MARRIED 50 YEARS: MARILYN AND RALPH OLIVA.

Byline: - Nicole Sunkes

Marilyn and Ralph Oliva of Woodland Hills celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family and friends on July 12 at home.

They were introduced by Ralph's cousin in 1951 in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , dated for 1 1/2 years before their engagement, and were married July 4, 1953, at St. Joan of Arc Joan of Arc, Fr. Jeanne D'Arc (zhän därk), 1412?–31, French saint and national heroine, called the Maid of Orléans; daughter of a farmer of Domrémy on the border of Champagne and Lorraine. Church in West Los Angeles

West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, a neighborhood of Los Angeles
West Los Angeles (region), a popularly identified region of Los Angeles, incorporating the neighborhood above

.

Marilyn graduated from Santa Monica High School Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising.

Santa Monica High School (SMHS), informally known as Samohi or just Samo, is a public school located in Santa Monica, California which was founded in 1884 . in 1949 and from Santa Monica City College in 1951. She worked as a homemaker.

Ralph graduated from Huron High School Huron High School may refer to:

Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Huron High School, Huron, Ohio

in Huron, S.D., in 1947 and from the South Dakota School of Mines in 1951. He worked as an engineer at Lockheed, Northrop, Atomics International and Rockwell Corp. He retired in 1988 after 28 years with Rockwell.

They have four children: Nancy Horrell of Winnetka, John Oliva of West Hills, Dan Oliva of Santa Monica and Mary Dawson of Acton. They also have 10 grandchildren.

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