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Christmas Holiday Home Visits Stretch Across Linn County
Numerous families and relatives spent Christmas and New Year’s in homes across Elgin Postville and West Union. Guests included Schupbachs, Leaths, Baechlers, Beckers, Yenneys, and many Schori, with travel from Cedar Rapids, Detroit, Chicago, and Madison to join local celebrations. Christmas dinners and visits highlighted a season of family reunions and community ties.
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H. B. Queen
Wayne Gilson
Floyd Possehl
Elkader
Oscaren
Wm. Schupbach
Marsha
Walter Drain
Mont Albert
L. Schupbach
Detroit
Mich
Anna Schupbach
Betty Schori
Iowal City
C. B. Schori
John Lyford
Joan
David
Mt. Vernon
Edward Schmid, Jr
Cédar Rapida
Lulu Schmid
Gessie Blockhus
F. T. Blockhus
Pauline
Ernest Bauder
Anna M. Schupbach
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapide
Lyle Leath
Bertha Jane Casper
Charles City
Loren Casper
Evenig
Sam Lehman
Rudy Possehl
Georgia M. Schori
Gerald Sehori
Marie Reichert
Minneapolis
Minn
Albert Schori
Thomas Desmond
Columbus Junction
H. D. Yack
Elmer Yenney
Janesville
Wis
Dee
Marie Grimm
Davenport
John Grimm
Fred Kohler
L. F. Klingman
Robert Clothier
Tiller Hanson
Cliften Wilson
Allen Habeger
Gertrude Sigsbey
Council Bluffs
C. C. Becker
Lucy
Louis Becker
Ray DeSart
Corp
Dale DeSart
Dean DeSart
Irene Erickson
Clermont
Franc DeSart
Robert Wilson
Roberta
R. W. Mileenthalee
Wm. Kohls, Jr
Mary Matthys
Lena Baumgartner
Ern Baechler
Laurence Knudtson
Kathryn
Emma Knudtson
Ed Oldag
Postville
Mabel. Grimm
Chicago
Ern Beechler
Methert
John Schneider
Walter Kohls
Robert. Miller
Ruby Hogan
Oelwein
Howard Boyle
Sheldon Hoyle
Mabel Frieden
Minskegan
Alvina Frieden
Eva Mae Melson
Virgil Potter
Vanita
Grove
Oklahoma
Leon Shepard
Richard Miller
Richard Dale
Reuben Howard
Bonnie
Kenneth Mark
Donald Kist
Miles Ames
Linda
Luana
Herbert
Ash
Mike Moritz
Harold Moritz
Clifton Wilson
Patty
Vern Overbeck
Glenfield
N. D
Lois Kimpston
Mercy Hospital
Elmer Grover
Chambersburg
Lew Gruver
Gottliab Dennler
Rochester
Colonial Hospital
Clarence Schneider
Walter Bauman
Shinley
Grand Junction
Colo
A. B. Jacob
Luella Gilbertson
Decorah
Gus Gilbertson
Frank Frautschy
Madison
S. D
Merlin Feller
Enoch
Henry Mark
Melvin Olson
West Union
Carrie Doty
Bowen Ave
Battle Creek
South Haven
Elgin
Ruth Siems
Burlington
Alfred Jacob
Fern Hoover
Waterloo
Jacob Hoover
Harald Bennett
L. L. Kiple
Wm. Howard
Wm. Reusser and Shinley
Bertha Kiple
Will Kohler
Regina Hutchinson
Karen Kiple
Shirley Reusser
Wm. Reusser
Wm. Shambaugh
Petersburg
Hev
J. C.warton
C. J
Clifton
C.M. Peterson
W. J. Farrell
Lavern Gibson
C. O. Torkelson
Carl Torkelson
Tom
Otto Torkelson
Barbara Wright
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