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Community guest list fills weekend in area homes
Sunday and Saturday visits dotted area households as the Frieden, Friedenrick, Beohner and Leuchtenmacher families hosted relatives from Davenport, Elkader and Cedar Rapids. Numerous cousins, grandchildren and friends shared dinners, Sunday lunches, and overnight stays across West Union, Fayette, Oelwein, Monona, Clarence, and surrounding towns, with ties to the Frieden and Blockhus families prominent in weekend activities.
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Cindy Frieden
Roger Frieden
Russell Friederich
Hulda Sutter
Werner Hader
Michael
Cedar Rapids
Robert Falk and Sons
Don Fauser
H. B. Fauser
Anna
Jean Paul
Fresno
Calif
Walter Solfus
Jon
Helen Fauser
Iowa City
Julie
Becky Becker
Louis Becker Jr
John Baechier
San Jose
California
Rose Baechler
Pepin
Wisc
Louise Miller
Harold Conner
West Union
Herbert Dummermuir
Arlene Leemans
Roy Leuchenmacher
Debra Frieden
Elmer . Frieden
O. H. Larson
Russell Wenger
Hazel Gehring
Leonard Moore
Lennis
Adolph Anderson
Belva Snyder
C. 0. Torkelson
Garald Jacobson
Shelvy Nims
Clermont
Ronald Loftsgard
Donald Sutter
Allan Anderson
LeRoy Larson
Kenneth Koupal
Cedar Falls
Koupal
Jack Adrian
Leon Hansen
Yellow Forrest
Steven Victor
Monona
Raymond Boleyn
Emmett Trappe
Mark
David
Viola Ihdi
Ed Boleyn
Otis Block Hus
Collins Radio
Richard Frieden
Debra
Jay Dummermuth
Scot
Rodney Seitz
Drew Loftsgard
Lyle Butikofer
Monte
Gregory Helms
Diane Halverson
Dawn
Cynthia Frieden
Bonnie
Connie
Karen Friederich
Brenda Gardner
Jeanne
Kay Smpehl
Julie Johnson
Sue Ellen Kreig
Leonce Larson
Carol
Connie Pfister
Nancy Torkelson
Robert Helms
Nathan
Dale Seitz
Davin
Harry Leader
Kathy
Arthur Landsgard
Olvin Funk
Chester
Ernest Larson
Dorothy Kremer
Patti Leh
Man
Walter Lehman
Alma Peterson
Elkader
Arlene Leaman
Ida Leuchtenmacher
Leo Lehman
Cornelius Heierson
Harry Dwina
Maynard Ludwig
Dim Frieden
M. H. Moore
Gerald Frieden
Davenport
Robert Chapman
Madge Murray
Wadena
Bertina Halverson
George Schroyer
Harold Halverson
Diane
DeVere Halverson
Nancy
Bobby
Ruth Loftsgard
Burlington
Robert Chapman and
Howard Stewart
Strawberry Point
Dorothy Moeller
Manchester
George Vaughn
Bettina Halverson
Alvin Buroden
Postville
Roger Hellum
Brian Chapman
Mary Tatro
Berlina Halverson
Bonnie Tatro
L. ©. Reierson
Cornelius Reierson