{"id":119562,"date":"2015-05-27T10:33:02","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T10:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=119562"},"modified":"2015-05-27T10:33:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T10:33:02","slug":"illinois-couple-celebrates-birth-of-100th-grandchild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/illinois-couple-celebrates-birth-of-100th-grandchild\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois couple celebrates birth of 100th grandchild"},"content":{"rendered":"
An Illinois couple recently celebrated the birth of their 100th<\/sup> grandchild.<\/p>\n Leo and Ruth Zanger of Quincy have 53 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. The birth of great-grandson Jaxton Leo on April 8 brought the number to 100.<\/p>\n Leo Zanger told The Quincy Herald-Whig that \u201cthe good Lord has just kept sending them.\u201d He says his family \u201ccould start our own town.\u201d Ruth Zanger says \u201cthere\u2019s always room for one more.\u201d<\/p>\n The Zangers have been married for 59 years and have 12 children of their own. The youngest, 31-year-old Joe, was already an uncle 10 times when he was born.<\/p>\n The paper reports that many of the Zangers either have worked, currently worked, or at some point will work for the family real estate business<\/p>\n Most of the family lives in the Quincy area. When they get together, they rent a church hall and it takes 50 pounds of ham or 10 turkeys to feed everyone.<\/p>\n An Illinois couple recently celebrated the birth of their 100th grandchild. Leo and Ruth Zanger of Quincy have 53 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. The birth of great-grandson Jaxton Leo on April 8 brought the number to 100. Leo Zanger told The Quincy Herald-Whig that \u201cthe good Lord has just kept sending them.\u201d He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":119563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[38,7],"yoast_head":"\n