St. John's was our family home church; therefore, as a child, I attended
   Sunday School and church at St. John;s and was confirmed there. Later,
   after moving from my birth palce at Isabel to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, I
   became a member of Trinity Lutheran Church there.
     I graduated from Medicine Lodge High School and from Emporia State
   University, Emporia, Kansas, with a BS in Education. I married Fonda K.
   Ricke and started a high school teaching career in Agra, Kansas (four years),
   moving to Norton, Kansas, from Agra and teching there twenty-three years.
   After my twenty-seven years as a high school instructor, I begana design
   and construction firm which I am presently heading.
     My wife and I were blessed with the birth of two children, Paul in 1960
   and Shawna in 1963, who are both graduates of Norton Community High School,
   Norton, Kansas, and Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. They are
   both blessed with successful careers.
     While I was teaching in Agra, our family attended St. John's Lutheran
   Church at Kensington, Kansas. After moving to Norton, we became members of
   Immanuel LUtheran Church were our children were confirmed and where we are 
   still members.
                     
  Source:St. John's Lutheran Church Centennial 1893-1993, Nashville, Kansas, pg. 65 
  Submitted by: Edward H. Lawrence Jr.