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Local social notes from Pekin and Peoria area
Mr and Mrs Herman Schnucker of Pekin and Mr and Mrs Harry Selke attended the funeral for Kathryn Gathman in Bishop Sunday. Various local residents hosted family dinners and guests over the weekend, including St Francis hospital staff Marcella Meyer and James Meyer visiting home folks, Thanksgiving gatherings with the Velde and Smith families, and relatives staying in Pekin and Peoria areas.
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Herman Schnuckner
Pekin
Harry Selke
Bishop
Kathryn Gathman
J. A. Seelye
Barbara
L. E. Smith
Peoria
John Watson
Leroy Parkin
Bob Farnam
Kenny Look
Carl Look
Marcella Meyer
Marcella
St. Francis Hospital
James Meyer
U. of I
Russell Maas
Ramela Jo
Methodist Hospital
Lila O’hiara
Pat
LaMar Daniels
Frank Trowbridge
William Scarcliff
W. S. Maloney
Owen Singley
Gatchman
Bishop Sunday
Reuben Smith
Beardstown
Manila
Chas. Smith
Dorothy Marshall
Walter Smith
Sam Worth
Tess Velde
Harold Velde
Richard Velde
Robert Hilling
Donald Knollhoff
Gary
Louis Talbott
Mary Ann
Ida Hodkinson