PARTIES EXTRA: AUGUST 3, 2007- Welcome Home Leigh Ann and Paul
HOMECOMING…. When Leigh Ann and Paul Albers, both Oklahoma City natives, moved back from Virginia Beach, Va., recently, Barbara and Jay Quillian were hosts for a “Welcome Home” Party.
Co-hosts were Mary and Jim Richard and Diana and Jeff Beeler.
Former high school and college friends were at the party as well as a few 5th grade Casady parents since the Albers’ son Donald will go to Casady School.
It was also a rock and roll reunion as Paul Albers, Jay Quillian, Jim Richard and Steve Shelby had the local band “The Chessmen” in the late 1960’s and this was the first time the group had been together for 37 years.
Guests included Marty and Hoffie Smith, Ellen and Tim Fleming, Mary and Tom Kelly, Jill and Tom King, Kim and Joe O’Conner, Susan and Eric Eckman and Annette and Kent Carnahan. Gift from the hosts was the book “Oklahoma III” by David Fitzgerald and everyone wrote personal messages in it.
Jim Richard, Steve Shelby, Paul Albers and Jay Quillian are at a Welcome Home party honoring Leigh Ann and Paul Albers. Hosts were Barbara and Jay Quillian, Mary and Jim Richard and Diana and Jeff Beeler.
POLYNESIAN PARTY…Naureen Ahmad and Jeff Hubbard were honorees at a Polynesian buffet. They will be married August 11. Hosts at the party were Barbara and Jay Quillian, Marilyn and Bud Meade, Liz Meade, Patrick Quillian, Jennifer Edge, Shelley and Bill Swisher, Kathryn Swisher, Samina and Zaheer Baber and Omar Baber.
The party was held in the Quillian home and it was decorated with pineapple topiaries with orchids and lava rocks surrounding them. Former Oklahoma City residents Nancy and Herb Conley, Honolulu, assisted the hosts by sending fresh orchid leis for the honorees and their parents.
Shelley Swisher, Marilyn Meade, Salima Ahmad and Barbara Quillian celebrate the upcoming wedding of Naureen Ahmad and Jeff Hubbard.
Naureen Admad, Karen Hubbard, Kathryn Swisher and Jennifer Edge attend the pre-nuptial event honoring Naureen Ahmad and Jeff Hubbard in the home of Barbara and Jay Quillian.
GOLDEN WEEKEND…. Donna and Tom Kerrihard celebrated their 50th anniversary last weekend. Their children, Karen Eckstein, Ken Kerrihard, Pam Sollars and Tim Kerrihard, were hosts for a come and go reception on Sunday, July 29, at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
The Kerrihards greeted guests at the front door of the Museum boardroom where there was a picture of them from their wedding in Carrollton, Illinois. A tiered wedding cake was decorated with daisies and roses. Guests were treated to a slide presentation of the family through the years.
The weekend started with a special blessing at St. Francis Catholic Church and then the family members gathered at Myriad Gardens for picture taking. Kristen and Casey Partridge were hosts for lunch and Kerri and Gerod Grigor had a dessert party.
Friday night dinner was at the Sportsman’s Club and on Saturday the family group was at the Sportsman’s Club pool and picnic area. That night Karen Eckstein had popcorn and cokes in her backyard where everyone watched home movies.
Besides the hosts at the various events, family members included Sherry and Kenny Kerrihard and children Danielle, Sara and Nicholas; Pam and Jonathon Sollars and children Jessica, Honour, Sean and Tess and Sue and Tim Kerrihard and children Sydney and Tommy.
Tom and Donna Kerrihard celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a weekend of events.
Kristen and Casey Partridge help with punch and sandwiches at the party at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
Father Rick Stansberry arrives at the anniversary celebration.
SUMMER SOCIAL…Active, sustaining and provisional members of the Oklahoma City Junior League met for a “Summer Social” at the Iron Starr Restaurant. The activities committee organized the event for about 50 members.
The activities committee, now in its’ second year, plans women-only and family events for League members.
FAMILY FUN…Sarah Stringer Butler was hostess for a party to introduce new cousin Jacob Edward Bernard “Jeb” Koetting, Overland Park, Kansas, to Oklahoma City family and friends.
Jeb is the son of Kate Stringer Koetting and Jake Koetting.
Guests were his grandparents, Sally and Ed Stringer, aunts, uncles, cousins, Kate’s former classmates from Heritage Hall School and her University of Oklahoma Tri Delta sorority sisters. Jeb’s cousins Luke Butler and Thad Butler assisted their mom at the party.
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Linda & I are looking for Kent Carnahan, and I saw that he & Annette were part of the Welcome Home Party to welcome Paul & Leigh Ann Albers back to OKC. Is there anyone who can help me connect with Kent & Annette Carnahan? If so please have him email me at bob.attaway@gmail.com. Thank you!