Donald Dean Harding & Violet Marie (Hensiek) Harding
Violet Harding was born September 19, 1940, at Nashville, Kansas, to
Erwin John and Hilda Marie (Pagenkopf) Hensiek. She was baptized October
13, 1940, in St. John's Lutheran Church, Nashville, by Pastor O.L. Mueller,
and confirmed there April 11, 1954, by Pastor Herman C. Seyfert.
Dean Harding was born September 1, 1936, at Isabel, Kansas, to Lyman T.
and Lillie (Cirkel) Harding. He was baptized and confirmed April 28, 1963,
in St. John's Lutheran Church, Nashville, by Pastor Jack Amen.
Dean and Violet were married May 5, 1963, in St. John's Lutheran Church,
Nashville, by Pastor Jack Amen. Violet had graduated from Wesley Hospital
and Nurse Training School, Wichita, Kansas, July 12, 1961, and was employed
by Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital and Dean was working for National Gypsum
Company in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
On February 15, 1965, Dean started working there for Cities Service Gas
Company which has now become Williams Natural Gas Company. Because of Dean's
company transfers, they have also lived in Caney and Ulysses, Kansas; Rawlins,
Wyoming; Independence, Overland Park and Beloit, Kansas; and Enid, Oklahoma.
At the present time they are in Wichita, Kansas.
Michael Dean was born June 30, 1968, and was baptized August 4, 1968, in
St. John's Lutheran Church, Nashville, by Pastor Merlyn Lohrke. Deanene Marie
was born September 22, 1970, in St. John's Lutheran Church, Nashville, by
Pastor Merlyn Lohrke.
Source: St. John's Lutheran Church Centennial 1893-1994, Nashville, Kansas, pg. 35
Submitted by: Violet Harding