French Canadian Interview Project

Eunice (Allain) Dykstra

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  Above are Eunice's father (from left to right) Charles Frank Allain, Grandmother Elizabeth (Blain) Allain holding Uncle Carl Oliver Allain, Grandfather Oliver Allain, Aunt Ada Mae (Allain) Clement, and Uncle Harry Stuart Allain in front of their home on Guertin Street in St. Anne, Illinois.

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  Eunice's father Charles (far right), Uncles and Aunt (from right) Carl, Harry, and Ada Mae.

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  At left are two photographs of Eunice's mother Gladys Louise (Scott) and father Charles Frank Allain on their wedding day June 26, 1912.

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  At right, is the house that Eunice was born in.

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  Eunice as a child

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  A favorite dress

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  At left, Eunice with her father, brother Kenneth, and sister Lola (bottom right).

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  At right, Eunice and Bob Dykstra at her wedding shower.

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  At left, Bob and Eunice's April 14, 1938 Wedding Picture.

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  At right, Bob and Eunice's First Home.

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  At left, Eunice was a bookkeeper for 36 years at McKibben Engineering.

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  At right, Eunice and Bob's 25th Wedding Anniversary.

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  At left is a 1959 photograph of Eunice and her Uncle Carl Allain with phonograph.

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  At right, Eunice holds an antique iron used by the early French-Canadian settlers.

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  At left, Charles Huber presenting Bob with a clock for 25 years of service at Armstrong.

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  At right, Eunice running for political office.

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  At left, groundbreaking ceremony in St. Anne for a new senior citizen housing project (from right to left: Eunice, Inez Regnier, Charlotte Sirois, and Edna Chamberlin).

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  At right, Eunice and Bob in Iowa.

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  At top middle is Eunice and Bob's Golden Anniversary announcement.

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  At bottom is the couples' 60th Wedding Anniversary Announcement.

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  Eunice and Bob's 50th anniversary family photograph--from bottom to top, left to right: [first row] Frankie (Donita's husband), Eunice, Sandy (Duane's wife), Mark (son), [second row] Bob, Duane (son), [third row] Donita (daughter), Carol (daughter), Wanda (daughter), [top row] Jim (Carol's husband), Richard (Wanda's husband), and Kim (Mark's wife).

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  At left, Bob and Eunice about to dance at their niece's wedding reception.

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  Bob and Eunice taken in April 2002.

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  Bob and Eunice taken in November 16 2004.

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  Eunice's grandchildren—top row from left: Donna and Robert (Carol's children), Connie; second row from top: Kelly and Amy (Duane's daughters), Steven and Jeanine (Wanda's children); third row from left: Andrea and Ariel (Mark's daughters), Eric, Jeremy, and Jody (Donita's children); and bottom row: Jerrod and Joshua (Mark's sons).