Anniversaries from January 2011

Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. "Butch" Boyd of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Jan. 1, 2011, with a family dinner party at Celebrations. Hosts were their children and grandchildren. Boyd and Patricia Rudert were married Jan. 1, 1961, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau, by the Rev. Wilbur Maring. Their attendants were Marcia Rudert and Robert L. McDowell...

Mr. and Mrs. R. Wayne Nesslein of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Jan. 7, 2011, with a dinner at Drury Lodge. Hosts were their daughters. Nesslein and Connie Weber were married Jan. 7, 1961, at Church of the Assumption in Perryville, Mo., by the Rev. George Brennan. Their attendants were the late Judith Thompson of McBride, Mo., maid of honor; Jan McCray of Bessemer, Ala., bridesmaid; Leroy Elder, best man, and Calvin Bey, groomsman, both of Perryville...

Mr. and Mrs. Robert White of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at the end of December 2010. The Whites children surprised them with a visit by their grandson, Chad White, his wife Ashley, and children Tyler and Connor of Texas. Other family members also visited from Texas...

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Keller of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner Jan. 7, 2011, at Port Cape. Keller and Pearl Siebert were married Jan. 7, 1951, at Trinity Lutheran Church, by the Rev. F.H. Melzer. Their attendants were Eugenie Wessel, Harold Wessel, Raymond Siebert, and the late Geraldine Johnson...

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lunsford of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a dinner Jan. 9, 2011, at Branding Iron in Jackson. Hosts were their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Lunsford and Marian Schlegel were married Jan. 13, 1951, by the Rev. Melzer, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Their attendants were the late Virginia Popp, sister of the bride, and Bill Schlegel of Kelso, Mo...