CURRIER 65th

Joy Tucker was serving on the boys’ deck in the Pacific Union College (PUC) cafeteria when she first caught a glimpse of Clarence Currier. Their attraction quickly bloomed into romance, and she took Clarence home to Lincoln City, Ore., to meet her parents, Will and Alma Tucker. Joy and Clarence were married on Sept. 3, 1950, Clarence helped his father-in-law build homes on the Oregon Coast and in Forest Grove.

While working as carpenter and electrician building the new Milo Adventist Academy, in Days Creek, Ore., Clarence also served as assistant boys’ dean, and it was there that he discovered a love for teaching teens. After completing his education degree at PUC, he taught science and math at Seattle Junior Academy in Washington and at San Diego Academy and Redding Junior Academy in California.

Joy earned her nursing degree and worked in hospitals in San Diego, Calif., and Anchorage, Alaska. After they retired, they provided care for senior citizens in Canyonville, Ore., volunteered at Milo Academy and have continued to be active in their local church.

They celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary back at the Oregon Coast where they had spent their first years of marriage. Celebrating with them were their three children and children's spouses: Carol and Dave Sumerlin, Randall and Kris Currier, and Bill and Becky Currier, — as well as grandchildren Adrian Currier, Brandon and Mandy Currier, Luc Nelson and Trudi Nelson, plus their great-grandchild, Lars Currier.