HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY, ALICE HOKENESS!
A large gathering of family members gathered June 17th at the Jason and Shauna Tweet residence in Adrian to celebrate Alice’s 100th birthday. Alice lives in the Assisted Living Cottages in Adrian and always stated she wanted to dance at her 100th birthday! And dance she did! Many 5 generation pictures were taken at the party. Alice has been a loving generous person her whole life. May our dear Lord bless Alice Hokeness as she continues to celebrate her 100th birthday!!
A very large crowd gathered at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Adrian on Thursday, June 16th for funeral services for Jennifer Loring, age 35, of Omaha, Nebraska. Jennifer is a former Adrianite and is the daughter of Tom and Barb Loring, Adrian and the granddaughter of Theresa Loring also of Adrian. Jennifer worked in Omaha, Nebraska where she also passed away. Jennifer is survived by a daughter, Arianna, her parents, brother Jason and sister Jessica and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and good friends. Pastor Kristi Franken of United Methodist Church conducted the funeral services, she gave a wonderful comforting message to the many guests gathered in support of the Loring family. Blessed be the memory of Jennifer Loring!
Little Marshall Cox, son of Kayla and Mitchell Cox celebrated his 3rd birthday Saturday evening at his farm home. Family members enjoyed a grilled hamburger and hot dog supper with cupcakes and ice cream! Marshall had three great grandmothers, Marie Kruger, Eileen Hokeness and Kay Cox present as well as three sets of grandparents, Dick and Lauren Kruger, Margaret and Ed Nelson and Al and Cindy Cox. There were also aunts, uncles and cousins. It was very cool in the spacious backyard where Marshall opened up his gifts and gave each one a hug.
A Celebration of Life for former Adrianite Jane Kellen will be held Saturday afternoon, June 25th from 2-5pm at the farm home of John and Darcy Kellen, near Adrian. Jane was the daughter of the late Audrey and Clarence Kellen. Blessed be her memory.
Nice coverage about St. Kilian Catholic Church. One family is so excited about the celebration is Punky (Pass) and Joe Dorn!! They will take in everything! Punky and her siblings grew up right by the church and have many stories to tell.
Adrian is so very fortunate to have a library in town and to have Meredith Vaselaar as our librarian! If you want to do research on your family, the place to go is our library and ask Meredith for help. It’s just to simple.
Congratulations to Adrian’s Baseball Team and their coach Kevin Nowotny! What can we say that hasn’t already been said or written? Winning many games and coming in 3rd in State is so great. Just think of all the teams in Class A in the state of Minnesota and our boys brought home a trophy!! Adrian High School also placed 5 players on the All-Conference Team! They also had 2 Honorable Mention! The list will be in the sports section of the Review soon. A special Happy Birthday to Alex and Zack Loosbrock who celebrated their 17th birthdays on Sunday, June 19th.
Christmas in July celebration is very close! Be sure to say “yes” when asked to help. It takes a lot of volunteers to make our celebration a success!
Did you remember to thank God for the good rains?
The Cavaliers big win Sunday evening brought tears to my eyes! To see grown men like LeBron James crying after winning and being named MVP was so special!
Attn: Adrian Public School Class of 1966: anyone interested in celebrating Adrian Public School Class of 1966 50th class reunion, please meet at the Countryside Inn on Saturday, July 16th at 5:00 p.m. See You There!!
