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Sunday, June 19, 2011

DeFrance

Jerry & Eunice (Burger) DeFrance celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with a family dinner.

They were married on June 12, 1946 at St. Mary's Church.

They have six children, 18 grandchildren & 19 great-grandchildren. Their children are: Jackie (Dennis) Larwa, & Marilyn (Marc) Brown of Solon, IA, Jane (Paul) Brown of North Liberty, IA, Jeff (Marcy) DeFrance & John DeFrance of Iowa City, IA, & Mark DeFrance of Birmingham, AL.

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