Elma Laughlin Lepej will celebrate her 95th birthday on June 30 with a card shower. Elma and her twin brother, Elmer Laughlin, were born on June 30, 1916 on a farm near Alexander. They attended school in LaCrosse. She married Joe Lepej on April 17, 1943. Elma has been a resident of Great Bend since 1965. She has two daughters, Patti Smith and husband George of Great Bend and Jo Kay Lepej of Topeka; three grandchildren, Tyler Mermis, currently serving in Djibouti, Africa, and wife Melissa of Marion, Taryn Mermis Baca and husband Johnny of San Diego, Calif, Tierney Mermis and Aaron of Great Bend; and six great-grandchildren, Marshelle Mermis, Blaine Mermis, Bryce Mermis, Brynn Mermis, Hayley Suchy, and Johnny Baca Jr.

Cards may be sent to her at P.O. Box 83, Great Bend, KS 67530.