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Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gramse are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 8, 2019.
Harry and Sherrill 'Sherry' were married Saturday morning, Nov. 8, 1969, in New Lenox United Methodist Church.
Harry and Sherry are both graduates of Joliet Junior College.
Harry worked for Caterpillar Tractor Company in Joliet, retiring in 2001. He then worked for the Will Grundy Medical Clinic in Joliet.
Sherry retired as a Registered Nurse in 2015.
The couple has two children, Matt Gramse and Jennifer Gramse, both residing in Southern Illinois.
The couple is planning a trip this spring to New Orleans with their Lincoln-Way High School class of 1968.
Peggy Mitchell (nee Stalcup) and Larry French were united in marriage at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, in St. Stephen's on the Hill Chapel in Eldorado.
The late Ed H. and Mary R. Stalcup who resided in West Frankfort are the parents of the bride.
Velma Bowers Downs of Royalton is the mother of the groom and the late Donald French who resided in Fairfield is the father of groom.
The bride is a 1980 Christopher Community High School graduate. She graduated from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in 1984 with a bachelor of arts in microbiology and in 1985 she received her medical technologist accreditation from St. Elizabeth's Hospital. She currently is employed as a medical technologist at Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Marion.
The groom is a 1979 Fairfield High School graduate. He graduated in 1982 from Lincoln Trail College in Robinson and in 1987 from the U.S. Air Force School of Health Care Sciences in Wichita Falls, Texas. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran and is also a medical technologist at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Marion.
The couple resides in Marion.
