Joe and Joann (Svoboda) Nowak of Marion will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this August.
The Nowaks were married Aug. 20, 1957 at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church in Pilsen, officiated by Monsignor Arthur Tonne.
The couple has seven children, Joe B. Nowak of Goddard, John Nowak of Garden Plain, Jerome Nowak of Salina, Judith Steinborn of Marion, Jacqueline Gengler of Salina, Jan Hanschu of Hillsboro, and Jennifer Frasher of Wichita; 38 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
They reside at 1895 275th St., Marion.
