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Christmas Gatherings Across Otley and Pella
A sampler of Christmas visits and dinners across Otley Pella and nearby towns notes multiple households hosting relatives from Des Moines Ames Knoxville Monroe Cedar Falls and Carlisle. Guests include Van Wyngarden Vander Pol Mullins Waters Nolin and McConoghey families with annual get togethers and holiday meals reported.
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Ae Tool
Bert Marshall
Paul Marshall
Alta
Edward Johnson
Otley
Dale McConeghey
W. A. McConeghey
Carl McConoghey
Knoxville
Bernard van Wyngarden
Wayie Va
Leo Kinion
Susie
Don Hobbs
Colfax
Ralph Buckley
Hugo Vander Velden
Jens Jensen
Alfred Steenbock
Leroy Steenbock
Pella
Blanche Stines
Bud Wagner
Des Moines
Hazel van Essen
Monroe
Joe Willemsen
Albert Vander Peut
Alvin
Wm. van den Oever
Andrew Boat
Joe
Miles McConeghey
Keith McConeghey
Norman Dun
Jake Rozendaals
Dale McConoghey
Roy Marshall
Doris Gray
Paul McConeghey
John McConeghey
Joe Waters
Forest Jarnagin
Newton
James Marshall
Leo Kinson
Svend Anderson
Allen Beyer
Kim
Henry Beyer
Harold Nolin
Earnest Parr
Lee Parr
Lowell Chase
Fort Dodge
Milton Helfner
Aurora
Ilinois
Glenn Heifner
Wally Hensen
Chicago
Wally
Ernest Boat
Joe van Walbeek
Tunis van Walbeek
Mid
Dean Woody
Howard Sheeler
Dellmer Nolin
Marjorie Nolin
Arie le Hoet
Fern "Rexroat
Roy Nolin
Charles Heifner
Milton Heifner
Kenneth Robus
Leighton
Nellie
Ver Hoef
Cedar Rapids
Alfred Steenhoek
Gerritt Verros
Miles McConoghey
Kenneth Hollings
Worth
Gerrit Vander Schel
Kristy
Joyce
Kevin
Norman Dunaway
Hubert Schrader
Cris Vander Pol
Harold Vander Pol
Marvin
Rock Island
John Calvin Vander Pol
Boulder
Colorado
Harold Keuning
Charles
Arlan Vander Pol
Rapids City Air Force Base
S. D
Don Vander Pol
Laurel Vander Pol
Prairie City
Veda Vander Pol
Iowa