Donna Maxwell 80th birthday

Donna Maxwell will celebrate her 80th birthday on Dec. 18 with a card shower. She had two daughters, Vicky and husband John Clark of Aztec, N.M. and Linda and husband John Klug of Odin; a son, Jim and wife Kim Maxwell of Odin; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Maxwell 80th birthday

Donna Maxwell will celebrate her 80th birthday on Dec. 18 with a card shower. Cards may be sent to her at 1395 Lewis St., Odin, KS 67525.

Karst 80th

Clinton Karst will celebrate his 80th birthday from 2 to 4 p.m. on Nov. 28 with a surprise reception in the Fellowship Hall at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Hoisington. Friends and family are invited. Hosts for the event will be his family. They request no gifts. Cards may be sent to 1212 N. Vine, Hoisington, KS 67544.

Lavern Soverign 90th

Lavern Sovereign will celebrate her 90th birthday on Nov. 23 with a card shower. On Nov. 25 she will be honored with a dinner for the immediate family.

Ruth Axman 80th

Ruth Axman will celebrate her 80th birthday on Nov. 20 with a family dinner. Ruth grew up in Rush County, graduated from Bison High School and attended Barton County College. She was employed by Walmart, Eldercare and DCCA. She has seven daughters, Kathy and Verlyn Rossman of Albert, Karen and Bill Norris of St. John, Melanie and John Zeller of McCracken, Amy and Tim Frieb of Olmitz, Shelly and Curtis Robinson of Great Bend, Lisa ...

Leona Karst 90th

Leona Karst will celebrate her 90th birthday from 2 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 30 at River Bend Assisted Living. The family invites friends and family. They request no gifts.

Patricia Schmidt 87th

Patricia Schmidt will celebrate her 87th birthday with a card shower. She was born on Oct. 11, 1923 in Syracuse. She graduated from Emporia Teachers College in 1945. In 1946, she married Eugene Schmidt. He died in 1986. An organist at the Presbyterian Church in Syracuse for 56 years, she taught piano lessons and was a librarian. In 1992, she moved to Great Bend where she has been active in the Presbyterian Church, P.E.O., Athenian ...

Hoffhaus 90th

Lillian Hoffhaus will celebrate her 90th birthday from 1 to 3 p.m. today with a reception at The Front Door, 1615 10th Street. Hosts for the event will be her daughter Karen Cartlidge and husband Mike of Yukon, Okla., grandchildren John and Kayla Cartlidge of Winfield, Jennifer Cartlidge of Overland Park and Matthew and Stacia Cartlidge of Lincoln, Neb.; great-granddaughters Aubrey and Alivia Cartlidge of Winfield; and nephew Dr. Steven Walts of Manassas, Va.

Keenan 80th

Michael J. Keenan of Great Bend will celebrate his 80th birthday with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 9 at 1409 Main Street. Family and friends are invited. Hosts for the event will be his children, Evan and Nicki Keenan of Spring, Texas, Valerie and Mark Hardy of Sherman, Texas and Kent and Roxann Keenan of Great Bend.

Lester "Buck" Lindsay 80th

Lester "Buck" Lindsay celebrated his 80th birthday at his home in Olmitz with his family. He was born Sept. 28, 1930 at home on a farm at rural Olmitz to Charles and Caroline Lindsay. Buck grew up with three brothers and one sister. He served in the army in Korea and is a life long member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Buck married Dolores Brewer in 1961 and was married for 49 years raising ...

Phelan 90th

Lorraine (Robl) Phelan will celebrate her 90th birthday with a card shower-reception from 2 to 4 p.m. today at the Holyrood Fire Station, 100 S. County Road. She has six children, Pat and Barbara Phelan, Rita McCarthy, Tom Phelan, Dennis and Jacque Phelan, Mark and Gladys Phelan and John and Carolyn Phelan.

Bright 80th

Norma (Parten) Bright of St. John will celebrate her 80th birthday on Sept. 30 with a card shower.

Opal Weaver 97th

Opal A. (Butler) Weaver of Great Bend will celebrate her 97th birthday on Sept. 21 with a card shower. She was born on Sept. 21, 1913, in Crosses, Ark., to Ernest and Maggie Butler. The family later moved to Claflin where Opal met and married Lilburn P. Weaver. They remained married for 51 years until his death in 1988. They lived the majority of their married life in Holyrood. She has six children, JaNelda and ...

Gene Urban 80th

Eugene (Gene) Urban of Albert will celebrate his 80th birthday with a family dinner at Overland Park.

Eugene (Gene) Urban 80th

Betty Adee 90th

Betty Adee celebrated her 90th birthday on Nov. 19 with her husband Richard Adee and her three daughters, Sharon Adee, Julia Jilek and Lynne Weiser. Betty and Richard had their first date together 70 years ago on her birthday. Friends and family helped celebrate her birthday with cards, letters and phone calls.

Marvin L. Schneider 80th

Marvin L. Schneider of Olmitz, will celebrate his 80th birthday with a Come and go reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 14 at the Albert Cafe. Hosts for the event will be his children and their spouses, Donna Huff (Don Bradbury) of Ellis, Rita Pivonka, Great Bend, Steve (Tammie) Schneider, Olmitz, Karen (Jim) Pechanec and Paula (Reggie) Tammen, all of Timken, Susan (Rick) Myrick of Hutchinson and John (Stacy) Schneider of Otis; 21 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.