{"id":64263,"date":"2015-05-28T16:29:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T20:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=64263"},"modified":"2015-05-28T16:29:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T20:29:26","slug":"start-town-couple-welcomes-100th-grandchild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/start-town-couple-welcomes-100th-grandchild\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We could start our own town&#8217;: Couple welcomes 100th grandchild"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Leo and Ruth Zanger of Quincy, Illinois, have been married for 59 years. They raised 12 children together born from 1956 through\u00a01984. They also have 53 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.<\/p>\n<p>In April, their latest blessing was welcomed into the world: their newest great grandchild, Jaxton. With the addition of Jaxton, the total number of grandchildren is an even and remarkable 100.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cThe good Lord has just kept sending them,\u201d Leo Zanger told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whig.com\/story\/28868456\/we-could-start-our-own-town-strong-sense-of-family-for-zangers-who-welcome-100th-grandchild\">Herald-Whig<\/a>. \u201cWe could start our own town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s always room for one more,\u201d added Ruth Zanger.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-64272 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10896875_762388173843407_6555557374303673703_n.jpg\" alt=\"10896875_762388173843407_6555557374303673703_n\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10896875_762388173843407_6555557374303673703_n.jpg 320w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10896875_762388173843407_6555557374303673703_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10896875_762388173843407_6555557374303673703_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most of the close-knit family lives in the Quincy area and hold their family gatherings at a church hall. Many of them also work together at the family\u2019s real estate business, Zanger and Associates. They say they love spending time together and have a solid system of who brings what food items to the get-togethers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all really close,\u201d said Austin Zanger, father of Jaxton. \u201cWe get together a lot. There\u2019s always a lot of interaction. We spend a lot of time with each other. I know there are a lot of families half of our size who only get together maybe once or twice a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11221737_831460403602850_2641521641119026917_o-700x458.jpg\" alt=\"11221737_831460403602850_2641521641119026917_o\" width=\"474\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11221737_831460403602850_2641521641119026917_o-700x458.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11221737_831460403602850_2641521641119026917_o-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11221737_831460403602850_2641521641119026917_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Austin Zanger and his wife, Ashleigh, feel a bit special for being the parents of grandchild number 100; however, Leo and Ruth Zanger \u00a0say that they have a special bond with all of their grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the grandkids know us,\u201d Ruth Zanger said.<\/p>\n<p>And that is something very important to her and her husband as their family continues to grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leo and Ruth Zanger of Quincy, Illinois, have been married for 59 years. 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