QUAST 50th

Richard “Rick” and Linda Quast celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 5–7 at Rockaway Beach on the Oregon Coast with their children and grandchildren.

Rick married Linda Braaten on Aug. 7, 1966, at the Hayward (Calif.) Adventist Church. They were both graduates of Pacific Union College in Angwin, Calif., and Rick completed his Masters of Divinity degree at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., for the next two years, while Linda worked as a registered nurse nearby in Buchanan.

Their pastoral ministry included churches in Cincinnati, Columbus (Grove City and Reynoldsburg), and Ashtabula and Madison in Ohio Conference; Brainerd and Aitkin in Minnesota Conference; and in Washington Conference's Lacey-Yelm, Enumclaw, Federal Way and Auburn City churches.

Rick retired in 2007, and Linda has worked part time in nursing while living in Federal Way. Their family includes Greg and Jennifer (Quast) Wendt of Hillsboro, Ore.; Doug and Emily (Fammartino) Quast of Portland, Ore.; and 3 grandchildren: Hayden Wendt, Vera Quast and Zoe Quast.

Rick and Linda continue to enjoy travel in Europe and the United States, reading, gardening and entertaining at home. Linda enjoys crocheting, scrapbooking and piano, while Rick focuses on photography, cooking/baking and writing. Rick has authored a book of children’s stories, Irvin, Where Are Your Toes?