Heuring - 50 years

NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heuring of New Hamburg recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

The couple received a blessing by the Rev. Normand Varone during Mass celebrated Jan. 11, 2009, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church.

A dinner and dance followed at the church parish center.

Heuring and the former Margaret Chapman were married Jan. 11, 1959, at St. Lawrence Church.

They have three children, Sheila Beggs of Benton, Mo., Dean Heuring of New Hamburg, and the late Kenny Joe Heuring. They have seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and two great-stepgrandchildren.

Heuring worked 31 years at Homestead Distributing Co. in Sikeston, Mo., retiring in 1996. Mrs. Heuring was secretary/bookkeeper at Kelso C-7 School in New Hamburg from 1970 to 2002.