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Large Readlyn Gathering With Many Family Guests
Sunday dinner guests at the Rathe home included the Rathe families of Waterloo, Waverly, Bremer, and Readlyn along with Hennings, Blume, and related households. Evening visitors and birthdays were noted, with church events in Readlyn honoring Pastor Meyer on his 30th anniversary and ordination. Several visits spanned Readlyn, Sumner, San Gabriel, and Denver as community ties were highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rathe
Larry Rathe
Waterloo
Don Rathe
Allen
Waverly
Arthur Pries
Bremer
Alvin Schwerin
Dale Sumner
Elmer Hennings
Delbert Readlyn
Gerald Harrington
Plainfield
Walter Fergemann
Arthur Hennings
Alma Bahr
Pamela
Herman Knief
Henry F. Hennings
Hulda Blume
Herbert Blume
John Hagenow
Norma
Hilda
Allen Blasberg
Elmer Wittenburg
Ed Lohmann
David
Gustav Jaschen
Marilyn
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Fred Meyer
Walter Niemeyer
San Gabriel
Cal
Virgil Schwabe
Judy
Richard Schwake
Paul Schwake
Leo Westendorf
Ida Tietje
Robert Judisch
R. O. Wikner
A. A. Belknap
Margaret Johnson
Iowa
Robert Rathbone
Lyle Bowers
Debbie
Cyril
New Hampton
Dean Larson
Denver
Will Maurer
Amos Zander
Carl Peters
Lester Peters
Virgil Peters
Virgil
Junior
Dale Steere
Kenneth Freyholtz
Arnold Stromer
Jerelyn Fink
Glenn Meier
Janesville
Erhardt Lahmann
H. A. Dettmering
Henry Kuecker
Ellis Sheen
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lorenz Brandt
Harold West
Peoria
Ill
Leslie Dettmer
Norman Jaschen
Werner Jaschen
Lorraine Schuldt
Gary Schellhorn
Jean Rochford
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Sumner
Aaron
Michelle Wikner
Cedar Falls
Edna Wolfgram
Clara
Lizzie Rathe
Dallas Rathe
Todd
Arnold Westendorf
Erhardt Lohmann
Ernest Quade
Robert Brewer
Ames
Mary Brewer
Mason City
Hadley
Buck Creek
Jerry Neuendorf
Ionia
Orlyn Westendorf
Peters