...their 50th birthday. It won't be an ordinary birthday party, either. People used to throw an annual celebration for Martha Ann (Marti), Michael Arthur, Marie Dolores and Monica Mae. This year they're not only throwing the party, but they've...

...12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; brothers, Edward (Reba) Gehrke, of Gladstone, Mo., Wendel (Martha Ann) Gehrke, of Queen City, Mo., and many nieces and nephews. Geraldine is preceded in death by her parents, husband...