Marguerite Partridge October 1 is a very special date for John and Norma Pellegrino and Roy and Marguerite Partridge because 60 years ago, on that date, four singles became two couples. John and Norma were in Chicago, Illinois; Roy and Marguerite were 3,000 miles away in Bournemouth, England. Fifty-one years later we met here in…
They met in a high school English class. The year was 1941. This October 10, Stan and Anita Fagerstrom, residents of Oakwood for the past 11 years, will celebrate their 72nd Wedding Anniversary. The Fagerstroms actually have spent most of their wedded lives together in the Pacific Northwest. They moved here after having lived for…
Pat and Dick Kruse celebrate 60th Anniversary Dick and Pat Kruse, Anchorage residents and also snowbirds in Sun Lakes, AZ, recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Newport, Oregon. They met in 1953 when Dick happened to stop by the place where Pat and her nursing friends were having a party and Dick was home…
Lee and Diane Zitzer Lee and Diane Zitzer celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday, June 5. They were married at the Fisher Lutheran Church in Fisher, Minnesota. Lee grew up in Crookston, Minnesota and Diane grew up in nearby Fisher, Minnesota. Lee and Diane moved to Park Rapids, Minnesota in 1972 where they lived,…
Liv and Svein Jenshus It is hard to believe how time passes when you have fun. We have just celebrated 60 years of wedded bliss and friendship. At sea, we invented the Love Boat coming from Norway in 1953 and have never gotten the credit for it! We celebrated our anniversary onboard ship, cruising the Caribbean…
50 years and going strong Norm Noble On November 12, 2014, Marge and Jim Garrison celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their home in Sun Lakes. It was the second marriage for both. Not only were all seven of their children present at the wedding in 1964 (Jim has three; Marge has four), all were…
Bill and Dee Preece Bill and Dee Preece celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on July 19, 2014 at the Saguaro Room in Cottonwood with a dinner and party of family and friends. They built their first house in Sun Lakes in 1978 as a holiday home which then led them to build their current home…
Dan and Carol Smith of Sun Lakes celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 6. They were married on June 6, 1964 at Claim Street Baptist Church in Aurora, Illinois. They resided in the Aurora area until moving to Arizona in 1974 where they began their now 40 year career selling real estate in the…
Gladys and Robert Prochaska Gladys and Robert Prochaska of Sun Lakes celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on May 31. They were married on May 31 in Messiah Lutheran Church in Detroit, Michigan by 90-year old pastor A.H.A Loeber of the Missouri Synod. v Robert and Ruby Zick Robert and Ruby Zick will celebrate their 70th…