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    <allpages gapfrom="Ream, Gary Lee (1939-2003)" />
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    <pages>
      <page pageid="34327" ns="0" title="Rea, Barbara (1930-2003)">
        <revisions>
          <rev xml:space="preserve">''Newton Kansan'' obituary: 2003 Dec 19 p. 2

Birth date: 1930

[[Category: Newton Kansan obituaries]]</rev>
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      </page>
      <page pageid="43222" ns="0" title="Ream, Anna (1873-1961)">
        <revisions>
          <rev xml:space="preserve">''The Mennonite'' obituary:  21 Mar 1961 p. 206

Birth date:  1873

[[Category:The Mennonite obituaries]]</rev>
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
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