elsa Gossman
Luana
Floyd Leath
Elkader
Roger Frieden
Scott
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Ruby Shaffer
Marion
Forrest Shaffer
Robert
Lola Yearous
Jim Whitford
Volce
Fred Nydegger
Iloey
Milo Frieden
Elon DeWitte
Arlington
Lester Grimm
Grays Lake
Thomas Flanagan
Larry Reinig
Toledo
Lawrence Fulton Jr
Gene Thortons
James Hermen
Arthur Hermen
Olive Heins
Orram Bane
Lorie
Waterloo
Gene Wenger
Lloyd Tope
David Tope
Dean
Gotfred Martin
Cedils
Cedar Falls
Uth
Jacob Schnel- Serenas
Fennell Smily
Omar
Harold Zope
Hawkeye
Jimmie Foxwell
Raymond Bensoy
Susan
Ad Ses Alten
Medberry
Gues
Roger Amundson
Clermont
Leech Wander
Steven
Keith
Linde Wander
Don Pollock
Robert Schneider
Fa- Sehnel
Berdean Hagelie
Clarence “Buroden
Albert L
Wm. Dennler
Harry Butikofer
Vernon Anderson
Marlene
Harold Voght
Farmersburg
Shirley
Kenneth Rainey
Lawrence White
Robert Hanson
Friederich
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