Weddings/Engagements from May 2009

Jeri C. Smith and Eric R. Phillips announce their engagement and approaching marriage. The couple plan to be married at sunset, July 3, 2009, on the beach in Key West, Fla. Bride-elect Smith is the daughter of Connie Brisbin, of Lamar, and the late Joe Brisbin. Prospective-groom Phillips is the son of Bill and Susan Phillips, of Nevada, and Carol Kibler, also of Nevada...

Danielle Krusich and Tod Hessong exchanged wedding vows on July 11, 2008, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, in Pittsburg, Kan. The Revs. Tom Stroot and Larry Parker officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Jim and Sandy Krusich, Pittsburg, Kan., and granddaughter of Francis and Ann Krusich, Frontenac, Kan., and Joseph and Patricia Stiles, Wilson, Kan...

Mr. and Mrs. Buford Johnson will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on May 21, 2009. Reta Mae Ermel and Buford Johnson were married on May 21, 1939, by the Rev. Young in the Presbyterian Parsonage in Fort Scott. They have lived most of their married lives in Bronson, Kan...

Brent and Julie Leonard, Nevada, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Lacy Leonard, to Joe Warren, Atchison, Kan., son of Gene and Doreen Winn, Estancia, N.M. The bride-elect is a 2005 graduate of Nevada High School, Nevada, Mo., and is currently attending Benedictine College, Kan., with a major in elementary education...

Bob and Betty Garton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house reception on Sunday afternoon, June 14, 2009, from 2 until 4 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the Nevada United Methodist Church, 500 South College. The couple requests no gift...

Joe and Linda Beckham were married May 31, 1959, and plan to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 13, 1-3 p.m., at the Community Christian Church in Fort Scott. The couple requests no gifts.

Thomas and Claire (Kennedy) Weston were married June 1, 1949, at St. Thomas Church at St. Paul, Kan. They lived all their married life on a farm north of Walnut until 2005, when they moved to 710 N. Leonard, Girard. They have four children: Wayne Weston, Sharon Burns, Joyce Weston and Donna McDaniels...

Frank and Charla Polchlopek, of Pittsburg, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Ruth Polchlopek, to James "Michael" Halsey, son of Frank and Deb Halsey of Fort Scott. Lindsay is a 2007 graduate of PSU and is employed by Mariner Wealth Advisors of Pittsburg. ...

Owen and Sue Stites, Prescott, are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Elisa Danelle Stites, to James David Long VII, son of Donna Johnson Long, Parkville, Mo., and James Long, Detroit, Mich. The bride to be is a graduate of Jayhawk-Linn and Cowley County Community College and Heritage College with Associate of Arts in Massage Therapy...