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Thanksgiving guests and local dinners frame West Union notes
Fragments show numerous families hosting meals and visiting relatives in West Union and surrounding towns. Names include Frieden, Sree, Bo biney, Boyer, Grover, Pfister, Sturms, Hofer, Greener, Butikefer, Leuchtenmacher, Krueger, Habeger, Reierson, Lofsgard, and others. Mentions of birthdays, baptisms, funerals, and Thanksgiving week gatherings in Postville, Oelwein, Cedar Rapids, and nearby communities.
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Frieden
Robert . Boleyn
Mra.ley
Helen Boyer
David Bo' Ball
Arden Greener
Lewis O. Butihofer
Louis Butikefer
Kathy
West Union
Mrz
Ee & To
Mx Landogard
Ak Ey
Alma
Peterson
Arlene “Leeman
Ernest Larson
Oelwein
Larry Ovis
Aie Aries
Cornelius’ Refereen
Olivia Schweinen Orne Earl Lembke Fer Ware
Dulane Caspers
Ryan
Arate
Roy Teudhies
James ‘Bell
Jay
Lake Cl
Maude “Bement
West
Walter Rohils
Clarence Fisher
Weston
Earl Kipleen
Melvin Moore
Vicky Habeger
Cedar Rapids
Curtis Gilson
Kenton Krueger
Abe Habeger
DeVere Halverson
Nancy
Olle
Marilyn ‘Cannon
Carol Gibbs
Mechele Fink
Mart Frieden
Meredith
Wagner
Bbie
Sue Winters
n_Loftsgard
Glen Reierson
Laurence West
Jim Ruhens
Gilbert
Ron
Babeger
Jay Babegey
Rapids
Tony Heteger Essenttre
Walter Kohls
Sheldon May
Waterloo
God
Dodge
Keith Hler
Flack Adrian
Easta Star
Er Gues
C. O
James Christ
Harley Wright
Tony
Guernsey
Wisc
A Serrence
Metta Krueger
Eugene Lehman
Jett Ane
Joni
Charles Christianson
Marion
Walter Aig Elkader
Ed Butikoter
Sia Er Corgie
Henry McMillan
Mark
Leo Schori
George Schmelzer
Shawn Schori
Aa Aday
William Leake
Chicago
Bud Staake
Marvin Staaka
Libbie Larson