The issues of downsizing material possessions and distributing heirlooms was discussed in a program entitled “Who’s Going to Get Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate?” at the Tabor College “60+” Learning in Retirement Program, beginning at 9:45 a.m., Monday, Nov. 17, in the Wohlgemuth Music Education Center.
The program was presented by Susan Franz Koslowsky, of Towanda, Kan., and her parents, Harold and Eleanor Franz, of Wichita, Kan.
Koslowsky is Senior Vice President and Manager of the Premier Client Group for Emprise Bank, Wichita. She graduated from Tabor College in 1984 with a degree in business administration, and received the Tabor College Alumni Medallion in 1999. She is married to John Koslowsky, a firefighter for the City of Wichita.
Harold and Eleanor Reimer Franz, met as students at Tabor during the early 1950s. They lived most of their life in Minnesota. Eleanor is a Licensed Practical Nurse. Harold is an insurance businessman. The couple sent all three of their children to Tabor College, and later moved to Wichita, Kan. to be closer to their children and grandchildren.
Harold served on the Tabor College Board of Directors for 13 years. Eleanor is employed as a nurse with Hospice Care and has spoken to the Learning in Retirement group on the topic. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies at Tabor College.
