Anniversaries

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Jewell and Jean Mooney of Marble Hill celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with family and friends on Aug. 24 at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Tami and Rick Jansen in Festus, Missouri. The couple was married Sept. 3, 1949...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Jim and Kathy Blevins of Chaffee will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, July 6. A vow renewal and reception will be held at Oran Baptist Church. Blevins and the former Kathy Phillips were married July 5, 1969, at Oran Baptist Church. The Rev. Kenneth Threet performed the ceremony...

Charles M. and Marilyn Groshong of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary on July 11. They were married July 11, 1964, at St. Ferdinand Catholic Church in Chicago. Monsignor Matthew Canning performed the ceremony. Judy Krempel was maid of honor and Dennis Romanczyk was best man...

Jim and Debbie Profilet of Jackson will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary Sunday. Profilet and the former Debbie Bonner were married June 30, 1979, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cairo, Illinois, by Bishop Stan Schlarman and the Rev. Al Grawe...

Gene and Leola Bock of Uniontown, Missouri, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a party hosted by their children May 4 at York Chapel Hall. Bock and the former Leola Renner were married May 24, 1969, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Apple Creek, Missouri. The Rev. Baclemann performed the ceremony. Their attendants were Kenny Buchheit and Rita Kohlfeld, and witnesses were Sharon Schnurbusch and Allen Renner...

David E. and Sharon E. Hohler of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary July 7. They plan to take a cruise trip later this year. Hohler and Sharon Elaine Walker were married July 7, 1979, at First Church of the Nazarene. Their attendants were Roy and Beverly Darter...

Robert and Bettie Forsythe of Scott City celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 1. They were married June 1, 1969, at the United Methodist Church in Nevada, Missouri. The couple has two children, Natalie (Tony) Mays and David (Julie) Forsythe. They also have four grandchildren, Kelsey and Chloe Mays and Emily and Ethan Forsythe...

Russell and Suellyn Felker of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a party on June 15 at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. John Russell Felker and the former Suellyn Jane Thomas were married June 7, 1969, in Quincy, Illinois...

Bob and Judy Stricker of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married April 11, 1969, at St. Mary Cathedral in Cape Girardeau. The couple's children are Jeff (Bonnie) Stricker, Brian (Kristi) Stricker, Katie Mayberry, Sarah (James) Moss and the late Michael Stricker. They also have nine grandchildren, Amanda, Kara and Gracie Stricker, Robbie and Lauren Mayberry, James and Maggie Moss and Nathan and Nolan Stricker...

Mr. and Mrs. Robert "Bob" C. Michael Jr., of Commerce, Missouri, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on March 1. Their daughters, Rhonda (Don) Painton of Painton, Missouri, and Leslie (Jade) Michael of Jackson, and grandsons, Michael (Dirk) C. Painton of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Marcus (Kathy) D. Painton of Cape Girardeau, hosted the special celebration at Celebrations in Cape Girardeau...