Anniversaries from April 2008

Pat and Jodie McKee of Cape Girardeau observed their 60th wedding anniversary March 13, 2008. Celebrations included several dinner parties, weekend trip to Branson, Mo., and a trip to Phoenix, Ariz. The couple has three children, Cinda (George) Buck of Claremore, Okla., Tami (Rod) Holshouser and Brad McKee of Cape Girardeau...

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Mangels of Oak Ridge celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at an open house March 16, 2008, at New Salem United Methodist Church in Daisy. Hosts were their children and grandchildren. The couple renewed their vows during the morning worship service, with their grandchildren standing up with them. The Rev. Doug McClellan performed the ceremony...

Mike and Mabel Rice of Jackson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary April 7, 2008, with a family dinner hosted by their children. The couple will take a cruise through the Panama Canal. The Rices were married April 7, 1958, in Tucson, Ariz. They have three children, Mike (Janice) Rice of Colorado Springs, Colo., Joe (Leslyn) Rice of Perryville, Mo., and Leslie (Steve) Albrecht of Alpine, Calif. They have six grandchildren...

Mr. and Mrs. Don Frazier of Jackson will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary April 16, 2008. Frazier and Tamara Maeltzer were married April 16, 1983, in Geneseo, Ill. Their attendants were their children, Tyra and Greg Hunt of Polk City, Fla., and Amber Riggs of Cape Girardeau. They have one granddaughter...

Mr. and Mrs. Nollie Moore of Pocahontas celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary April 5, 2008, with a party hosted by their children. The couple was married April 13, 1968. They have six children, Nollie (Julia) Moore of Columbia, Mo., Randy Moore (Michaela Smith) of Altenburg, Mo., Bobbie (Eric) Cathcart of Jackson, Fred (Brittany) Moore and Jeanna Moore (Don Ruch) of Oak Ridge, and Sarah (Matt) Preusser of Friedheim...

Cecil and LaNora Shrum of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner March 29, 2008, at Bella Italia. Hosts were their children. The couple was married March 28, 1948, at the Church of Christ in Steele, Mo. They have four children, Phyllis (Kenny) LaMar, Pam East, Jim (Ruth) Shrum, all of Cape Girardeau, and Lisa Shrum of St. Louis...