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Illyria Community Notes of Visits and Gatherings
Ida Halverson celebrated a March 13 birthday with relatives at the Loftsgard home. Numerous guests from Blooming Prairie Cedar Rapids Monona West Union and other towns joined meals and social calls through the week. Community members hosted church events and shared dinners and visits, from Oelwein to Manchester and Clermont, with many families named in attendance.
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Ida Halverson
Edwin Loftsgard
Laura Madson
Clara Paulson
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Otto Wallner
Jim Jacobson
John Culver
Heidi
Cedar Rapids
Priscilla Martie
Monona
Ed Nelson
Postville
Edward Christensen
Steven
Kenneth Halverson
Debbie
Clarence Buroden
Deniy
West Union
Blooming Priorie
Cleve Bennett
Silas Wilson
Alta
Clarftnce Thoman
Nick Hild
Marion
Forrest Shaffer
Inez Shaffer
Will Frieden
Milo Frieden
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Arthur Chapman
Paul Smith
Gordon Pollock
Wm. Dennler
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Edwin Loftegard
Berdean Hagelic
Joni
Edwin Christensen
Orville Berg
Gary de Witte
Oelwein
Richard
Bob
Gary Butikofer
Ben Dennler
Andrew Braker
Edwin Jacobson
Clifford Gisteson
Richard Searles
Clarence Machilethaler
Tofield Heck
Daral Wilson
Clarkie Wothell
Wadena
Louise Marie Butikofer
LaVerne Schneider
Clermont
Elizabeth Schneider