ANNIVERSARIES

Arlo and Marge Erickson

60th Anniversary

Happy 60th wedding anniversary Marge and Arlo Erickson!

John and Lillian Roth

60th Anniversary

Sixty years of togetherness is being celebrated by John M. and Lillian M. Roth. They were married on Sept. 30, 1952, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Ipswich, S.D.

They moved to Coeur d'Alene 46 years ago. Lillian tended their home and was a housewife while John worked.

Shortly after being married they moved to Lead, S.D., where John worked at the Homestake Gold Mine for 15 years. They then moved to Coeur d'Alene where John worked at the Bunker Hill Mine for 17 years until they closed down. John then went to work for Rocky Watson at Rocky Watson Agency for 16 years as a security guard. John retired 12 years ago.

The Roths will spend their anniversary day at the Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort.

Jerry and Barbara Hobson

50th Anniversary

Jerry and Barbara Hobson will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.

Please join the family as we celebrate with our parents at the Coeur d'Alene Public Golf Course from 4-6 p.m. Open house.

Dave and Karen Tacheny

50th Anniversary

Dave and Karen Tacheny celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Hawaii with their daughter and son-in-law, Gina and Jeff Cope. They further celebrated with a family gathering on Sept. 1, 2012, in Post Falls.

Dave and Karen were married Sept. 1, 1962, in St. Paul, Minn., and moved to Idaho in 1977. They have one son, Christopher; three daughters, Lisa, Kelly and Gina; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Summers are spent in North Idaho with their family and winters are spent in Tucson, Ariz.

Glen and Betsy Rothrock

40th Anniversary

Glen and Betsy Rothrock celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Sept. 2, 2012. Their children, Scott Rothrock and Courtney Rothrock Tucker surprised and honored their parents with Scott flying in from Albuquerque, N.M., to help Courtney host a wonderful surprise party attended by many special longtime friends of Glen and Betsy's. The celebration continued with another loving gift from their children of a night in the Davenport Hotel! Thanks, kids, for making our 40th so special. We love you too!

Glen and Betsy first met as acquaintances in 1965 at a church high school camp retreat in the Santa Cruz, Calif., mountains. Betsy was in eighth grade and Glen was graduating from Turlock High School. Glen joined the Army and spent the next three years in Germany.

Betsy went back to Peru, South America, where her parents were missionaries with Wycliffe Bible Translators.

In 1968, Glen returned from his service in the Army. Betsy came back from South America with her family and finished high school in 1969 at Watsonville High in California. It was during that year that Glen and Betsy, unknowingly, were invited to a mutual friend's wedding and there they met again. They spent hours getting reacquainted and catching up on each other's lives over the past three years of being in foreign countries.

They enjoyed each other's company so much that they dated during their college years, Glen at Sacramento State College and Betsy at Cabrillo College in Aptos, Calif. Glen graduated in 1972 with a B.S. degree in fisheries biology.

In 1972 Glen and Betsy were married in a beautiful garden wedding in the mountains of Aptos. They lived in this beautiful beach community near Santa Cruz for the first two years of their marriage. Glen worked for the California Department of Fish and Game in Monterey as an intern in fisheries biology. In 1974 they moved to Sacramento for a career position for Glen with the State Department of Water Resources. Betsy continued her studies at Sacramento State College and later graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a degree in human development. Glen also obtained his master's degree at UC Davis in aquatic ecology. Glen and Betsy resided in Sacramento for 17 years where they enjoyed their lives as very busy parents and active members of their community.

In 1991, Glen received a wonderful career and life change with a position as a Water Quality Specialist for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality in Coeur d'Alene where he is still currently working. Betsy took a position with North Idaho College Head Start where she taught for 15 years. For the past six years she has been blessed with the joy of teaching kindergarten at Noah's Ark Learning Center. They will soon be enjoying their retirement years as Glen looks forward to retiring this coming March. They have been blessed with three beautiful grandchildren with whom they plan to have lots of special play time!

Gardner-Jackson

Pete and Dianne Gardner and Andy and Louise Jackson are pleased to announce the marriage of their children, Laurel Gardner and Matthew Jackson on July 24, 2012, in Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Matthew graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School in 2009 and is currently serving in the Navy, stationed in Japan. Laurel graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School in 2011 and is currently attending Idaho State University in Pocatello.

The couple's honeymoon was a cross-country trip, arriving back in Idaho in time for Matthew to return to duty in Japan.

Kelly-Gardner

Pete and Dianne Gardner, of Hayden, are pleased to announce the marriage of their son Philip to Abby Kelly. Abby is the daughter of Steve and Kris Kelly of Fort Benton, Mont.

The wedding took place July 7, 2012, at the Grand Union Hotel in Fort Benton.

Philip graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School in 2002. The couple are both in medical school, Abby at the University of Washington and Philip at the University of North Dakota/Grand Forks.

The couple will honeymoon in Mexico during December.

Engagement

White-Everson

JD and Donna White are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Melanie Hope White, to Brent Michael Everson, son of Gary and Barbara Everson.

The couple plans to be united in marriage on March 2, 2013.

MILITARY

Army Pvt. Bradley D. Fredrickson has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.

Fredrickson is the son of Joanne Parsons of Coeur d'Alene and brother of Scott Fredrickson of Garden City.

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