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Thanksgiving social notes from Illyria area families
A long list of Thanksgiving and weekend visits among Illyria area residents and their kin. Numerous households in West Union, Clermont, Hawkeye, Ankeny, Cedar Falls, and surrounding towns hosted relatives from Omaha, Des Moines, Emmetsburg, and beyond.
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Jerome Yearous
Ed Douonek
Monona
Harold Strong
Myrten
Kenneth Strong
Charles Strong
Mabel King
Betty Bennett
Cedar Rapids
Will Kerr
Cleve Bennett
Curtis Olson
Clermont
Walter Rothlisberger
West Union
Kenneth Medberry
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Nels Iverson
Mary
Thomas
Ellen Flanagan
Winifred Leahy
Rosemary
Glen Yearous
Brenda
Clyde Webster
Cedar Falls
Clifton Yeerous Jr
Clifton Yearous
Lansing
Wm. Yearous
Joe Dinan
Robert Hyde
Mason City
Paul Smith
Gordon Pollock
Woyd Frieden
Weltern
Neaene Strongar
Thomas Ogle
Albert Dennlet
Arnold Sanders
Hawkeye
Walter Ash
Lloyd Nelson
Connie
Sand Springs
Edwin Loftsgard
Louis Light
Thomas Powell
Strawberry Point
Emmett Light
Roy Hyde
Harold Matt
Elbadex Svere
Louis Christen
Alton Medberry
Ida Peters
Charles Wenger
Chris Wenger
Fred Wenger
Emmetsburg
Harry Wenger
Martin Wenger
Ed Wenger
Harry Brause
Kenneth Halverson
Debbie
Eugene Lehman
Marion
Ivan Anderson
Anderson
Jacob Schneider
Lehmans
Roy Halverson
Jacob Wander
Earl Strong
Pam
Manchester
Reynold Strong
Tillie Feller
Gladys
Earl Stannard
IK. R. Feller
St. Olaf
Harry Feller
Orran Bane, Jr
Eugene Medberry
Waterloo
Dave Dawson
Orran Brune
Emma Holzer
Gene Wenger
Howard Medberry
Douglas Light
Arthur Hermen
James Hermen
Louie Zuercher
Volga
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Donald Winters
Elkader
Lewis McNally
Luana
Reese Gibbs
Waverly
George Pilgrim
Edgewood
Arnold Gibbs
Wayne Gibbs
Rae Gibbs
Clifford Gisleson
Edwin Jacobson
Guernsey Smith