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Birth Announcements

Simon Matthew Bronk

Benjamin and Gloria Bronk of Kennesaw, Ga., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Simon Matthew Bronk.

Simon was born Friday, June 26, 2009, at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19-1/2 inches long.

Jim Melton of Smyrna, Ga., and Betsy Giddings of Boscobel, Wis., are the maternal grandparents.
Rhode and Maxine Bronk of Morris are the paternal grandparents.

Albert and Jane Melton of Ottawa and Ruth Giddings of Gays Mills, Wis., are the maternal great-grandparents. Angie Derezinski of Stevens Point, Wis., is the paternal great-grandmother.

Riley Austin Cravens

Scott and Katie Cravens of Morris are proud to announce the birth of their son, Riley Austin Cravens.
Riley was born Monday, July 13, 2009, at Morris Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and was 20-1/2 inches long.

Beth and Michael Smith of Morris and Michael and Debby Cordrey of Morris are the maternal grandparents.

Rebecca and Jeff Bailey of Kappa, Ill., John and Patty Cravens of Mazon and Robert Burke of Lake Geneva, Wis. are the paternal grandparents.

Sheila Cockriel of Plano, Ill., is the maternal great-grandmother. Paternal great-grandparents are John and Jody Cravens of Pullman, Mich., and Anne Burke of Chicago.

Brayton Lain Cronrath

Corey and Chandra Cronrath are proud to announce the birth of their son, Brayton Lain Cronrath.
Brayton was born Thursday, July 2, 2009, at Morris Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces and was 18 inches long.

Kim and Rory Schuh and Randy Ressler and Shirley Kuller, all of Mandan, N.D., are the maternal grandparents.

Lynn Baker-Gullickson of Bismarck, N.D., is the paternal grandmother.

He was welcomed home by his older sibling, Kazien Calder Cronrath, 2.

Noah R. Malone

Mark and Brandy Malone are proud to announce the birth of their son, Noah Raymond Malone.

Noah was born at 7:07 p.m. Friday, June 26, 2009, at Morris Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds and was 19-1/2 inches long.

Christine and Michael Ulanowski of Elwood and Randy Hurst of Joliet are the maternal grandparents. Patricia and James R. Malone Jr. of Morris are the paternal grandparents.

Allen and Julia Berg of Sandwich, Ill., and Ruby Hurst of Tilden, Ill., are the maternal great-grandparents. Mary Kaveney of Morris is the paternal great-grandmother. Noah’s middle name is in honor of his paternal great-grandfather, Raymond Kaveney.

Noah was welcomed home by his cousins, Amanda and Jessica Jenkins of Morris and Alex and Austin Lambert of Westfield, Ind.

Birth announcement forms are available at www.morrisdailyherald.com.

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