Lanie Grace Linkenhoker was born July 27, 2010, to Patrick and Erin Linkenhoker, North Manchester. Born at Dupont Hospital, Fort Wayne, she weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 19 inches.
Grandparents are Michael and Shirley Linkenhoker, New Weaverly; Miriam Linkenhoker, North Manchester; and Chester and Janet Goodman, Pierceton. Great-grandparents are Stan and Michell Heeter, Roann; Miriam and Don Bone, Wabash; Dan Goodman and the late Hazel Goodman, Warsaw; and Ada Finken and the late Carl Finken, Pierceton.
Lanie joins two half brothers, David Michael, 7, and Matthew Jay, 6; a stepsister, Stephanie Nicole, 16; a half sister, KayAnn Renae, 14; and a sister, Lillian Marie, 2.