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Anniversaries

Lippens celebrate 60 years of marriage

ESCANABA — Adolph (Jr.) and Phyllis (Schermer) Lippens celebrated their 60th Anniversary. The couple was married on Aug. 25 1962, at the Sacred Heart Church in Schaffer. Original attendants were the groom’s brother, John Lippens; bride’s brother, Harold Schermer; nephew, Jim ...

Thinglums celebrate 50 years of marriage

ESCANABA — Gary, and Karen (Kleiman) Thinglum recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple were married, Aug. 26, 1972, at St. George’s Church in Bark River. A weekend gathering was hosted by their children, at their daughter Brenda’s house in Portage, Mich. on Aug. ...

LaMarchs celebrate their 60th anniversary

ESCANABA — William (“Bill”) and Janet (Bink) LaMarch will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on August 11, 2022. Bill and Jan were born and raised in Escanaba. After a move to California while Bill was stationed with the Marines, they moved back to Escanaba, where they raised ...

Nivisons celebrate 70 years of marriage

GLADSTONE — David and Mya Nivison married at the First Lutheran Church on June 21, 1952. Their attendants were friends James Peoples and Dolly (Bunno) Nieuwenkamp. David and Mya celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on June 18, 2022, at the Gladstone Yacht Club with friends and ...

Bensons celebrate 60th anniversary

GLADSTONE — Bill and Shirley (Johnson) Benson celebrated 60 years of marriage recently. Bill and Shirley (Johnson) Benson were married on July 6, 1962 at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Escanaba. Bill and Shirley celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a small gathering with ...

Dutkavichs celebrate 50 years of marriage

ESCANABA — LaVern and Marilyn (Winkler) Dutkavich were married 50 years ago on April 15, 1972, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Yale, Mich. They celebrated their 50 Anniversary with Mass and a renewal of their vows, by Father Fran DeGroot, at St. Anne Catholic Church in Escanaba on May ...