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The Story of Lasting Legacy Online
Lasting Legacy Online (LLO) was founded by Dr. Howard and Elaine Schwartz. The idea originated in their living room in 2003, with an intent to create an internet site where individuals could make their life story accessible to their family and friends free of charge, with the intention of maintaining generational stories for years to […]
Grandpa Jack
Featured Lasting Legacy Story of John Edwin Wells, better known by those who loved him as “Grandpa Jack.” This is Grandpa Jack’s story as told to his daughter in law, Elaine Laue Wells Schwartz. He wanted to dedicate his story to his second wife Louise, and his grandkids. His first wife, Velna, died unexpectedly when […]
The Kay McFarland Japanese Garden
Chief Justice McFarland’s life and accomplishments created a legacy. Her story is told here on Lasting Legacy Online as well as through the Kay McFarland Japanese Garden which is located in the Topeka Zoo (Topeka, Kansas). Justice McFarland’s story is preserved and shared, so that it may to inspire future generations of women to aspire the same way she did.
Our Dedication
Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Kay McFarland’s dream was to leave a legacy gift of a world class Japanese garden in the capitol city of the state she served. Kay’s garden is a destination filled with serenity and breath-taking views. It offers inspiration, contemplation and serves as a venue for life changing and everyday experiences. […]
Elaine Schwartz
Elaine could perhaps write two Lasting Legacy Online stories. Her first: the story of high school cheerleader, band member and softball player who meet her dream boat at a dance and was wed at age 16. Two years later, he’d return from the draft (to avoid Vietnam) and build a home with his budding bride […]
Dr. Howard Schwartz
Dr. Howard Schwartz was born in 1945 in Philadelphia, PA. He never knew his grandparents, loosing them early in life due to immigration and disease. This writing is to help ensure his family stories are passed down for generations to come.
Justice Kay McFarland
Justice Kay McFarland was born in 1935 in Coffeyville, Kan. She was the first woman appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court. Read her Lasting Legacy Online story.