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Kewpie Anniversary
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Vernon and Jeanne Barr - 60th Wedding Anniversary - July 2, 2004 Leo & Mary Ann Roberts - 65th Anniversary - July 14, 2005 Luke & Joan Chase - 40th Anniversary - October 7, 2006 Bill and Eleanore Geel - 65th Anniversary January 10, 2007 Wayne Thomas - 90th Birthday - January 20, 2007 Janet Nichols Potts & David - 40th Anniversary - July 16, 2007 Don Roberts & Marilyn Hummel - 50th Anniversary - December 28, 2007 John & Doris Hoersch - 50th Anniversary - July 12, 2008 Myrtle Taft - 90th Birthday - August 8, 2008 Jim & Billie Hopper Silvey, 1949 Kewpies, 55th Anniversary - June 6, 2009 Donald & Marjorie Trimble Semon - 60th Anniversary - July 30, 2010 April & Jerry Cockrell - 25th Anniversary - September 18, 2010 Marvin & Donna Lear Bozarth - 50th Anniversary - April ?, 2012 Marty and Ed Elliott - Class of 1951 - 60th Anniversary - September 11,2013
Mary Helen Ballew & Lloyd Yoest - Class of
1941 - 70 Anniversary - Novemer 11, 1943
Sylvia (1960 Kewpie) - Leo (1938 Kewpie) & Mary Ann - Nancy (1967 Kewpie)
Luke
passed away Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009.
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Bill and
Eleanore Geel
The Geels
were married Jan. 10, 1942,in Ashtabula, Ohio.
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Mexicoans celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary
Janet Nichols, daughter
of Owen Banks and Elizabeth Frances Johnson Nichols
They are parents of two
sons, Michael Earl Potts, who lives in Rogers, Arkansas,
The couple is planning a future trip to the Lake of the Ozarks and Branson. Also, celebrating anniversaries
were Leon and Marilyn Coats, sister and
from the "Mexico Ledger" 2007-06-27 Back to Top The 50th Wedding Anniversary of Don and Marilyn Roberts Donald Ray
Roberts (Class of ’53), son of Ray M. and Julia Blanche (Edwards) Roberts,
and Marilyn H. Hummel (Class of ’54), daughter of Lynn Ellis and Ruth (Ridgway)
Hummel, Don completed
his MA in English Education and Marilyn completed her MA in Music Education,
and while Don fronted a dance band and Marilyn taught private piano lessons,
the family grew: David Lynn was born in 1958; Deborra Louise born
in 1960; Michael Ray born in 1962; and Mark Hummel born in 1964.
From 1960 to 1967, Don return to Kewpie land and taught English and Journalism
at Hickman High School. Don left Hickman in 1968 and moved the family to northwest Missouri where he was English Consultant, Site Coordinator, and, finally Director of Project Communicate, a federally-funded project. He returned to MU in 1970 and completed his Doctorate in 1972. During the period 1967 to 1972, Marilyn continued taking courses, teaching in three elementary schools and teaching piano privately. Don worked as Assistant NCA Chairman to Dr. Neil Aslin. In 1972, Don joined the Shawnee Mission School District where he served in several administrative positions: Director of Language Arts and Foreign Language, Director of the Curriculum Center, and in building administrative positions. He continued to be active in NCA accreditation activities. Marilyn continued teaching in elementary schools and privately.
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Myrtle Taft
celebrated her 90th birthday Aug. 8 with her husband, Bill, and their three
children. Bill Jr. came from Kansas, Marie Margolin from California and
Alice Fisher from Texas.
Nine bouquets of flowers, donations of meals and other edibles, calls and cards combined to make this a festive occasion. Myrtle’s health problems have prevented her attendance at Missouri United Methodist Church for several years, but she managed to make the Aug. 10 Sunday services. Recognized by pastor Jim Bryan, she received a healthy welcome back to the center of much of her interest and concern since the family moved to Columbia in 1956. Myrtle and William Taft, now a retired MU journalism professor, were married in early 1941 and have completed more than 65 happy years together. Her husband recently published a book in tribute to their togetherness appropriately titled “Created in Heaven: A Love Story.” The emphasis is on the contrast of their backgrounds, their nearly five World War II years followed by his pursuit of a doctorate and several moves. Also included are recollections and pictures — 125 of them — from family and friends. One of 14 children, Myrtle was born in Virginia and is the only one to live outside that state and the only one to marry a non-Virginian — sweet-talkin’ Bill. Four of her siblings have died, and the other nine still live in Virginia. The final family reunion the Tafts attended was held in Virginia in 2000. Recently, Myrtle
had a corneal transplant and hopes to regain her ability to read papers,
magazines and books. This transplant came from Alabama, so she remains
a “true Southerner” and still sees things from a Southern viewpoint.
Donald Semon,
1945 Kewpie & Marjorie Trimble Semon, 1947 Kewpie, 60th Anniversary
- July 30, 2010
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Jerry
"Jr." and April Ruble, 1985 Kewpie, Cockrell of Columbia celebrated their
25th wedding anniversary Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010 at Finger Lakes State
Park in Columbia.
April &
Jerry have two children; Katelyn and Kortney of Columbia.
 Marty and Ed Elliott celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary September 11, 2013. They were married in San Diego, California and still resided there. Marty is a retired Adult Education teacher and Ed is a retired Land Development engineer. Marty & Ed were both Kewpies of the Class of 1951.
Back to Kewpie Classmates Back to Top Happy 70th Anniversary, Mary Ballew & Lloyd Yoest, 1941 Kewpies  Mary Helen Ballew Yoest, 90 and Lloyd Yoest, 91, celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with family and friends Saturday at the Columbia home of Tom and Diane Mendenhall. Picture from "The Columbia Daily Tribune" Sunday, November 10, 2013 See story in the Tribune
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To
celebrate their 40th Wedding Anniversary,
David
and Janet Potts celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary at the home of
were
married at the First Christian Church in Columbia, Missouri, by Dr. C.
E. Lemmon on December 28, 1957. Maid of Honor was Marilyn’s sister Anne
(Hummel) Cash and Best Man was Curtis Walton Brown. Bridesmaids were
Ellen Henry and Judy Roberts. Groomsmen were Seth Slaughter and Larry
Sutherland, and ushers were Robert Henry and David Taylor. Donald had completed
his BA at the University and had finished 6-months of U.S. Army active
duty at Fort Carson, Colorado; and Marilyn had performed her senior recital
for her BA earlier that month.
Don
retired from Shawnee Mission in 1997 and Marilyn retired from the Blue
Valley District in 1998. They have 9 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
They took the family to DisneyWorld November 2007 to celebrate their GOLDEN
MOMENTS.
