We met over 50 years ago in Alaska. Dean & Giles were in the military. We lived next door to them and became dear friends. We named our first two children after them.
John & Dolores Hoeldtke
John is founder of Flame Ministries. We have been to India together four times, and Giles worked with him in ministry several years.
Francis & Rosemary Klontz
Roesmary & Marian were friends in Junior High School and on. She was Marian's Maid of Honor at our wedding and also at this celebration.
Dwight & Marie Sharp
Are in charge of the Chapel Ministry at Gold Bar Nature Trails. Dwight & Giles sang in the King's Teens Quartet the last two years of High School and we have been friends eversince. Recently the quartet had their 50th year Reunion.
Leo & Gerry Dally (Gerry not shown)
We have been friends for over 40 years. Leo & Gerry were attending Edgewood Baptist Church in it's early floundering stages. Leo & Giles drove bus together on a Mexico short term mission with the Edgewood youth. 63 people on that trip.
Leonard & Pat Reynolds
Have been dear friends since we started attending First Baptist Church in Moses Lake in 1990.
Laura Grenier (with fork)
Wife of Pastor Andy who performed the ceremony for this occasion. Unfortunately we don't have a good picture of Pastor. Laura is also Church Secretary.
Vern & Marjorie Schroeder
We met about 45 years, or so, ago at Briercrest Baptist Church. We became co-founding members with them and have been good friends since then.
Whitey & Luba Fomenko
Members of First Baptist Church, Moses Lake. Whitey is on the Church Board and very active in Church ministry. We have been friends since thay came to First Baptist
several years ago.
Several other friend were at the celebration but their pictures are not here because we do not have a good picture of them, even though our photographer did his very best to get everyone's picture.
