Family spans five generations

With the birth of Kaiden Boyer on Nov. 10, the family of Emma D.

(Hoffman) Hittner, Palmerton, spans five generations. From left, Emma Hittner; great-grandmother Carolyn M. (Hittner) Handwerk, wife of Kenneth Handwerk, Robesonia, formerly of Palmerton; Kaiden; his mother, Megan C. (Althouse) Boyer, wife of Senior Airman Tyler Boyer, Panama City, Fla., and formerly of Stouchburg; and

grandmother Melissa C. (Althouse) Platt, wife of Daniel Platt, of

Columbia, and formerly of Stouchburg.