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660:"Joyce Rys Obituary"
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697:1980 deaths
692:1912 births
198:Joyce Yaros
159: 1912
116:Preceded by
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686:Categories
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423:The Record
397:C. Gus Rys
356:References
239:C. Gus Rys
222:Alma mater
189:Republican
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264:Biography
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