LEOPOLD -- The Eeftink-Eftink families will hold a reunion Sunday at Knights of Columbus Hall in Leopold. All descendants of John and Grada Gastenveld Eeftink are invited.
There will be a family Mass at 10 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold. Newly-erected grave markers will be dedicated at the church cemetery following the service.
The Knights of Columbus Hall will be open after 11 a.m. for a basket dinner. The meal should begin about 12:30 p.m.
John and Grada Eeftink came to the United States from the Netherlands in the early 1850s. They first settled in Indiana before moving to Bollinger County.
For more information contact Frances Eeftink VanGennip at Hickory Hills Apt. B-3, Marble Hill, Mo. 63764, or call 573-238-3186.
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