May 15, 2021

Stone-70 years

Bill and Wilma Stone of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on May 19. A private celebration with family will be held at their home. Stone and the former Wilma Petzoldt were married May 19, 1951, in Pocahontas, Arkansas. The couple eloped, and a justice of the peace married them...

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stone

Bill and Wilma Stone of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on May 19. A private celebration with family will be held at their home.

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Stone and the former Wilma Petzoldt were married May 19, 1951, in Pocahontas, Arkansas. The couple eloped, and a justice of the peace married them.

The couple has five children, 15 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild.

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