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Area couples plan September weddings
Katheryn Fiene of Steeleville and Rep. Vincent A Birchier of Chester announce their engagement and a Sept. 15 wedding at St Marys Catholic Church in Chester. A 6:30 p.m. reception follows at the Chester VFW Hall. Melody Goetting and Denis Witten birth announce their engagement. Wendy Lynn Mitchell and Steven Porritt plan a Sept. 22 wedding. Wendy is a Frankfort High junior and Porritt a 1975 Herrin High graduate serving in the Army overseas.
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Katheryn Fiene
Steeleville
Vincent A. Birchier
Chester
Fiene
Sparta News-Plaindealer
First National Bank of
Southern Illinois Incorporated
Illinois State Historical Society
Birchler
St.Mary’s Catholic Church
Gene Goetting
Percy
Darrell Wittenborn
Campbell Hill
Miss Goetting
Steeleville High School
Gilster-Mary Lee
Wittenborn
Trico High School
Southwestern Illinois Streamline Mine
Glen Dunn
West Frankfort
Wendy Lynn Mitchell
Steven Porritt
Pat Adams
Herrin
Leo E. Porritt Jr
Stiritz
Miss Mitchell
Frankfort High School
Porritt
Herrin High School
United States Army