Tuesday, January 20, 2009

BILL AND ANITA FAHRENKROG

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Bill and Anita Fahrenkrog live in Jackson, Missouri. Anita is the great grand daughter of Leona (Weaver) and John Franklin Crites.
She is the g-great grand daughter of Mary Ann (Secrist) and Josiah Crites, and the g-grand daughter of Elizabeth Ann (Paugh) and John S. Weaver.

FETTERHOFF BROTHERS

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(Left) Carl Fetterhoff and his older brother Tom. Carl lives in Springfield Missouri and Tom Fetterhoff resides in Florida.
They are the great grandsons of Leona (Weaver) and John Franklin Crites

Monday, January 19, 2009

MARANDA HANSON EARNS DEGREE AND NATIONAL HONORS

Maranda embraces her mother Robin on commencement day (click on image to enlarge)

Maranda Hanson with her mother Robin Perysian, step father Dale Perysian and grandmother Janet Lawrence (Fecht) Boyce

Our kinswoman Maranda Hanson completed her Master of Arts degree in Teaching in June 2008. Recently she was informed that she passed the National Board for Teachers examination. This places her among the top 2% of teachers in the State of California, and among the top 3% in the United States. To congratulate herself, Maranda purchased a home in Vacaville, California.

Maranda is the great, great, grand daughter of Leona Belle (Weaver) and John Franklin Crites

She is a member of the family of Robert W. Fecht

Saturday, January 3, 2009

FETTERHOFF FAMILY CLOSES STORE AFTER 58 YEARS

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A hardware store on First Street in Marble Hill, Missouri has been in the Fetterhoff family for 58 years. Bill and Carol Fetterhoff have retired after 31 years, having purchased the store from Bill's parents Dorothy and Elmer Fetterhoff.

Bill Fetterhoff is the great, great grandson of Leona (Weaver) and John F. Crites

RILEY HAYES - OLIVIA HAYES - ADDED TO OUR FAMILY REOCORDS

One great things about Christmas cards are the one page letters that often get tucked in. For those of us interested in keeping in touch with our families, new names sometimes appear. Here are two young members of our family just added to our ever-growing records.

RILEY DAVID HAYES who will be 10 years old this year. Wouldn't his ancestor Elizabeth Ann Walsh Fecht have loved Riley's first name. Riley is the son of our kinswoman Cynthia Ann and her husband Michael Hayes. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.

OLIVIA MAE HAYES is 5 years old in 2009. She is the daughter of our kinswoman Cynthia Ann and her husband Michael Hayes. Olivia was born in Lincoln, Nebraska where she lives with her parents.

Please note: The maiden names and other vital information is withheld from this blog for the security of identity of family members.

Riley and Olivia's ancestors:
William Crites, John Crites, Josiah Crites, John Franklin Crites, Mildred Crites Fecht, Dorothy Fecht Fetterhoff

John Weaver (I), John Weaver (II), John S. Weaver (III), John S. Weaver, Leona Weaver Crites, Mildred Crites Fecht, Dorothy Fecht Fetterhoff

Solomon Secrist, Jacob Secrist, David Secrist, Mary Ann Secrist Crites,
John Franklin Crites, Mildred Crites Fecht, Dorothy Fecht Fetterhoff