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Harms, Pastor Glenn
An Open House and Reception to honor Pastor Glenn Harms for 25 years of faithful service at the First Baptist Church in Lexington is being planned on Sunday, May 1 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the church’s Memorial Hall. There will also be the opportunity to tour the church facility, including the new addition. The public is invited to attend this event. Pastor Harms has the longest tenure of any other pastor in the history of the church. He was called to Lexington in June of 1969. He had previously served pastorates in Erie, Illinois and Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Pastor and Elsie Harms have six children. Linda Harms and Philip Harms of Bloomington, Steve Harms of Downers Grove, David Harms of Bourbonnais, Diane Anderson of Clinton and Janet Ralston of Littleton, Colorado.
[1 May 1994 - unk newspaper / possibly Lexingtonian - Moncelle Family Records]
Harms, Julius and Jessie Martens
COLFAX -- Mr. and Mrs. Julius Harms of Colfax will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with an open house Sunday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church north of Colfax, from 6 to 8 p.m. No formal invitations have been sent but the event is for friends and relatives. Mrs. Harms and the former Miss Jessie Martens, daughter of Louis and Jessie Heins Martens, were married Dec. 20, 1917, at the home of the bride’s parents north of Anchor by Pator G. S. Ide. Their attendants were Miss Marie Martens, now Mrs. George Schuler of Colfax, sister of the bride, and the late Harvey Lindenbaum a cousin of the bridegroom. They are the parents of two sons, Ivan of Gibson City and Bernard of Anchor. They also have three grandchildren. The Harms family has lived around the Colfax and Anchor area since marriage. Mr. Harms is a retired farmer.
[20 Dec 1967 - unknown newspaper; (Moncelle Family Records)]
Harms, Sam and LaVerne Petersen
LEXINGTON - Mr. and Mrs. Sam Harms of Lexington will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner on Sunday. Harms and LaVerne Petersen were married Jan 2, 1940, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Chenoa. Ilene Redding and Harold Harms were their attendants. They are parents of Loren and Larry, both of Lexington and Karen Young of Carlock. They have nine grandchildren.
[2 Jan 1990 - The Pantagraph - Moncelle Family Records]
Moncelle, Charles and Bernadine Leach
50th Anniversary for Charles Moncelle - Charles and Bernadine Moncelle of 1016 E. Washington St., Bloomington, will observe their 50th wedding anniversary Monday [15 Apr 1991]. A family dinner will celebrate the event. Moncelle and Bernadine Leach were married April 15, 1941, at the Methodist Chruch parsonage in Lexington. They are parents of Joyce Kaye of Stockton, Calif., and Jeffrey of Antioch. There are two grandchildren. Moncelle retired from Glass Specialty in 1981 and Mrs. Moncelle is employed as a secretary by The Eureka Co.
[1991 - The Daily Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois] (Moncelle Family Records)
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