Evelyn Klinefelter celebrated her 99th birthday on Feb. 27 at Southridge Nursing and Rehab with

family and friends attending.

She was born on a farm north of Conrad and then after marriage resided in Grundy Center, Beaman for 25 years, Marshalltown and Bickford Cottage for eight years where she may continue to reside after therapy.

Her family consists of Rae Jean (Jim) Draper, of Dubuque, and Jana Lyn (Alan) Miller, of Loveland, Colo. She has three grandchildren and four great grandchildren: Scott (Sue), Hannah and Emily Draper; of Ames, Jill Draper (Steve), Andrew and Sophia Schmidt, of Minneapolis, and Holly (Todd) Michel, of Denver, Colo.

This family is blessed to have her as mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend.