Ninety Years Young (Barackman)

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Howard Courant
January 28, 1926

Mrs. K. H. Barackman, familiarly and affectionately "Grandma Barackman" celebrated the ninethieth anniversary of her birth, Sunday, January 26, 1926, at the home of her son J. B. Barackman, six miles west of Howard, where she make her home.  Grandma looked happy, cheery, and really quite 'fussy" in a beautiful new lavender-colored gown, and was full of life and action, and wonderfully spry for a woman who was rounding her four-score and tenth milestone in the journey of life.  She was surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great-granchildren, and she had a cheerful word for every one, and truly everyone was proud of this grand old woman.  Four of her five living sons were present, with their families; also her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Fannie Barackman and family.  One son, John P. Barackman and family, of Moscow, Idaho, could not be present, and also two of her grand-daughters, Miss Leona Lee Barackman, of Independence and Mrs. Mary Barackman Bone, of Texas, were absent from the happy gathering.  The out-of-town guests were: Mrs. Ross Moon of Emporia and her sister-in-law, Mrs. George Hammer of Boston, Mass.

A sumptous turkey dinner was prepared and served by Mrs. Bert Barackman, hostess of the occasion, and in the center of the table was a beautiful birthday cake bearing ninety candles.

No woman in this comunity is ______ universally beloved than Grandma Barackman.  Her long life of hard work and care in rearing her family, battling the problems of pioneer life, the privation of poverty----all have failed to curb her spirit or cloud the sky of her existence.  She is still in full possession of her faculties, is as fond of her joke, as quick in repartee as she ever was.  A wonderful woman is Grandma Barackman, and it is no wonder that her children love her and are proud of her.  May she live to enjoy many more birthdays.