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Community notes honor visitors, births, and anniversaries
Garden Grove area residents host guests from Sacramento and Des Moines with family dinners and birthdays. Opal Ryan's funeral is noted in Garden Grove, with local gatherings and a long list of visitors, reunions, and community events across Humeston, Leon, and surrounding towns.
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Joe George
Robert D. Smith
Sacramento
Bob D. Smith
Maryville
Jim Smith
Garden Grove
Don Carson
James
Eddie Smith
Evelyn Smith
Randy Fullerton
Barbara
Ron
Joe Cloke
Des Moines
Meggan Rae
Charley Cloke
Connie White
Wayne White
Helen Surbaugh
Lavonia Wilson
Pauline Christofferson
Humeston
Hysell
Clarence Barnhart
Leon
Jodie Scott
Osceola
Grace Scott
Nora Wagner
Vivian George
Merrill Lovett
North Liberty
Matt
Dan Lovett
Sarah Young
Raymond Coffey
Harold Holder
Corydon
Ernest Joy
Ernett Joy
Bonnie
Bryan
Belinda
Leo Coffey
Marion
Clifford McCarl
Minnie Gehlhaar
Lois Vann
North Platte
Maurice Barlean
Minnie
Nebraska
Arnold Coffey
Ophey
Stella Coffey
Sheila Davis
Steven
Albany
Marvin Surbaugh
Sheila
Kay Surbaugh
Marvin
Parkview
Max Rutledge
Richard Coffey
Freeport
Bob Palmer
Leo
Walter Bona
Bernice Dale
Decatur Co
Doon Lovett
Wayne Greer
Shenandoah
Rex Henry
DeLand
Joe Nichols
Harvey Allison
Chariton
Eugene Spensler
Dent
Platteville
Kenneth Caldwell
Wichita
Mildred Palmer Howell
Clarinda
United Church
Opal Ryan