Anniversaries from October 2009

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Irvin of Scott City celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a family reunion Aug. 8, 2009, at Cuivre River State Park near Troy, Mo. Irvin and Sydney Sleet were married Aug. 9, 1969, at Winfield Baptist Church in Winfield, Mo., by the Rev. William E. Shreve...

ZALMA, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Sitz of Zalma celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary Sept. 29, 2009. The couple was married Sept. 29, 1984, at Bethel General Baptist Church in Advance, Mo. They have three children, Elizabeth Sitz, Erin Armstrong, and Cheyenne Sitz, all of Zalma. A grandson, Drake Armstrong, is due in January...

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gambill of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner. Gambill and Rosemary Krueger were married Oct. 8, 1949, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in LaCrosse, Wis. They have five children, Susan (Dennis) Wessel, Roseann Riesdorph, Joe Gambill Jr., Meg (Ethan) Chamberlain, and Kathleen (Rick) Selby. The couple has six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren...

The Rev. and Mrs. Doyle Randol of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception and open house Sept. 26, 2009. The event was held in the reception hall of Calvary United Pentecostal Church in Jackson. Randol and Alma Moore were married Sept. 26, 1959, at Calvary Church, by the Rev. Verdell Jackson...

Steve and Delores "Dee" Enderle of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary by attending a Cardinals baseball game in St. Louis Oct. 2. They were married Oct. 2, 1969, in Cape Girardeau. The couple has two children, Tamara Ahlvin of Cape Girardeau and Scott Enderle of Bellflower, Calif. They have four grandchildren, Briana Thompson, and Hailey, Mason and Lily Ahlvin...

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Exler of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary during a recent trip to the Smoky Mountains and Gatlinburg, Tenn. Exler and Rhonda Lohmann were married Oct. 6, 1979, at Scriptural Evangelical Lutheran Church by the Rev. Henry D. Gieschen. Exler is the son of the late Emil Exler and Jaunita Exler Miller. Mrs. Exler is the daughter of Ronnie and Shirley Lohmann...