Christmas Day Dinners Touch Dozens of Iowa Families
Christmas Day and Eve gatherings spread across Castile Grove and nearby towns with guests from Dubuque Amber Perry Wyoming Tipton Clar ence Eberhart Perry to Anamosa and Walker. Families including Reth Behrends Campbell King and Hobbs hosted relatives from Cedar Rapids Williamsburg Perry and Ludlow amid multiple dinner and visiting events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Herman Reth
Jack Coohey
Denise
Dubuque
Harold Wurst
Mike
Wyoming
Bob Black
Henry Behrends
Lewis Behrends
Doreen
Amber
Ray Schoon
Vince Simmons
Anna Peterson
Minnie Behrends
James Hubbard
Edith Kahn
Emmetsburg
John Campbell
Rex Hainstock
Bill Hainstock
Delmar
Melvin Laschansky
Tipton
Emil Las
Relatives Gather for Holiday Dinners and Relapse News
Jayne Miles a seven year old leukemia patient from Hopkinton suffered a relapse on December 23 and received an emergency blood transfusion at St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids before returning home for the holidays. The note also lists numerous holiday visits and gatherings by local families and friends over the Christmas period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Jayne Miles
Leroy Miles
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Jayne
Vida Brutsman
Howard Havens
Joe Nehl
Waukeegan
Ill
Charles Nehl
Vernon
Nehl
Paul Williams
Janet
Coggan
Wallace Nehl
Gib Nehl
Monticello
Joe Lahr
Delhi
Jack Boeckenstedt
Strawberry Point
Willis Doden
Russell
Anamosa
Eugene Neb
Isalin
N. J
Mystery Farm No 136 identified as Everett Brunscheen farm
Eight readers identified Mystery Farm No 136 as the Everett Brunscheen farm west of Wyoming, neighboring Mystery Farm No 135 owned by Frank Zamastl. Brunscheen, who has lived there since 1939, operates a 240 acre cattle farm with corn as main crop and soil bank participation. He and his wife have five children, three of whom attend Wartburg College. The piece also notes numerous Christmas visits and local social references across Monticello, Anamosa, Cascade, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Everett Brunscheen
Wyoming
Frank Zamastl
Larry Bearce
Theodore Freese
Anamosa
Harold Wurst
Harold Waggoner
Glen Goldsmith
Scotch Groves
Richard Schmidt
Monticello
Elmer Nielsen
Ernest Redmond
Monmouth
Brunscheen
Brunscheens
David
Marian
Annabelle
Derry
Rickie
Wartburg College
Waverly
Dufoe Family Celebrates Milestones and Weddings
Christmas Day anniversaries mark 50 years for Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dufoe and 25 years for their son Howard Dufoe and wife. The couple’s eight children include several in Center Point Cedar Rapids and Davenport with 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild. A 1937 marriage tied Helen McVeigh to Howard Dufoe, now parents of three children. A halting list of related receptions and baptisms follows, including Harold Aldrich and Marjorie Richardson’s 25th anniversary celebration and Joanne Marie Wilson’s baptism at Hopkinton Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Murray
Omaha
Neb
Ray Murray
Alan Murray
Harlan Pfohi
Dubuque
Gayland Stickley
Anamosa
Robert Glynn
Sidney
Wilbert
Valpariso
Ind
Ed Forest
Kenneth Schoff
Mt. Vernon
Forrest
Maud Brad
Lisbon
Bertha File
Ray Hugh
Delhi
Gary Hoopman
Davenport
H. S. Pierce
Minnie Wheeless
Pierce
Mrs. Wheeless
Clinton
Joe Moulton
Ventura Dillon
F. P. Schultz
Cedar Rapids
Don Buckner
Elkader
H. G. Talmadge
C. J. Robinson
Carl Weger
Diane West
Arlington
Gertrude DeShaw
Margaret Chapman
Joe Haigh
Leo
William Melchert
Robert
Hazel Blanchard
Mervin
Buck Creek
Floyd Dufoe
Howard Dufoe
Center Point
Katy Nietert
Gilbert Chalke
Hopkinton Methodist Church
Olive Dufoe
Ben Keith
Charles Green
Dufoes
Kenneth (Ione) Hemming
Cambridge
Archie
Virginia) Peebles
Margaret Dettbarn
Earl
Wayne
Howard
Glen
Dean
Helen McVeigh
Archie Peebles
Kappie
Earl Dufoe
Glen Dufoe
Dean Dafoe
McVeigh
Harold Aldrich
Golden Church
Marjorie Richardson
Joanne Marie
Wayne Wilson
John Hall
Mystery farm identified near Wyoming by readers
