Archive By Section - Birthdays
Olga Welch 100th
Olga Welch will celebrate her 100th birthday with a reception and buffet dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 25 at Cedar Park Place Community Center. Hosts for the event will be her children, Jim Welch and David Welch, both of Great Bend, Paul Welch of Pueblo West, Colo. and Kathy Welch Porter of Topeka. Friends are invited to attend.
Velma McMillin 90th
Velma McMillin will celebrate her 90th birthday with a Card Shower and a Come and Go Reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 19 at Cherry Village Nursing Home. Hosts for the event will be her family. Velma was born on Jan. 20, 1924.
Lafern Niedens 85th
Lafern Niedens of Great Bend will celebrate her 85th birthday on Jan. 22 with a Card Shower.
Alvin Grose 80th
Alvin (Al) Grose of Great Bend will celebrate his 80th birthday on Dec. 31 with a card shower.
Al Herrman 80th
Al Herrman will celebrate his 80th birthday on Jan. 1, with a card shower. He was born on Jan. 1, 1934 in LaCrosse.
Glenna Taylor 80th
Glenna Taylor will celebrate her 80th birthday with a Come and Go Reception from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 21 at the Jordaan Library, 724 Broadway in Larned. No gifts are requested.
Allen Ukens 80th
Allen Lee Ukens of Pawnee Rock will celebrate his 80th birthday with a reception from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 22 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 2701 24th Street in Great Bend. Hosts for the event will be his children, Dan Ukens and wife Colette of Ellinwood, and Cathie McManaman and husband Barry of Great Bend. He has five grandchildren, Stacie Resner (Matt Resner), Lexie Ukens, Dena Hiss (Matt Hiss), Brett McManaman and Kelli McManaman; and four great-grandchildren. Friends and family are invited to attend. No gifts are requested.
Ruth Murray 90th
Ruth Murray will celebrate her 90th birthday from 3 to 5 p.m. on Dec. 22, with a Come and Go Reception at the home of her son Steve and Jan Murray, 4450 Prairie Rose Circle. No gifts are requested.
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.
Joann Desmarteau 80th
Joann (Brown) Desmarteau, of Great Bend, will celebrate her 80th birthday on Nov. 16, with a dinner with her family at her daughter's home in Wichita.
Donald Bowsher 90th
Donald Bowsher will celebrate his 90th birthday on Nov. 7 with a card shower. Married to his wife Twila for 60 years, he has two sons, Keith of Lawrence and Mark and wife Marg of Richmond, Texas; and two grandchildren, Kevin of Los Alamitos, Calif. and Lindsey Bailey of Sugarland Texas.
Cecilia Schremmer 90th
Cecilia Schremmer will celebrate her 90th birthday on Oct. 26 with a card shower.
Arthur Wondra 80th
Arthur Wondra will celebrate his 80th birthday on Oct. 20 with a family luncheon followed by a reception from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Great Bend Senior Citizen Center. The luncheon and reception will be hosted by his wife of 53 years, Mary Ann, and their children, Kevin and Teresa Wondra of Great Bend, Kathy and Eric Walsten of Mulvane, Alan and Karen Wondra of Wichita, Korey and LeAnn Wondra of Hutchinson and David and Valarie Wondra of Derby.
Keith Mull 90th
Keith W. Mull of Larned will celebrate his 90th birthday with a "come and go" reception from 1 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 27 at Glory Be, 623 Broadway in Larned. The public is invited. No gifts are requested and attire is casual dress. Hosts for the event will be is children and their spouses, Glenn and Elaine Mull and Brad and Jeanine Haynes; five grandchildren and their spouses, Amy and Doug Harter, Jen and Walter Ladwig, Jason and Terri Haynes, John and Kristy Mull, and Robyn and Brian Kavanagh; and his five great-grandchildren, Samantha and Chase Harter, Ava ...
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Laverne Lessor 80th
Laverne Lessor of Great Bend will celebrate his 80th birthday with a family dinner followed by a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on April 27, at the Senior Center. No gifts are requested.
Marcella Maneth 85th
Marcella Maneth of Olmitz will celebrate her 85th birthday with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on April 19 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Olmitz. Hosts for the event will be her children. No gifts are requested.
Emma Jeanne Bradley 85th
Emma Jeanne Bradley celebrated her 85th birthday on April 12, at the Larned VFW with her children, grandchildren, extended family and members of Escue Chapel CME Church. Emma Jeanne and guests played games, sang songs and reminisced about living 85 years and the events she has witnessed in her life. Tributes were read and given to Emma Jeanne by her family.
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