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Christmas Visits and Family Gatherings in Shepherd Area
Residents share holiday meals and visits across the Willoughby and Deming families. Jealous Santa arrives with neighbors joining Elton Willoughby’s Christmas Eve supper. Local guests include the Guthries, Brookens, Foglesongs, Cobb, Shipley, and Moore households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinne Taylor
Jess Willoughby
Carol Brookens
Oward Guthrie
Elton Willoughby
Jesse Willoughby
F. H. Miller
Linda
Stanley
Harry Martin
Helen
Norman Shattuck
Gratiot Community Hospital
Alma
Irs
L. A. Robart
Big Rapids
Jerseyville
Lincoln Center School
Shepherd Argus
Maude
Lois Willoughby
New Years
Roy Demings
Margaret
Shirley
Roger
Randy Brookens
Charles Cobb and Lynn
Howell
Kate Shipley
Ann Arbor
Don Foglesong
Bert Deming
Mt. Pleasant
Roy Deming
Mrs
Stanley Brookens
Jesse Willoughy Willoughbys
James Willoughby
Gale Willoughby
Howard Guthrie Maude Willoughby
Bertha Talley
Old Santa
Santa
Elton Willoughbys
Clare Johnson
Lyle Willoughby
Bobby
Gary Moore
Robert Foglesong
Jesse Thompson
Bill Hoffman
Bruce
Elroy Gott
Minnesota
Gesell
Neil Litwiller
Neil
Art Lundbury
North Dakota
Gale Willoughbys
Helen Hamlin
West
Nburg
Maude Willoughby
Joe Brown
Ken
la Rita
Howard Guthrie
Bob Brookens
Jimmy
Timmy
Karen
Tracy
Corrine
Kyle Willoughby
Russell Brookens
Jess Bunting
Roy Beebe
June Hoffman
Riverdale
Jess Willoughbys
John Gott
and Mes
Mildred Balcom
Gretchen Willoughby
Charles Cobb and
Lynn
Ida Hunt
Sumner
Lyle i and Son
Elmer Thering
Stella Deming