Smith’s to celebrate 60th anniversary The children of Royal and Mary (Sangwin) Smith of Marion request a card shower for their parents 60th wedding anniversary on June 2. They were married June 2, 1957, at the Methodist church at White City. Family will be at Eastmoor United Methodist Church Sunday, May 28, to honor this anniversary. Cards may be sent […]

Kreutzigers’ 50th anniversary April 15 Ralph and Phyllis Kreutziger will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary April 15. Ralph Duane Kreutziger and Phyllis Nadine Stenzel were married in 1967 at Eastmoor Unit­ed Methodist Church in Marion. Ralph was in construction most of his working years with Jost Construction Inc., Marion, as a superintendent and corporate partner. In 2002, he began work­ing […]

Stenzels’ 50th anniversary near Don and Betty Stenzel of Marion will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday. They were married March 26, 1967, at Strassburg Baptist Church in Marion. Don grew up and works on the farm for more than 70 years. Betty has worked for 50 years as a beautician. Children of the couple are Jeff Stenzel and Ashley […]

ANNIVHasenbank Family and friends are invited to join Gary and Betty Hasenbank of Goessel as they celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception starting at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the VFW in Marion. The reception will be hosted by their children. The couple were married in Bath, Mich., and have been longtime residents of Newton, Hesston and Goessel. […]

Norman and Patsy Schmidt Schmidts mark 50th anniversary Norman and Patsy (Serviss) Schmidt, Goessel residents for 39 years, are having an open house celebration to honor their 50th wedding anniversary. The open house begins at 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Goessel Mennonite Church, 109 S. Church, which is the same church the Schmidts were married in on Oct. 7, […]

Alan and Jan Eitzen Eitzens celebrate 50th anniversary Alan and Jan Eitzen of Newton recently celebrated their 50th anniversary with son Mark and Tammy Eitzen of Topeka and daughter Amy and Dean Suderman and children Alana, Derek, April, Abigail and Amberly of Hillsboro. In August, the family spent several days at Wildwood Inn, near Estes Park, Colo. Alan worked for […]

gutschanniverary-1 Family requests cards for 60th John and Sue Gutsch of Lincolnville will observe their 60th wedding anniversary this month. John Gutsch, and the former Sue Riffel, were married on Sept. 20, 1956, at the home of the bride’s parents, Al and Verna Riffel, Lincolnville. They have five children to include Jeffrey Wayne, who died in infancy, Scott Gutsch of […]

Arlin and Maretta Britsch Buller Bullers mark 50th anniversary Arlin and Maretta Britsch Buller of North Newton are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married July 24, 1966, at Zion Men­non­ite Church, Arch­bold, Ohio. For their 50th anniversary, the couple and their immediate family celebrated in Colorado Springs, Colo. The celebration was at 11:11 p.m. July 24. The couple […]

Joe and Barbara Tajchman Hillsboro couple to celebrate 50th Joe and Barbara (Bolte) Tajch­man, Marion County Lake residents since 2011, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 9. The couple married July 9, 1966, at St. John Nepo­mu­cene Church at Pil­sen with Monsignor Arthur Tonne officiating. They moved to Joe’s family farmstead in 1968, where he started farming while in high […]

Deran and Sharon Sie­bert Deran and Sharon Sie­bert of Hillsboro are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary July 10 with family and friends at Olde Town in Hillsboro. The couple married July 9, 1966, at Eastmoor United Methodist Church in Marion with pastor Gilbert officiating. Deran is employed by Hay and Forage Industries in Hesston, and has been for 52 years. […]