Vera Schons to celebrate 100th birthday

Vera Ettie Schons (Linch) will celebrate her 100th birthday, Oct. 19, 2017. Vera was born in Texas and raised in Oklahoma with her siblings: Homer Linch, Julia Russell, Virgie Beard, James Linch, Francis Largent, Annabelle O’Kelley, Dora Pearl and two infant sisters. She has been a long time resident in Leavenworth. She and her husband John raised her five children, Larry, Marilyn, John (Buck), Helen and Tom on their homestead/orchard up Eagle Creek Road. She will be celebrating her 100 years of life and love with friends and family on Oct. 21, 2017 at Kristall’s from 3 to 5 p.m.