Family: Milestones

  • PALMER 65th

    Don and Helen Palmer celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on June 25, 2018.

    Helen Thrush met Donald Palmer in Caldwell, Idaho, while attending Gem State Academy. They were married on June 25, 1953, in Reith, Ore. They lived most of their married…

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  • Logan 50th

    Pat and Veda Logan celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on April 8, 2022.

    Patrick Logan and Veda Platt were married on April 8, 1972, in Cicero, Indiana.

    After spending their early married years in Cicero, Indiana where both…

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  • PAUL 65th

    Sixty-five years ago Wes Paul and Bertha Martin were married. The newlyweds moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, where Wes taught in a one-room school.

    After their daughter, Jeanette, was born, they crossed the border into the U.S., moving to Southern…

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  • PETERSEN 70th

    LuVerne and Alice Petersen celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Jan. 19, 2014, with a brunch in Walla Walla, Wash.

    LuVerne R. Petersen and Alice M. Nelsen were married Jan. 19, 1944, in Kimballton, Iowa. LuVerne was inducted into the Army…

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  • PETTY 55th

    Thurman and Martha Petty celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on Aug. 21, 2015. Thurman served for 30 years as a pastor before retiring because of health in 1990. He wrote 18 books, among them five books on the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, known as…

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  • PHELPS 50th

    Steve and Karyn Phelps celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 17, 1967, with a reception at Auburn City Church.

    Steve met Karyn Whitney while she was attending Auburn Adventist Academy (AAA) in Auburn, Wash. They were married Sept. 17,…

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  • PLUBELL 65th

    Gil and Winnie Plubell celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with family, friends and education leaders of the Oregon Conference on July 22, 2016.

    They were married July 22, 1951, in Placerville, Calif. They both attended Pacific Union College (…

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  • 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…

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  • REED 50th

    Dave and Ann Reed celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their three daughters, family and friends at a park near Artichoke, Minn.

    The Reeds are a testimony to Adventist Christian education, meeting in 1961 at Maplewood Academy in Hutchinson,…

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  • REED 60th

    Jim and Kay were married Dec. 25, 1958, in Happner, Ore., at the Adventist church, with Elder Huntington officiating.

    Shortly after, Jim was drafted into the U.S. Army. They moved to San Antonio, Texas, where Jim was assigned to Brooks Army Medical…

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  • REISWIG 60th

    Glen and Carole Reiswig celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at Chelan Shores in Chelan, Washington, on Jan. 15, 2021.

    Glen Reiswig married Carole Pershall on Jan. 15, 1961 in Cottage Grove, Oregon, where they grew up and met in grade school.…

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  • REXIN 60th

    Emil and Rosemarie Rexin celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on July 13, 2015.

    Rosemarie Falstad graduated from Sheyenne River Academy in North Dakota, and then attended college in Tennessee and Nebraska before…

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  • RICE 50th

    LaVern and Linda (Wagner) Rice celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 27, 2017, with a reception in Enterprise, Ore. They were married on June 18, 1967, in Union Spring, N.Y.

    LaVern and Linda Rice were longtime residence of Berrien Springs,…

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  • RIEDERER 65th

    Joe and Jean (Wickward) Riederer, both 84, recently celebrated 65 years of harmonious marriage, the raising of eight children and full lives as Alaskans. After 54 years in Juneau, they moved into the Sitka Pioneers Home last December, where they celebrated…

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  • RINGERING 50th

    Arnold and Margaret Ringering celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception on May 8, 2020, at the Hood View Church in Boring, Oregon.

    Arnold and Margaret met while they were both working at United Medical Laboratory in Portland,…

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  • RINGERING 50th

    Marlow and Shirley (Starr) Ringering celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 27, 2014 at a reception hosted by their children in the fellowship room at the Moses lake Church with 87 family and friends.

    Marlow and Shirley were married July…

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  • RINGERING 60th

    Elmer and Marilyn Ringering celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and Elmer's 80th birthday with family at Pioneer Park in Walla Walla, Wash., on Aug. 1, 2015.

    Elmer Ringering and Marilyn Morris met at Auburn Adventist Academy in Auburn, Wash…

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  • Sproed 65th

    Robert and Sylvia Sproed celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on June 15, 2023.

    Robert Sproed and Sylvia Landreth were married on June 15, 1958, in Seattle, Washington, and soon they moved to Loma Linda, California, where he finished…

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  • PRICE — Roy and Christina (Lewis) Price celebrated 65 years of marriage on Sept. 11, 2021. They were married on Sept. 8, 1956 in Reno Nevada. They have 4 children, 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. 

    Roy and Chris' parents lived next door to each other when…

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  • RUUD 50th

    Phil and Linda Ruud celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception, hosted by their children, for a close group of friends and family at the Pendleton (Ore.) Church on July 30, 2016.

    Philip met Linda Magsulit while attending Walla Walla…

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