Milestone Announcements
ANNIVERSARY
Doug and Eileen Cresswell
60th Anniversary
Doug and Eileen Cresswell (Homad) were married Aug. 23, 1959, in Spokane. They have lived in Coeur d’Alene for 49 years and continue to be active members of the community.
They have three children and six grandchildren.
They celebrated their 60th anniversary with family at Priest Lake.
MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS
Freda Catalano
100th Birthday
Freda Catalano is celebrating her 100th birthday on Aug. 19, 2019.
As a faithful servant of God, she provides a strong foundation and role model for her family. Her primary desire in life was to be a loving mother. She made sure her children had a safe and secure childhood filled with love and encouragement and is still that supportive, loving mother today.
However, she is also a successful businesswoman and entrepreneur. She obtained her cosmetology license and within a year, she opened her own shop in Reseda, Calif., calling it “Beauty by Freda.” The business was a huge success and resulted in her opening two more shops in the San Fernando Valley. Eventually all that back-combing resulted in carpel tunnel, so she sold the shops and decided to go to real estate school.
Within three months of obtaining her license, she was presented with a reward for having the highest sales volume in the company. She continued on that path and had a very successful career in real estate.
She eventually retired and moved to Alabama. She traveled quite extensively and enjoyed being close to her family. Later, she relocated to Phoenix to an active adult community where she participated in bridge clubs, water aerobics, line dancing and numerous other activities. She moved to the NorthStar Community in Coeur d’Alene in 2013.
She has two children, a granddaughter and two great-grandchildren who live in the Coeur d’Alene area. She has one grandson who lives in Romania.
She loves baseball and is a Mariner fan, and never meets a stranger! She is 100 years loved by all that have the privilege to know her.
Helen Estes
80th Birthday
Happy 80th Birthday Helen Estes!
Helen Estes was born on Aug. 20, 1939, in Decatur, Ill. In 1955, she met the love of her life, Pat Estes, they soon married and had 10 beautiful children together, Christine, Cheryl, Cari, Pat, Perry, Celeste, Paul, Parley, Phillip and Parker. She is currently living in Hayden, where she enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Helen, thank you for everything you do for your family, you are the most amazing mother and grandmother. You are so very loved. We hope you have the most wonderful 80th birthday.
We love you more than you’ll ever know.
Love,
Your children and grandchildren
EDUCATION
Devan Karsann, son of David and Robin Karsann, graduated with honors from Boise State University on May 11, 2019. He received a Bachelor of Science in computer science and a minor in material science and engineering from the College of Engineering. He also earned a Business Certificate from the College of Business and Economics.
Devan’s resume of undergraduate work experience includes being a research assistant, Computer Science Tutor, IT/Systems Technician, participation in a software engineering research program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Business Analytics Intern and a Software Engineering Intern. Extracurricular programming projects included a chess game with an artificial intelligence and a graphical user interface, and a sudoku solver for 9-by-9 and 16-by-16 puzzles. In his final semester of college, Karsann was on a senior design team which developed a beer pint pour counting device for Boise Brewing.
He received scholarships from the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship program, Material Science and Engineering Department, and was the recipient of an Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
Devan graduated with honors from Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy in 2014, was a member of the National Honor Society and held leadership roles in the Associated Student Body program for three years. He attended Coeur d’Alene’s Woodland Middle School and Skyway Elementary.
He is employed as a Software Engineer in Boise and will be pursuing a master’s degree in computer science at Boise State University in the fall of 2019.
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Listings include:
• Wedding anniversaries for couples married 25 years and every fifth year thereafter (2 photos accepted)
• Engagement announcements (1 photo accepted)
• Wedding announcements (1 photo accepted)
• Births (1 photo accepted)
• Milestone birthdays at age 70 and every fifth year thereafter or every year after age 90 (1 photo accepted)
• Generations (1 photo accepted)
• Academic honors and higher education accomplishments (1 photo accepted)
• Military announcements (1 photo accepted)
Deadline is 3 p.m. Tuesdays.