Families enjoy birthday, anniversary celebrations
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
On Sunday, Aug. 8, Howard and Louise Holland hosted a dinner party at Gebhardt's at noon in celebration of his mother's 85th birthday. She, Ruth Holland, enjoyed the 15 who were present including relatives and close friends. After dinner, they went to the Holland home, rural Liberal, Mo., where pictures were taken after Ruth received a lei and a tiara and blew out the candles on a special birthday cake. Granddaughters helped serve ice cream and cake to the guests and all sang the birthday song. Gifts were opened and showed to the guests for the day including Don, Tim and Norma Holland; Phil, Tina, Shelby, Shanda and Kelly VanKirk; Iva Mullins; John and Judy Rawlings and Mary Virginia Shead.