Clarence and Wilma Schlimpert of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on April 21.
Schlimpert and the former Wilma Lange were married April 21, 1946, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit.
The couple has two children: Rod Schlimpert of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and Brenda Schlimpert McCowan of Cape Girardeau. They also have two grandsons: Michael McCowan and Jeffrey McCowan, both of St. Louis.
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