Leo and Sandy Rathjen celebrated their 65th anniversary with a family dinner.  more

Richard and Ruth Buikema, residents of Grand Haven Retirement Community, formerly of Fulton, Ill., will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Oct. 4. A small family gathering was held at Grand Haven on Sept. 12. more

John “Jack” and Carole Ranson of Long Grove will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Oct. 2. more

Larry and Pamela Petersen will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 27. The former Pamela Lorenz and Larry Petersen were married in a small, quaint church in Buffalo in 1975. more

Larry and Rita Linnenbrink of Donahue celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends at a party hosted by their family on Sept. 6. The former Rita Kinney and Larry Linnenbrink were married Sept. 6, 1975, at SS Philip and James Church in Grand Mound. more

Allan and Joyce Rathjen of Eldridge will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Sept. 11. Please send cards to them at 514 N. 5th St., Eldridge, IA 52748. more

Betty and Roger Bousselot of Calamus will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on Sept. 9. Family and friends are invited to send a card or note to them at 1994 278th St., Calamus, IA 52729. more

Richard and Glendena Heiman will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 14 with a family dinner. They have lived in Eldridge for 60 years. more

Rich and Mary Hemphill celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in late June with family and friends at the Rolling Meadows Event Center in Eldridge. more

John and Jan Suiter of Princeton will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on July 22. more

Robert and Karen (Reinier) Voelkel will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on July 10. They met at Parsons College, Fairfield, and were married July 10, 1960, in the Methodist Church in Richland, Iowa. They began their teaching careers in 1960 at Mechanicsville, which consolidated with Stanwood to become Lincoln High School. more

Gary and Joni (Beranek) King of Eldridge will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 28. more

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bechert of Eldridge will celebrate their 50th anniversary on June 21. more

Bill and Virginia Haycraft of Eldridge will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on April 23. more

Kenny and Betty Levien of DeWitt, formerly of Long Grove, will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with an open house on Saturday, May 3. All family and friends are invited to join them from 1-4 p.m. at Lakeview Shelter at West Lake Park, Davenport. more

Jim and Carole Larssen of Long Grove will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary March 26. Cards may be sent to them at 133 Cadda Road, Long Grove, IA 52756. more

Jeffrey and Kelley (Griggs) Haycraft of Hiawatha celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a sun, water and sand vacay! They were married in February of 1985 at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Davenport. more

David and Linda Meyer of Maysville celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 27. more