McFarlands Celebrate 50th Anniversary Open House
The McFarland Gish family marks 50 years with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at 504 Ninth Baldwin hosted by their seven living children and families. The couple, married August 28, 1948 in Gardner, have 21 grandchildren and were joined by relatives in Topeka Hillsboro Tonganoxie Princeton Omaha and more.
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Lowell
Enola (McClaren
Fred
Patricia
Green) McFarland
Princeton
Nancy MacCahnicki
Gladstone
Frank McFarland
Willard
Ohio
Julie Bolen
Emporia
Mark McFarland
Ottawa
Mary McFarland
Decatur
John McFarland
Susan Harrison
Omaha
Neb
Bob McAdoo
Kathy
Gardner
Gishes Diana Tuckfield Married in Lewis in 1948
Diana Gishes and her husband later known as Barrow Alaska, Diana Tuckfield, wed Aug. 14 1948 in Lewis. The couple have nine grandchildren. Lowell was principal at Ottawa Junior High in the late 1950s while Enola taught in Pomona and Wellsville districts during the same period.
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Diana Tuckfield
Barrow
Alaska
Lewis
Lowell
Ottawa
Enola
Pomona
Wellsville
Knapps to Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Betty and Eddie Knapp of Vassar will mark their 50th anniversary with a family reunion at Vassar State Park on August 22 hosted by daughters Cathy Peck Wichita Ronna Gresfield Independence Mo and Debra Larsen Wellsville. They wed August 21 1948 in Wichita and have six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Betty
Eddie Knapp
Vassar
Vassar State Park
Cathy Peck
Wichita
Ronna Gresfield
Independence
Debra Larsen
Wellsville
Birthday notices for Ottawa area children names and kin
Ottawa readers celebrate birthdays for Derik Scott Jason Wyatt Elizabeth Dan nielle Chance Taylor Trinity Logan Camden Bien Shelby Steinman Lane Bond Lucas Chase Crawley Hannah Greisen Rayleigh Mitchell Bayli Price Alexey Lickteig and numerous grandparents great grandparents and parents listed with addresses and family relations in this community notice.
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Derik Scott
Jason Wyatt
Elizabeth Dannielle
Tony
Paula Johnson
Ottawa
Terry Johnson
Rantoul
Peggy Johnson
Clathe
Dale
Arlene Kersley
Lawton
Oklo
Alice Johnson
Elenor Ball
Danny Toumberlin
Betty Toumberlin
Lawrence
Carl
Sandy Kelly
Bloomfield
N.M
Shelby Rose Steinman
Paul and
Kimberly Steinman
Missouri City
Texas
Ken
Rosalie Johnson
Peoria Ill
John
Cheryl Steinman
Edna Kaub
Rosa Schmitz
Roanoke
Lane Frost Bond
Lucas Lane Frost Bond
Lucas
Victoria Bond
Charles Lucas
Taylor Lucas
Rusti Anderson
Randy Anderson
Chuckie Lucas
Albert
Linda Bond
Chuck
Amanda Lucas
Doris Foster
Norma and Dale O'Hara to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
Norma O'Hara and Dale O'Hara of Ottawa will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a September family reunion in Blue Mound hosted by their three children Larry and Norma O'Hara of Topeka Jack and LaNita London of Weaubley and Burlington Mrs Cecil Lasswell is Norma's sister in Ottawa They married on August 9 1948 in Fort Scott and have lived in Ottawa for 29 years.
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Norma
Dale O'Hara
Ottawa
Blue Mound
Larry O’hara
Topeka
Jack London
Weaubley
LaNita Nelson
Burlington
Norma O’hara
Cecil Lasswell
Norma Little
Dale O’hara
Fort Scott
Lewis Herlein engagement announced in Kansas students
Melissa Marie Lewis of Williamsburg and Jamie Michael Herlein of Ottawa announce their engagement. The bride is the daughter of Andy and Zandra Lewis and a University of Kansas medical student. The groom is the son of Jim and Judy Herlein and Mary Seley, a KU law student. The couple plan to marry December 31 at Shawnee Methodist Church.
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Melissa Marie Lewis
Williamsburg
Jamie Michael Herlein
Ottawa
Andy
Zandra Lewis
University of Kansas
Jim
Judy Herlein
Mary Seley
Iowa
Shawnee Methodist Church
Ottawa couple Jennifer Mages and Jason Seaman announce engagement
Jennifer Mages and Jason Seaman of Ottawa, daughter of Larry and Janie Mages and Gary Seaman and the late Mary Lake, plan to marry September 25. Jennifer is a 1990 Ottawa High School and 1994 Emporia State University graduate and a kindergarten teacher at Holy Trinity in Paola. Jason is a 1991 Chapman High School graduate and works at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Ottawa.
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Jennifer Mages
Jason Seaman
Ottawa
Larry
Janie Mages
Ottawa High School
Emporia State University
Holy Trinity
Paola
Gary Seaman
Abilene
Mary Lake
Chapman High School
Wal-Mart
Basel twins Joy and Joyce Hamilton 80th birthday open house
Families of Joy Hamilton and Joyce Hamilton celebrate their 80th birthdays with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Zion Lutheran Church fellowship hall in Vassar. Born August 15, 1918, they were raised in Melvern. Family invites stories for a scrapbook.
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Basel
Joy Hamilton
Joyce (Niehoff) Hamilton
Zion Lutheran Church
Ship Hall
Vassar
Melvern
Post office ends selling T-shirts and similar items
The U S Postal Service will stop selling T shirts coffee mugs and related merchandise at post offices nationwide after current inventories sell. Some stamp themed items remain via mail order catalogs the Postal Service site events and at the Mall of America store.
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Ashington
U.S. Postal Service
William J. Henderson
Congress
Postal Service
Postmark America
Mall of America
Minneapolis
Henderson
U.S
Calvin Klein Show Cleared at Acropolis Site in Greece
Greece's culture minister Evangelos Venizelos overruled an archaeology panel that had blocked Calvin Klein from staging a fashion show at the Herodion amphitheater beneath the Acropolis and barred a Rome Agora venue, allowing the Herodian site but rejecting the Agora.
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Athens
Greece
Calvin Klein
Evangelos Venizelos
Klein
Acropolis
Venizelos
Agora
The
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