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Happy Birthday
50th Anniversary
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wilkinson
40th Anniversary
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Chevaliar
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilkinson of Sterling will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 31, 2018. Charles Wilkinson and Mary Ellen Hays were married Aug. 31, 1968, in West Frankfort. They are the parents of Rachel (Dain) Geist of Houston, and Chris Wilkinson of Des Moines, Iowa. They have two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Those wishing to send greetings may address cards to 1705 37th Ave., Sterling, IL 61081.
Joe and Karen Chevaliar of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary Sept. 17, 2018. They were married Sept. 17, 1978, at St. Mary Church in Sterling. They are the parents of Marc (Kalena) of Chicago, and Peter (April) of Rio Rancho. They have three grandchildren. Cards may be sent to 329 Loma Linda Loop NE, Rio Rancho, NM 89124.
Happy Birthday
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40th Anniversary
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Oester Mr. and Mrs. Tim Oester of Amboy celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary Aug. 19, 2018. Timothy Oester and Maureen Wilhelm were married Aug. 19, 1978, at St. Patrick Church in Amboy. They are the parents of Chad (Bridgette) Oester of Sugar Grove, Cari Oester of Normal, and Cori (Adam) Maus of Sugar Grove. They have four grandchildren. Those wishing to send greetings may address cards to 141 Joe Drive, Amboy, IL 61310.
Celebrating 98
Dorothy Newcomer Dorothy L. Newcomer of Dixon will celebrate her 98th birthday Aug. 29, 2018. She was born Aug. 29, 1920, in Bureau County, and was married to the late Murray Newcomer. She has two children, three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Cards may be sent to Heritage Square, 620 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, IL 61021.
Reunions Beck Family Reunion The 89th Beck family reunion was June 24, 2018, at Centennial Park in Coleta. Irene Nusbaum led the prayer for 36 family members in attendance, followed by a potluck. The meeting and election of officers was led by Denise Purvis, president. The new officers are Dawn Waite, president, Gene Stern, vice president, DuWayne
Beck, treasurer, and Sheila Zinke, secretary. This year there were four marriages, 10 babies, and eight deaths. Email Sheila at roadrunner6@comcast.net or call 815-626-0092 to report family updates. The 90th Beck reunion will be at 12:30 p.m. June 30, 2019 at the same location.
Conrad Sitter Family Reunion Celebrating 95
Betty Lou Bohn Betty Lou Bohn of Mendota celebrated her 95th birthday Aug. 25, 2018, with a dessert celebration in Mendota with family and friends. She was born Aug. 25, 1923, in West Brooklyn, and was married to the late Cal Bohn. She has three children, six grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. Cards may be sent to 1700 Burlington St., Unit 107, Mendota, IL 61342.
Celebrating 80
Helen Wright Helen Wright of Sterling will celebrate her 80th birthday Aug. 30, 2018, with a family dinner. She was born Aug. 30, 1938, in Rose Hill, Virginia, and was married to the late Walter Wright, and later was a covenant partner with the late Harold Michler. Cards may be sent to 2010 11th Ave., Sterling, IL 61081.
The Conrad Sitter bicentennial family reunion was June 22-23, 2018, at the home of Susan (Sitter) Whitemountain in Anna, with 66 attending. Attendees traveled from several states. Stories and family pictures were shared. Four birthdays and a college graduation were celebrated. Local attendees included Carlene
and Bob Augustine and Niky Druien from Dixon, Dick and Julie McGrail from Nachusa, and Linda Sanders from Davis Junction. Next year’s reunion is scheduled for June 22 at the Anna Arts Center. Call Susan (Sitter) Whitemountain at 618-833-6525 for more information.
Chadwick High School Reunion The classes of the ’50s and ’60s of Chadwick High School will have a reunion at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 6, 2018, in the Fiesta Room at Manny’s Pizza, 211 Main St., Savanna. The cost is $20 and includes a buf-
fet luncheon, tax, and gratuity. The class of 1958 will be honored. Members of other classes also are welcome. Call Rogene Rogers at 815-4938769 to register by Friday.
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Blackard
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Heath
51st Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Blackard of Sterling will observe their 65th wedding anniversary Aug. 29, 2018. Raymond Blackard and Dolores Dezutti were married Aug. 29, 1953, at St. Anthony Church in Spring Valley. The couple have three chil-
dren, Cynthia Dale of Sterling, Ramona (Gordon) Blackard-Stone of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Ben Blackard of Oregon. They also have five grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
50th Anniversary
Mr. & Mrs. John Karwath Mr. & Mrs. Al Hunsberger Dee and Al Hunsberger celebrated a 51st wedding anniversary Aug. 26, 2018. Al retired from Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., with 42 years of service.
Dee retired from CGH Medical Center with 36 years of service. Wishes may be sent to 1102 W. LeFevre Road, Sterling, IL 61081.
John And Margie Karwath of 3602 14th Ave., Sterling, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner. John Karwath and Margie Hays were married Aug. 24, 1968, at Sacred Heart Cathedral
in Davenport, Iowa. John is a retired sales manager for Gerdau Ameristeel, and Margie is a hairdresser at Image Makers and Sterling Towers. The couple have two children, Jodi of Arlington Heights and John of Madison, Wisconsin.
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Molly T. Love and Kevin M. Heath exchanged wedding vows at 3:30 p.m. May 5, 2018, at Evangelical Free Church in Mount Morris. The Rev. Bruce McKanna officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of David and Kathy Love of Dixon. The groom is the son of Brad and Rachel Heath of Elgin and Cindy Schwartz of Pingree Grove. The maid of honor was Emily Clemens. The best man was Scott Heath. The bride is employed at Dixon Public Library. The groom is employed at Walgreens in Dixon and is studying pharmacy at University of Illinois – College of Medicine in Rockford. The couple had a reception at the Post House in Dixon. After a honeymoon at Disney World in Florida, the couple reside in Dixon.
65th Anniversary
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50th Anniversary Sterling couple to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
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Mr. & Mrs. Ken Zuithoff In fall 1965, Ken Zuithoff, a Chicago junior at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, decided if he was going to meet any girls, he’d better invest in a meal ticket and eat on campus. At that time, all the young ladies were required to eat on campus. And so it was that he spotted incoming freshman Sally Cook from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and introduced himself at breakfast in the dining hall of her dorm. On their first date, he warned her that he was planning on becoming a minister. Her response was, “I’ve always wanted to be a minister’s wife. My favorite aunt is a minister’s
wife.” He wasn’t expecting that! Ken and Sally were married Sept. 7, 1968, at Grace Reformed Church in Wyoming, Michigan, by Sally’s favorite uncle and Ken’s professor at Western Theological Seminary, Dr. James I. Cook. They honeymooned in a borrowed Volkswagen camper at the foot of the Mackinaw Bridge, and spent a day on Mackinaw Island before returning to school in Holland, Michigan. After Sally graduated, they were off to Ken’s internship year at Hope Church in urban Los Angeles, where Sally ended up subbing in inner city schools.
She wasn’t expecting that! After Ken’s graduation from seminary in 1971, he accepted a call to Pultneyville Reformed Church in an historic hamlet on the shore of Lake Ontario, where they were blessed with the births of their three sons, Mark, Craig and Jeff. From there they arrived in Sterling in the middle of the blizzard of January 1979. Here in Sterling, they made their home, raised their family, and Ken served as the pastor of Bethel Reformed Church for 34 years. He now is the chaplain at CGH Medical Center and a volunteer chaplain with the Ster-
ling Police and the Illinois State Police. Sally has retired after working at Washington Elementary School for 25 years. Their family has grown to include their lovely daughtersin-law, Becky and Carrie, and d e l i g h t f u l g r a n d c h i l d re n , Sawyer, Laney, Chance, Grady, Finley, Crosby, Carter and Emmett. So many blessings over the last 50 years that they weren’t expecting! And so together they sing, “Give thanks to the Lord Almighty, for the Lord is good; his love endures forever.” Jeremiah 33:11
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Birthday Eureath Bollivar will be 90 years young Sept. 11, 2018. Perhaps you are related, Perhaps you were her classmate, Perhaps you are a friend for a long or a short time, Perhaps you were a student … from the one-room school where she taught … or when she cooked at Centerville or the Prophetstown elementary … or maybe you rode her bus, either for school, sporting events or field trips. She may have baked your birthday, graduation or wedding cake. Whatever the case may be, come and bring your memories of her time with you and we’ll celebrate her birthday. No gifts please, just your memories. When – Sept. 2, 2018 Time – 2 to 5 p.m. Where – In the new annex of Leon United Methodist Church in Prophetstown. Hosted by Rita and Darrell, Donna and Dale, Bob and Brenda, Ron and Penny, and families.
Birthday Happy 84th Birthday
Floyd Brierton
Eureath Bollivar
Floyd B. Brierton celebrated his 84th birthday Aug. 21, 2018. Floyd retired in 1991 from Illinois Department of Transportation. Floyd and Florine, his wife of 16 years, live in rural Dixon.
Floyd loves to work outside with “Johnny,” his John Deere tractor, and enjoys his many friends and wonderful neighbors on Bluff Road. God is good! Cards can be sent to 1027 Bluff Road, Dixon, IL 61021.
