(KAIR)--Longtime Clerk of the District Court, Donna Oswald, is retiring.

That becomes official Friday, one day following a celebration being held in her honor.

The retirement reception is planned for Thursday afternoon at 3:00, in the large courtroom on the second floor of the Atchison County Courthouse.

Oswald has worked in the building, on behalf of the 1st Judicial District Court, for 45 years.