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Death notices and local civic notes from Center Junction area
Fred C. Preas 87 dies suddenly at home in Center Junction after a long service with the C and NW Railroad. The obituary lists his birth in Germany on April 15, 1861, immigration to the U.S., marriage to Louisa E. Bailey, and survivors including children and grandchildren. The piece also covers a successful school carnival and local social updates, church involvement, and various land transactions and notices in Jones County communities.
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Red C. Preas
Center Junction
Ve ‘Mr. Preas
Henry and
Ederica Preas
Gerany
Rochester
Jones County
Mber
Center Juncion
Colorado
Louisa E. Bailey
Amber
Preas
C & NW. Railroad Company
Della Serbousek
Gladys McNeilly
Clarietta Stanton
John Musman
Alan Serbousek
Ray Bohler
Greg Dreibelbis
Frank Imebaugh
John Gray
Ted Bulgren
Ida Miller
Cliff Stowers
Maquoketa
William Bohler
Bohler
Carl Heiken
Marion
John Goodman
Will Bailey
Anamosa
Carrie Preas
Carol Bohmer
Oak Park
W. R. Seiler
Seilers
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
S. W. Clark
Fred Bangs
George D. McDonald
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
McDonald
S. G. Thompson
Frank Himebaugh
Cliff McDonald
Arlo Brady
J. N. Smith
Harry Chase
Peter Prahm
Presbyterian Church
Monticello
Richard Lewis
Robert Guthrie
James Mead
Torrington
Wyo
Kitteridge