Weddings/Engagements from September 2011

Shane and Debbie Wakefield and Todd and Wendy (Wakefield) Diskin and families are hosting a reception on Sept. 3 for their parents David and Peggy (Clayton) Wakefield in honor of their 45th wedding anniversary. Family and friends are invited to enjoy cake and ice cream at 7 p.m. at the Linn County Fairgrounds. Casual dress. It is requested that there be no gifts...

Bob and Shirley (Ruby) Hixon of Redfield, Kan., will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception hosted by their children and their families on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Redfield Community Cener. Robert and Shirley were married Sept. 24, 1961, in Fort Scott at the home of Shirley's aunt Thelma (Ruby) Rohnke...

Friends and relatives are invited to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary Ottis and Minnie Lou Allen on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Gunn Park at Shelter House No. 5 in Fort Scott. No gifts requested; casual dress.

The Fort Scott High School class of 1948 is invited to an open house at the Levine House, 747 S. National, Fort Scott, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Oct. 20, to help Shirley (White) Forgey celebrate her 80th birthday. Cards only. RSVP to (620) 223-1446.

Announcement is made of the engagement of Hannah Brook Ketterman to Derik Keith Scotten. The couple plan to be married on Nov. 19, 2011, at the Stone Chapel in Springfield, Mo. The bride is the daughter of Dave and Cathy Ketterman of Nevada. The groom is the son of Dirk and Debbi Scotten of Nevada...

Wes and Colene Gress of Fort Scott, Kan., announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Stephanie Nicole Gress, to Frank Joseph King, son of Joe and Lisa Cuellar of Twin Falls, Idaho, and the late Margaret "Jeanie" King of Independence, Kan...