Betty Price, Carrie Leonard with baby Mary Frances Leonard,  Cathy Keating, Donna Nigh, Nancy Leonard, Judy Love enjoy the party honoring Cathy Keating. (Photo by David Faytinger.)

Cathy Keating was the honoree at a “Ladies’ Celebration” in the home of Judy Love. Co-hostesses were Kris Frankfurt, Jane Gamble, Nancy Leonard, Sandy Meyers, Polly Nichols and Gayle Semtner. They invited friends to celebrate the upcoming induction of Keating into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.

Bouquets of lilies, roses and hydrangeas decorated the buffet table. On the menu was sliced pork tenderloin and chicken and assorted cheeses, dips and desserts.

Guests wrote congratulatory notes for a memory book.

Guests included Ann Hargis, Holly Healey, Lela Sullivan, Linda Lambert, Betty Crow, Teresa Rose, Nancy Ellis, Gene Barth, Sarah Vermillion, Penny McCaleb, Lana Lopez, Frances Chandler, Ann Butler, Aulena Gibson, Jeaneen Naifeh, Deby Snodgrass, Meg Salyer, Jo Carol Cameron, Terri Cooper, Brenda McDaniel, Kirk Hammons and Kaye Cook.

Nancy Ellis and Linda Lambert arrive at the celebration. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace.)

Holly Healey and Polly Nichols talk at the event. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace.)

Extra-large, engraved, beautiful invitations in cream and green  have been mailed by staff members at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. They herald the upcoming  First Ladies’ Gala on March 27th

Kim Henry, Cathy Keating, Rhonda Walters, Donna Nigh, Molly Boren and Ann Bartlett are honorary chairmen for the black- tie party.  It is at 6:30 p.m. at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

Henry and Harrison Levy are co-chairmen.  Liz Coe, Jim Mueller, Phyllis Stough and Becky Switzer are on the event committee and  Malinda Berry Fischer is development committee chairman.

 Judge Robert Henry, OMRF board member, will handle the evening’s introductions and a special and unique interactive video tailored for this event will be shown.  Larry T.Bird Gordon’s Band will play.

Information about the new OMRF 8-story research building and expansion will be announced.

Patron tickets and individual tickets are available by contacting Emily Rothrock, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 N.E. 13th Street,  OKC, 73104,  or at 405.271.7400.