Anniversaries from June 2013

BENTON, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Phillip O'Brien of Benton celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary May 22, 2013, at Ray's of Kelso. Host was Marie Hirsch of Tucson, Ariz. O'Brien and Robbie Schiwitz were married May 18, 1963, in Scott City, by the Rev. Slay...

Jack and Pauline Bess of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary May 30, 2013. They were married May 30, 1942, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. The couple formerly lived in Dexter, Mo., and Florida. They have a son, Jerry Bess of Bloomfield, Mo., four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Thomas and Sharon Lappe of Perryville celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner and dance May 4, 2013, at West End Tavern and Restaurant in Frohna, Mo. Hosts were their children. The couple was married May 4, 1963, at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, Mo., by the Rev. Francis Seyer...

Jack and Pauline Bess of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary May 30, 2013. They were married May 30, 1942, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. The couple formerly lived in Dexter, Mo., and Florida. They have a son, Jerry Bess of Bloomfield, Mo., four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren...

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ware of Whitewater celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a dinner June 21 in Cape Girardeau. Hosts were grandchildren. Ware and Violet Vance were married June 19, 1953, at Chaffee Methodist Church in Chaffee, Mo. They have two children, Floyd Ware of Whitewater and the late Vicky Keller. ...

Gary and Marilyn Lively of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday with a renewal of vows at Saints Peter and Paul Church in Waterloo, Ill. The couple was married June 29, 1963, at the church, by the Rev. Charles Hellrung. The Livelys have six children, Jeff, Brad and Jeanie of Cape Girardeau, Terri Smith of Jackson, Jodi Bollinger of Sedgewickville, Mo., and Scott of St. Louis. They have 12 grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren...