MARRIED 50 YEARS: HENRY AND FAYE JENSEN.Byline: - Nicole Sunkes Henry and Faye Jensen of Sylmar celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family and friends on April 12 at the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. Inn Ballroom in Thousand Oaks. Henry and Faye lived around the corner from each other and met in grammar school. They dated throughout school and were married April 12, 1953, at the Little Brown Church in Studio City. Faye graduated from North Hollywood Senior High and worked for Knickerbocker Toys in North Hollywood for five years. After starting a family, she worked as a homemaker. Henry also graduated from North Hollywood Senior High, and worked for J&B Tree Service, which his parents owned. He and his brothers eventually took over the business, where Henry worked for 45 years. The couple enjoys camping with family and friends. They also enjoy competitive cuisine, having entering the numerous local fairs in preserved food, salad, salsa and cheesecake categories. They have participated in these competitions for more than 20 years. They have three children: Britt of Fontana, Curt of North Hollywood and Rodney of Simi Valley. They also have four grandchildren and one great grandchild. MARRIED 55 YEARS: RICHARD AND SHIRLEY ROBERTS Richard and Shirley Roberts of Winnetka celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary with their family on Feb. 15 at Kirk o' the Valley Presbyterian Church in Reseda. The couple met after an auto accident put Dick in the men's ward at Epworth Hospital in South Bend, Ind., where Shirley Beaty was a nurse on duty. They were married a year later on Feb. 8, 1948, and they continued to live in South Bend for nine years. They moved to California with their children in 1956, where Dick worked in aerospace and Shirley worked as a Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. nurse. Shirley graduated from California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , and worked as a Los Angeles City Schools nurse for 18 years. Richard is a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and attended Southeast Missouri University. He worked for Northrop as a lead quality engineer, and belongs to the Apollo Apogee Club, which has been recognized for significant contributions to the Apollo program. They have both served as elders at their church, and since their retirements in the early 1980s, they have remained active there. They have three children: Judy Matthewson of Easton, Penn.; Bill Roberts of Camarillo; and Patty McCall, deceased. They also have six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. - N.S. MARRIED 55 YEARS: BILL AND CATHERINE LEKO LEKO Levy and Kook (stage lighting fixture) Bill and Catherine Leko of Canyon Country celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary with their friends and family on April 27 at TGI TGI Tribunal de Grande Instance TGI Target Group Index TGI Thank God It's Friday (US restaurant chain) TGI Tracheal Gas Insufflation TGI Tumor Growth Inhibition TGI Trato Gastrointestinal (Portugese) Friday's restaurant in Valencia. They met in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1944, when Bill was in the U.S. Navy. They corresponded through letters and were engaged in 1947. They were married at St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church St. Mary Star of the Sea is a Catholic parish church located in downtown Jackson, Michigan. The parish was the second in the Jackson area, after St. John the Evangelist. Completed in 1926, the Romanesque Revival church was designed by Frederick Spier of Detroit. in Brooklyn on April 18, 1948. Bill worked as a sewer contractor and as a heavy equipment operator for construction companies until his retirement. Catherine had several retail jobs, but spent most of her years as a homemaker and as a baby-sitter to her three grandchildren. They are traveling to Staten Island, N.Y., in December for their grandson's wedding. They have three children: Donnamarie Borrelli-Trogdon of Canyon Country, John Leko of Canyon Country and Georgina Walter of Saugus. They also have three grandchildren. - N.S. MARRIED 50 YEARS: JACK AND JEAN PETLIN Jack and Jean Petlin of West Hills celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family and friends on Jan. 25, celebrating Mass and renewing their wedding vows at Our Lady of the Valley Church in Canoga Park, followed by a dinner reception at the Odyssey Restaurant in Granada Hills. They met in Butte Butte, city, United States Butte (by  t), city (1990 pop. 33,336), seat of Silver Bow co., SW Mont.; inc. 1879. It is a trade, ranching, and industrial center. , Mont., and after their wedding there Feb. 7, 1953, they moved to Denver, Colo., where they lived for eight years. They later moved to California and have lived here for 42 years. Jean attended high school at Sacred Heart Academy Sacred Heart Academy may refer to:
Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Jack studied industrial engineering at Montana State University Montana State University, at Bozeman; land-grant; coeducational; chartered 1893. It is primarily a technical institution specializing in agriculture, engineering, and applied sciences. The Museum of the Rockies is there. , Bozeman, graduating in 1949. He worked for Litton Industries in the Valley for 27 years. They have 10 children: Ann Marie Hodge of St. Louis, Mo.; Mary Pat Cavran of Hampton, Va.; Donna MacCarley of Nipomo, Calif.; Bob Petlin of Palmdale; Richard Petlin of Thousand Oaks; Teresa Reynolds of Castaic; Patrick Petlin, of Simi Valley; Dan Petlin of Stevenson Ranch; Timothy Petlin of Santa Monica; and David Petlin of Corona. They also have 18 grandchildren. - N.S. MARRIED 60 YEARS: HELEN AND JOHN CONNOLLY Helen and John Connolly of Granada Hills celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with their family on May 17 at home in Granada Hills. The couple met in 10th grade at Alliance High School in Alliance, Ohio. They were married May 8, 1943, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Alliance. After John graduated from high school in 1943, he left for the Army Air Force and returned in March 1946. They decided to move to California in June 1946 and bought their first home in Sylmar. Helen graduated from high school in January 1943. She enjoyed being a mother and taking care of her home. After her children were grown, she worked as a secretary for different companies. She enjoys gardening, and painting and framing pictures. John worked for J.E. Wells Insurance Co. and later worked for Travel-ez Trailer manufacturer as a traveling salesman. His hobbies are playing golf and watching sports on television. They have three children: Patrick of Sunland, Patricia of North Hills and Paulette of Sylmar. They also have six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. - N.S. MARRIED 50 YEARS: ALBERT AND BEVERLY DELGADILLO Albert and Beverly Delgadillo of Los Angeles celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family on April 5 with a dinner and dance at Ports-O-Call in San Pedro. They met because their parents lived on the same block and their sisters introduced them to each other. They were married April 5, 1953, in Las Vegas. Beverly was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., and moved to Los Angeles in 1940. She attended Franklin High School Franklin High School may refer to:
Albert was born in Winslow, Ariz. He moved to Los Angeles in 1931 and graduated from Franklin High School in 1948. He served in the U.S. Air Force for four years during the Korean War Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation. . He worked at Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. in Pasadena for 45 years until his retirement in 1997. Their son Rocky Delgadillo is Los Angeles city attorney The Los Angeles City Attorney is an elected official whose job is to prosecute all of the misdemeanor criminal offenses within the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. . They have four other children: Robert Delgadillo of Pasadena, Terri Ramirez of North Hills, Cathy Sunderland of Irvine and Tory Delgadillo of San Dimas. They also have 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. - N.S. MARRIED 60 YEARS: WILBERT AND ROSEMARY JEWELL Wilbert and Rosemary Jewell of Los Angeles celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at Mount Hollywood Congregational Church on April 27. When Rosemary was 10 years old, she would sneak out of her Sunday school class to watch Wilbert, then 13, sing. He was a trained soprano who would visit their church to sing solos. They were married April 30, 1943, at Mount Hollywood Congregational Church. Rosemary graduated from John Marshall High School There are several high schools in the United States named after the early United States politician and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, including:
John also attended John Marshall. He played on the farm team for the St. Louis Browns in 1938 and later worked for American Television Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. in Pasadena. He also worked as an engineer for KCAL kcal kilocalorie. kcal abbr. kilocalorie kcal kilocalorie. Television for 36 years. They have one daughter: Corinne Gil of Catoosa, Okla., and two grandchildren. - N.S. MARRIED 50 YEARS: VERNON AND JOYCE SWENSON Vernon and Joyce Swenson of Winnetka celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family on Sept. 20 in Lake Elmo, Minn. A friend in high school introduced them. They went to the prom together and dated on and off for five years until they were married Sept. 20, 1952, at First Evangelical United Brethren Church Evangelical United Brethren Church, Protestant denomination created (1946) by the union of the Evangelical Church and the United Brethren in Christ. Both denominations originated early in the 19th cent. and had similarities in organization and polity. in St. Paul. Joyce graduated from Harding High School in St. Paul in 1947, and worked for First National Bank. She was a homemaker and later worked at Parkman Junior High School and Cleveland High School. She is very active in Canoga Park's Friends of the Library, the Canoga Park Women's Club, Faith Lutheran Church and the Emblem Club of the Elks. Vernon graduated from Harding in 1946 and attended the University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. . He served stateside state·side adj. 1. Of or in the continental United States. 2. Alaska Of or in the 48 contiguous states of the United States. adv. Informal 1. in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He worked for and retired from IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) 15 years ago. He has also managed a building in the jewelry district and worked for the Salvation Army. He remains active in the Elks in Canoga Park and enjoys restoring old cars. They have five children: Nancy Olmstead of Irvine, Patricia Georgoff of San Jose, Joan Swenson of Bakersfield, John Swenson of West Hills and Marilyn Tousley of Ashburn, Va. They also have nine grandchildren. - N.S. CAPTION(S): 8 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Henry and Faye Jensen) (2) no caption (Richard and Shirley Roberts) (3) no caption (Bill and Catherine Leko) (4) no caption (Jack and Jean Petlin) (5) no caption (Helen and John Connolly) (6) no caption (Albert and Beverly Delgadillo) (7) no caption (Wilbert and Rosemary Jewell) (8) no caption (Vernon and Joyce Swenson) |
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