“As a Love for Luisa fundraiser, Shoup’s Country catering, Frito Lay, Newell’s Gas, family, and friends put together a dinner at the Michigantown Lion’s Club on Saturday, April 13th.  Leah and I would like to say thank you to the Clinton County community who has prayed for our daughter Luisa (age 5) and supported our family since her Leukemia diagnosis in March 2018.  We are extremely blessed to have experienced such generosity and encouragement.  We pray that God will give you all of the joy that comes with loving and serving others.  Though she is progressing well through the treatment schedule, please continue to pray for healing and protection from side-effects.

God Bless,

Cole and Leah Kercheval

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Those who know her, know her as Pauline. She was born and raised in Frankfort, Indiana. She was born on June 9th in 1915. Yes, she will be 103 on the 9th. Her parents were Guy and Bertha Pletch who had three children – Earnest, Pauline and Betty. She was raised on the farm where she currently lives and has been a lifelong member of the First Christian Church in Frankfort.

Although she isn’t as mobile as she would like, she still motors around the house using her 4-wheeler. She is still sharp as a tack especially when it comes to card playing. Pauline married Fred Cragun on April 13, 1941. They had three children – Ron, Randy and Janet. Ron lives in Missouri and has two children, a daughter, Michele who lives in Allen, Texas and a son, Michael who recently moved to the Dallas area.

Her son, Randy, and her grandson, David, live near her and farm the family farm and other acreage in the area. Randy and his wife, Jacqueline, have three children, a son, David, and two daughters, Danea and Danetta . Her daughter, Janet, and her husband, Kevin, live in Barrington, Illinois. They have a daughter, Jennifer, who lives with her husband, David in Chicago and a son, Michael, lives and works in northern Virginia.

If you are counting, the totals are seven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren to date.

God has blessed her in many ways.  One of her favorite memories occurred on her 9th birthday of course on June 9^th; her cat had nine kittens. Recently, a little bird, we think it was a Titmouse, built a nest in her bird feeder which is attached to her dining room window.  She was entertained for weeks watching the nest building, the egg laying and the hatching.  The little bird laid four or five eggs.  Four babies were hatched.  It was a treat watching them being fed.  It didn’t take long, and they were out of the nest starting a new life of their own!!!!  It is interesting to note that the other birds including Blue Jays left them alone!

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Mr. and Mrs. Max Knapp of rural Frankfort will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on Sunday, March 25.

Friends and relatives are invited to an open house from 2-4 p.m. at the Milner Activity Center located behind the Milner Nursing Home in Rossville.

Max and the former Catherine Ruch were marred March 27, 1943, in Greeley, Colorado, where he was participating in military training in preparation to be sent to England to support the World War II allied effort in Europe.

He retired in 1984 from Rea Magnet Wire and the Carroll County Comet in 2010. She is a homemaker.

They have five living children: Bill (Jane), Bob (Beverly), Dick (Janet), Cathy (Joe) and Carol; one deceased child, Tom; 12 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

They request gifts be omitted, but cards are welcome.

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James and Karen Lippard will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary this year. James Lippard and the former Karen Howe were married November 27, 1992, at Forest Wesleyan Church, which is no longer there. They now attend Mt. Hope Chapel in Michigantown where Jim plays the organ every service. They are both very active in their church.

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Aubriana Ann Villarreal

Shawna McDaniel and Kadin Villarreal announce the birth of their daughter, Aubriana Ann Villarreal, born November 6, 2017, at Witham Memorial Hospital in Lebanon. She weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces. Aubriana is the couple’s first child.

Maternal grandparents are Lisa and Sean McDaniel of Frankfort.

Maternal great-grandparents are Margaret Ashlock of Frankfort, Forrest McDaniel of Frankfort, Judy Donahoe of Monticello and the late Roy Ashlock of Frankfort.

Paternal grandparents are Jennifer and Pedro Villarreal of Lebanon.

Paternal great-grandparents are Denise Reagan of Frankfort and the late Stephen Reagan.

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