Dear Abby readers seek youngest great grandmother record
Dear Abby letters explore family milestones and behavior issues. Readers request help locating the youngest great grandmother in history while others seek guidance on holiday plans with aging relatives and teen pet questions.
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Dorothy S
Coeur D’alene
Idaho
Sharon Kay Lewis Weds Ronald G Weibel in Rock Island
The wedding of Sharon Kay Lewis to Ronald G Weibel was reported with details of the bride’s St Luke's Nursing School background and her new home in Davenport. Ronald G Weibel is a chemist with Alcoa in Bettendorf.
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Davenport
St. Luke's Hospital
Alcoa
Bettendorf
Telegraph Road
Wellman Savings Bank
S. R. Barber
Roy Durian
C. T. Johnson
Wilbur Schauf
Earnest Perrin
William Moffet
Sigourney Hospital
A. G. Goschke
Doug
Pam
Sue
Iar Falls
Junean
Barbara Newell
Anniversary for Lloyd Loeffler couple observed
Brighton on Tuesday observes the 55th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Loeffler though no public celebration is planned due to Mrs. Loeffler illness. Also notes town activities and church pastor school at Simpson College in Sioux Falls.
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Brighton
Lloyd Loeffler
Simpson College
Snndanola
John Richards
Woody Richards
Washington
Jim Richards
Teri
Pleasant Valley Club
Kenneth. Guy
Carol Smith
E. L. Edmondson
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Community Notes From Crawfordsville Area Events
Don Blankenhorns dinner guests in Washington include Floyd Blankenhorn family. Joe Johnston hosts family dinner for Orval Miller Marilyn Johnston birthdays. Allen Johnston Kimberly Lynne attend. Orval Miller and Kay Rita present. Gipple and Dean visit Dean's brother Ray in St Louis. Legion Auxiliary Planning Committee met at Vernon Fletcher home. Washington welcomes a new daughter born Monday evening at Washington County Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Keller. Grandparents and great relatives listed. Edgar dismissed from Mercy Hospital to recuperate at home. Koffee Klub met to celebrate Mrs. John McNeill’s Saturday birthday. Local residents Harry Messer and Ralph Christner visited Elon Christner home.
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Crawfordsville
Don Blankenhorn
Floyd Blankenhorn
Washington
Joe Johnston
Orval Miller
Marilyn Johnston
Allen Johnston
Kimberly and
Lynne
Kay
Rita
Melvin Gipple
Dean Gipple
Dean
Ray Gupples
St. Louis
the Legion and Auxiliary
Vernon Fletcher
Air
Jerry Keller
Washington County Hospital
Charles Wells
Robert Wells
Wayne Hartzell
Kenedy
Texas
W. J. Hartell
Atlantic
Charles Kellers
Edith Weidner
Stil Edgar
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Koffee Klub
Elon Christner
John McNeill
Harry Messer
Mt. Pleasant
Ralph
Keota Hosts Draw Family Dinner Gatherings
Keota residents Mr. and Mrs. Leo Keifer hosted 18 relatives for Sunday dinner with guests including Clifford Keifer and family of Rock Island and Joe Greiner and John Carey families. Jerry Keifer, their son, has been promoted to office manager at Goodyear Tire in Topeka and will train for a year before possible transfer to Akron.
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Leo Keifer
Jerry Keifer
Good Year Tire and Rubber Co
Topeka
Kansas
Jerry
Akron
Ohio
Keota
Carl Stoutner
Fort Myers
Florida
Bob McDowell
Mercy Hospital
Stanley Zehr
Dubuque
Leonard Sondag
Gary Sondag
Cedar Rapids
Navajo Club Hosts Dessert Meeting With Poems and Games
The Navajo Club held a dessert gathering for ten members hosted by NAVajo Cous and Jay Brewer. Mrs Mae Jones opened the business meeting with New Year poems. Mrs Floyd Blankenhorn organized games and contests enjoyed after an afternoon of activities.
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Jay Brewer
Mae Jones
Floyd Blankenhorn
Two Granddaughters Wed in California
Mrs. Andy Sheetz announces the marriages of two granddaughters. Vicki Jo wed Glen C. Rice and Connie Lea wed Richard Lee Gibbs in Los Angeles on Monday January 4. Also noted are TTT Chapter meetings and a spring style show planning at Keon High School gym with tickets on sale.
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Keon High School
Forbes family in Wellman gathering and birthdays
The Forbes family of Lone Tree gathered at the Grace Christian Reform Church in Lone Tree for the 57th wedding anniversary of Hazel Forbes and Merle Enfield. Relatives from Cedar Rapids Muscatine and Columbus Junction attended along with local members. A variety of social updates follow including Ladies Rural Club activities with a cookie swap, hospitality notes, and several birth announcements from area households.
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Wellman
Forbes
Lone Tree
Grace Chrisian
Hazel Forbes
Merle Enfield
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Ladies Rural Club
Wade Page
Erna Karnes
Bertha Durst
Opal Bickford
Lizetta Walton
Lee Walton
Toppan Johnson
Florida
Lawrence Whetstine
Arizona
Bury Henderson
Des Moines
Order of Easter Star
Carl Swihart
Davenpenport
Keota and area share weekend visits and farewells
Local residents and relatives gathered for weekend visits and announcements across Keota and nearby towns. Carl Stoutner and Mrs. Stoutner planned to return from Fort Myers Tuesday while Raymond Sigler, honorably discharged after two and a half years in Orleans France, visited his Keota parents with relatives from Des Moines and Rock Island.
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Raymond Sigler
Verle Sigler
Orleans
France
Raymond
Keota
Sigler
Bonnie Sigler
Karen Waterman
Des Moines
Donnie Sigler
Rock Island
Benford Thompson
Patricia
M Ann Brower
Blakesburg
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