Ellen Lenz News Today

Bill Palmer We’ve been learning about MaryAnn (Kack) Blanchette, who was born and grew up on the family farm near Lake Marshall south of Marshall. Her mother, Anna, died from a heart condition when MaryAnn was 11, forcing MaryAnn into the role of homemaker for her father, Theodore Kack, and older brother, Ted, Jr., who had been her farm chores partner growing up. MaryAnn, the child homemaker, continued attending her country school, District 6, which was conveniently located immediately to ...