Five Express readers named the Frank Zamastil farm near Wyoming after a initial uncertainty. The 160 acre farm lies four and a half miles west of Wyoming on highway 64, owned by Louis Buchholtz of Wyoming. Zamastil, who has run the farm eight years, raises cattle and hogs with corn as the main crop. his son Joel is 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Zamastil
Wyoming
Express
Larry Bearce
Theodore Freese
Anamosa
Harold Wurst
Glenn Goldsmith
Scotch Grove
Elmer Nielsen
Highway 64
Louis Buchholtz
Zamasus
Zamasuls
Joel
Christmas Guests and Family Gatherings Across Cedar Rapids Area
Dettharn and family along with Augustin Dettharn and son hosted holiday visitors at A. J. Richardson home. Mechancisville Walter Johnston family and Manchester Junior Witt family joined Cedar Rapids households for Christmas. Multiple relatives from Marion Cedar Rapids Edgewood and Buck Creek visited, including baptism attendees Russell McPhails of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Grieff
Donald
Chas. Wolfe
Marvin Pesek
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Kelley
Anna Hugh
Raymond
Wayne Thompson
Carrie Shepperd
Dundee
Russell Jones
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Lowa
Mystery Farm
the Express
Delmar King
Leonard Darrow
Minnie Brockhahn
Boyd King
Connie
Bill Beckman
Judy Zangerle
Mark Beckman
Glen King
Lewis Ebel
Williamsburg
Alva Stadtmueller
Don Kumpf
Hartsburg
Lll
L. R. Lechner
Perry
Rolf Craft
Dale Mardorf
Richard Stadtmueller
Ames
Henry Stadtmueller
Daniel
Darcey
Shane Wilson
Otto Nehring
Walker
Maurice Gamble
Dean Kirkpatrick
Olin
Otto Kirkpatrick
Martelle
Henry Luerkens
Ely
John Schultz
Gene Sievers
Hiawatha
Ethel Kirkpatrick
Marion
Kenneth Howie
Henry Siebels
Garner
G. A. Siebels
Pvt
Lynn Woodworth
Ft. Polk
Pfc
Gordon Eberhart
Norman Bryan
Ludlow
Clarence Eberhart
Lyle Hosford
Clarence Hosford
al Boschear
Inglewood
Calif
Boschear
Gerald Muller
Mildred Deisher
Henry Marek
Walter Muller
Clifford Herr
Cathie
Carlos Herr
Paul Black
Judith
Chrismmas
Harold Schlimmer
John Lowry
Maud Lowry
Bertha Harken
Paul Gerdes
Vic Mowrey
Stanley
al Boeschear
Keith
Karen
Otto Hubbard
Delbert Weber
Gerald Weber
Donald Weber
Junior DeShaw
Art Weber
John Morris
Columbus Jct
Ted Bek
Paul Warner
Bess Warner
Larry Hosford
Englewood
Louis Heiken
Jane
Marvin Stahlberg
Billy Wilson
Ft Polk
Kenneth Hawie
PARTS
Magnaseal
M&w
Bonna
Hines Bros
Jamesway Hog Feeders
P Feed & Supply
Peck
Kuriger Bros
Dale Wheeless
Anna Wilson
Howard Wilson
Carol Ann
Evansdale
Lloyd Wilson
Kyle
Wilma Edwards
Kenneth
Loren
Sully
Mary Barrack
Paul Burrack
Francis Arthur
Edgewood
John Burrack
Glen Harris
Manchester
Herman Yossi
Ray Lux
Wm. Harris
Harry Melchert
Mechanicsville
Matt Melchert
Melchert
Clifford Melchert
Clarence Mel
Dorothy Miller
Lloyd Cobley
Forrest Peck
Loren Boots
Wilbur Peck
Russell Yankovic
Robert Jones
James Connolly
Ed Jones
John Jones
Theresa Albany
Monticello Hospital
Archie Payne
William Murray Sr
Glen Gabriel
Moorman Mfg. Co
Gabriel
John W. Downs
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mervin Rickels
Arthur Rickels
Galen Kuper
Anna Avis
Russell Tenley
Albert Parsons
Sam Blanchard
Waterloo
Richard Parsons
Roy White
Paris Island Marine Base
John White
Ronald Gudenkauf
Paris Island
N. C
Joe Gudenkauf
Roy Slauson
Joe Gudenhauf
Wiliam Flannagan
James
Coran
Franc
Dan
Jay
Lyle
Charles Mayer
Don Mesch
Gale Hardin
Kimberly
Estella Hardin
Dale Bullock
Beverly Clark
Junior Hardin
Roy Hardin
Ruth Ann
Robert Murray
Glen Hardin, Jr
William Murray, Jr
Archie Casteel
Lyle Casteel
Leonard Casteel
Ralph Hageman
John Hageman
Clarence Hageman
Bert Dighton
Rhoda Gore
Wilfred Kenny
Justin Kirby
Bernard
Augusta Dettbarn
Earl Caraway
Glen Dettbarn
Masonville
Elmer Dettbarn
Guttenberg
Merle
Monticello Monument Co
Atk
Dyersville
Sanitary Dyersville
J. Hess
Mgr
Wilson Home
Joanne
George Hagensick
Harald E. Wilson
Sadie Milroy
Hildebrand
Mary Ross
Calesbury
Russell McPhails
Ezra Aldrich
Laverne Roberg
Harry
Duke) Swanson
Mahlon Wilson
Harold Wilson
Harry Swanson
Robert Swanson
America
Wiite
Fea
Kohler
Bolson Feeds
Bolson
L. C. Bolson Co
Decorah
Iowa
C.T
Brownie
Ew International Harvester
Wears, Inc
OWA
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