David and Amber O’Dell of Newton are the parents of a son, Joel David, born Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2016. He weighed 6 pounds 15 ounces and measured 20.5 inches long.
Grandparents are Lesa and Bob O’Dell of Reasnor and Denny and Peggy Kooyman of Humboldt.
Great-grandparents are Nina Buckingham of Monroe, Analee Horstmann of Grinnell, Pearl Kooyman of Huxley, and Lester Ljunggren of Harvard, NE.