Morrison High School
Decades of memories: Class of 1948 celebrates 70th reunion
Pictured are (standing, from left) Dick Bogle, Marv Arians, Gene Klimstra, Bob Brands, Arnie Burch, Orville Goodenough, Bill Kuehl, and Don Schroeder; and (bottom row) Frances (Buikema) Danhoff, Marilyn (Bush) Vos. Lorraine (Mathew) Hand, Diane (Hamilton) Gunnett, Clair (Barsema) Sack, and Betty (Conner) Wilson.
Also present at reunion was Arnie Beswick, who was unavailable at time of photo. A lot can change after graduating high school, especially after 70 years, but things that do stay the same are the memories. Those memories were shared during Morrison High School’s 70th-year class reunion Aug. 10, 2018, at the Forest Inn. “A good time was had by all.”
and email address (if available) are requested to help to ensure accuracy. Weddings are available in basic (free) form (one photo only of the couple), quarter-page paid (one photo), half-page paid (two photos), and full-page paid (up to four photos). The wedding form should be returned preferably within 2 to 4 months after the wedding date. Engagements are available in basic (free) form (one photo of the couple), two styles of quarter-page paid (one photo only), half-page paid (two photos), and full-page paid (up to four photos). Anniversary announcements are available in the basic (free) form (one current photo only of the couple), quarter-page paid (one or two photos), half-page paid (two photos), and full-page paid (up to four photos). Announcements beginning with the 25th anniversary, and then in 5-year increments up to 60 years, can be at no charge. Other increments will require a paid announcement. Anniversaries from 61 to 69 can be published in the free format without the 5-year increment restriction. Special wording will require a paid announcement. Anniversaries of 70 years and more are at no charge in a paid format; the announcement size will be determined by the editor. Birthday announcements for area
seniors 80 years of age and older can be at no charge without special wording. There is a charge for those younger than 80. The basic (free) form (one current photo of the individual), quarter-page paid (one or two photos), half-page paid (two photos), and full-page paid (up to four photos) are available. For 100th and older birthdays, SVM will publish free announcements in a paid format; the announcement size will be determined by the editor. Reunions are for area residents who are gathering, or have gathered, for a family or class reunion. Reunion items will be edited due to space limitations, and lists of all those attending are not available in the free format. Photos also are not available for a free announcement, but can be used in any of the paid announcements. If a large group photo is submitted, only one can be used in the quarter-page format, one photo is recommended in the halfpage format, and up to four normally can be used in the full-page format. Large group photos with long lists of names may require at least a halfpage paid announcement. Note: A group photo for a class reunion only can be submitted at no charge for the Scrapbook page of SV Weekend by email to photos@saukvalley.com or in person. For publication in Celebrations,
class reunions of 70 years and more will be available in the quarter-page format at no charge, with a photo allowed. Five-generation and four-generation photos with names, relationships, and places of residence of those pictured may be submitted for publication. Multiple photos from the same submitter will need to be on a paid basis. Generation announcements are, of course, available on a paid (custom) basis in quarter-page (one photo), half-page (two photos), and full-page (up to four photos) form. Other celebrations include retirements, promotions, awards, honors, baptisms, confirmations, baby’s arrival (able to contain more information than standard birth announcements, along with a photo), and other occasions. Customers may purchase a quarter-page (one photo – two if space allows), half-page, (up to two photos) or full-page (up to four photos) paid announcement in Celebrations on a custom basis. For more information regarding Celebrations, call Mary Near at 815284-2222, ext. 5530, or 815-625-3600, ext. 5530, email mnear@saukvalley. com or call the classified department at either number. Email celebration@ saukvalley.com to submit Celebrations announcements or for information.
Celebrations Celebrations Editor: Mary Near, ext. 5530 To place your announcement in an upcoming Celebrations publication stop by either Sauk Valley Media location or call Dixon – 815-284-2222; Sterling – 815-625-3600. Use celebration@saukvalley.com to email photos and information.
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Celebrations features weddings, engagements, anniversaries, and other happy news, such as birthdays, reunions, and four- or five-generation photos. As a special way to preserve these memorable occasions, quarter-, halfor full-page announcements can be purchased. Paid announcements are determined by word count: no more than 125 words for a quarter page, no more than 250 words for a half page, and up to 340 words for a full page. Those paying for announcements will have the opportunity to proof them before publication. Customers will be called when the announcement is ready to be proofed. At that time, any corrections or additions can be made as needed at SVM’s Dixon and Sterling offices. For convenience, proofs will be emailed without calls whenever possible. Photos may be submitted in color or black and white, and in any size. Emailed photos should be in JPEG format with a resolution of 200 and a width of at least 5 inches for best quality. All announcements can be printed without photos if desired. Celebration forms are available at the Telegraph and Daily Gazette classified departments or by email. Sauk Valley Media is not responsible for errors due to unreadable information. A daytime phone number
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