Anniversaries from October 2010

Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Kasten of Jackson celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary with an open house Aug. 29, 2010, at St. Paul Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. Hosts were their children. Kasten and Ruth Ann Eifert were married Aug. 28, 1955, at Eisleben Lutheran Church in Scott City. The Revs. Wilbur Maring and Walter Keisker performed the ceremony...

Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Chirnside of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner Sept. 30, 2010, in St. Louis. Hosts were their children. Chirnside and Joyce Covington were married Sept. 30, 1950, in Jefferson City, Mo., by Dr. Heaton. Their attendants were Anne Covington Koch and Donald Chirnside...

Bobby C. and Jean Lincoln of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a dinner at their home Oct. 9, 2010. Hosts were their children. The Lincolns were married Oct. 9, 1950, in Piggott, Ark. They have three children, Carol (Robert) Skowbo of Cape Girardeau, Tammie (Larry) Koenig of Jackson, and David (Trudy) Lincoln of Tupelo, Miss. The couple has four grandchildren, Kara Lincoln of New Orleans, La., Molly Lincoln of Jackson, Miss., Andrew and Austin Koenig of Jackson, Mo...

Robert D. and Margaret Nix of Jackson observed their 50th wedding anniversary March 11, 2010, at First Church of God in Cape Girardeau. Their children and grandchildren hosted the surprise dinner celebration. The couple was married March 11, 1960, at the Assembly of God Church in Advance, Mo., by the Rev. Frank Ivie...

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Campbell of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at their home Oct. 15, 2010. Hosts were their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Campbell and Alfredia Scott were married Oct. 15, 1955, in Marion, Ind...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Griffith Sr. of Chaffee recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Oct. 15, 1960, at St. Patrick's Church in Cairo, Ill., by the Rev. Kilfoil. Their attendants were Norma Vowels and Richard Peddie...

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Quade of Cape Girardeau observed their 62nd wedding anniversary Saturday. Quade and Dorothy Brucker were married Oct. 16, 1948, at St. Augustine Church in Kelso, Mo., by the Rev. Joe Keusenkothen. Their attendants were Pauline Brucker Uhrhan, Betty Quade Brucker, Clarence and Lawrence Brucker...

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Scowden of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a family dinner Oct. 23, 2010, at Port Cape. Scowden and Lura Bess were married Oct. 26, 1985, at the General Baptist Church in Chaffee, Mo., by the Rev. Arvil Huffman. Their attendants were Karen Hagan, Gail Meyer, Sue Scheffer, Patrick Hagan, Steve Bowles and Steve Enderle...

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heimburger of Cape Girardeau recently celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary. Bob and Jeannette were married Sept. 19, 1942, in St. Louis. A month later he joined the Navy and left to serve four years during World War II. They founded and owned Crestwood Plumbing Co. ...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Noland of Advance celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner and party the weekend of Aug. 13, 2010, at Montauk. They were joined by a son, Paul Noland and wife Nancy and their sons, Seth, Ryan and Nathan, all of Perryville, Mo., and a daughter, Susan Shoaf and husband Gary of Bartlett, Tenn., and her children, Erica Abernathy of Bartlett and Adam Abernathy of Columbia, Mo...

Mr. and Mrs. D. Pat Brazel of Scott City celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a reception Oct. 23, 2010, at Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson. Hosts were their children. Brazel and Caroline Tidwell were married Oct. 10, 1970, at Illmo Methodist Church...

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dolle of Cape Girardeau recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They took a four-day tour of St. Louis in July, and a reception was held Sept. 12 at St. Andrew Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. Hosts were their children and grandchildren...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowd of Chaffee celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Friday. Dowd and Linda Jones were married Oct. 29, 1960, at First United Methodist Church in Chaffee, by the Rev. Leland Butler. Their attendants were Nancy Montgomery Michelsen of Oran, Mo., and the late Ronald Dowd of Chaffee...

Mr. and Mrs. James Wink of Jackson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 2, 2010, with a family dinner at the home of a daughter and son-in-law, Kristine and Bill Glueck. Wink and Beverly Fairbanks were married Oct. 2, 1960, at First Congregational Church in Anamosa, Iowa. Robert Day, cousin of the groom, performed the ceremony...