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Ruben and Yolanda Moreno of Sterling announce the engagement of their daugh-ter, Natalie Lucia Moreno, to Derrick Alan Crow, the son of James and Trudy Crow of Danville.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Sterling High School and Southern Illinois Uni-versity, with Bachelor of Science degrees in psychology and theatre arts. She is employed at Ten Thousand Waves Japa-nese Spa and Resort in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Her fiancé is a graduate of Eastern Illi-nois University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in music, and Southern Illinois Uni-versity, with a doctorate in education. He is a director of band and curriculum adviser with the Hagerman Municipal School Sys-tem in New Mexico.

The couple are planning a June 20, 2015 wedding at the Jacob Henry Mansion in Joliet.

Invitations will be sent.

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Joseph and Debra Salvatori of Rock Falls announce the engagement of their daugh-ter, Michele Salvatori of Rock Falls, to Brandon Kreczmer of Rock Falls, the son of Ronald and Mary Kreczmer of Chicago.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Newman Central Catholic High School and West-ern Illinois University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology. She is employed by Pete Harkness Auto Group, and as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Sauk Valley Community College.

Her fiancé is a graduate of St. Patrick High School in Chicago and Western Illi-nois University, with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in exercise science. He is a teacher and football, girls basketball, and track coach at Newman Central Catholic High School in Sterling.

The couple are planning a June 6, 2015 wedding at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls.

Invitations will be sent.

Engagement of

Michele Salvatori & Brandon Kreczmer

Loyd Crocker of Rock Falls will cel-ebrate his 85th birthday with an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. March 8, 2015, at the Candlelight Inn in Rock Falls.

The omission of gifts has been request-ed.

He was born March 17, 1930, in Bee Branch, Arkansas, and is married to Joanne Crocker.

He has five children, 10 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Cards may be sent to 10735 Hoover Road, Rock Falls, IL 61071.

Celebrating 85Loyd Crocker

Happy Birthday

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Nicklaus of Dixon will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Feb. 27, 2015.

Michael Nicklaus and Chris Greene were married Feb. 27, 1965, at St. Pat-rick Church in Dixon.

They are the parents of Shelly (Greg) Kelly of McHenry, Sonja of Dixon, and Shannon (Ed) Smith of Plainfield. They have eight grandchildren.

Those wishing to send greetings may address cards to 8537 S. Clinton St., Dixon, IL 61021.

50th AnniversaryMr. & Mrs. Mike NicklausMr. and Mrs. Thomas Hacker of Rock

Falls announce the engagement of their daughter, Marissa Hacker of Sterling, to Brandon Smith, the son of Terry (Mary Kested) Smith and Terri (Al Glass) Smith, all of Sterling.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Rock Falls High School. She is employed by The City Rebar.

Her fiancé is a graduate of Sterling High School and Illinois State Univer-sity. He is employed by Hartland Con-trols.

The couple are planning an April 11, 2015 wedding.

Engagement ofMarissa Hacker & Brandon Smith

Orval and Patricia Gearhart Jr. of Dixon celebrated their 25th wedding anniversa-ry Feb. 11, 2015. A springtime train trip is planned.

Orval Gearhart Jr. and Patricia McShane-Gearhart were married Feb. 11, 1990.

Orval has two sons, Ed of Seaside, Ore-gon, and Orval III (Marty) of Dixon.

Patricia has four children, Tracy Creason of Apple Valley, California, Bob Barnett of Hinckley, Kathy Spellman of Dixon, and Susan Cullen of Chana.

Together they have 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Those wishing to send greetings may address cards to 209 E. Graham St., Dixon, IL 61021.

25th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Orval Gearhart Jr.

Happy Birthday

Frances Schott will celebrate her 97th birthday Feb. 27, 2015.

She was born Feb. 27, 1918, and was married to the late Laurence Schott.

She has five children, nine grandchil-dren, 16 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.

Cards may be sent to Heritage Square, 620 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, IL 61021.

Celebrating 97Frances Schott

Happy Birthday

Virginia Gallardo of Sterling will cel-ebrate her 90th birthday Feb. 23, 2015.

She was born Feb. 23, 1925, and was married to the late Joseph Z. Gallardo.

She has nine children, 19 grandchil-dren, and 13 great-grandchildren.

Cards may be sent to Good Samaritan Society, Room 200, 310 Mosher Drive, Prophetstown, IL 61277.

Celebrating 90Virginia Gallardo

Happy Birthday

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 • 3www.saukvalley.comCelebrations

In honor of its 150th anniversary, the Freeport School District Orches-tra Festival will be May 9, 2015, at the Jeannette Lloyd Theatre in Free-port.

Contact information on former members of the

orchestra is needed.Those interested in

attending or with infor-mation on alumni may contact Tracy Pallesen at email [email protected] or 815-801-0554.

Information also may

be sent to The Freeport Orchestra 150th Anniver-sary Committee, 701 W. Empire St., Freeport, IL 61032.

For more informa-tion, visit Freeport High School Orchestra on Facebook.

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Five generations of the Tyner family recently gathered. They are (sitting, from left) Alleigh Hendricks, mother, of Savanna; and Shirley Tyner, great-great-grandmoth-er, of Sterling, holding Parker McGinnis, son; and (standing) Scott Miller, grandfa-ther, and Terry Miller, great-grandfather, both of Savanna.

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Mr. and Mrs. Larry Clark of Rock Falls celebrated their 50th wed-ding anniversary Feb. 13, 2015.

Larry Clark and Barbara Hubbard were married Feb. 13, 1965, at Cole-ta Christian Church.

They are the parents of Andy (Johna) Clark of Gainesville, Geor-

gia, and Kari (Nikolai) Fiorini of Rock Falls.

They have three grandchildren, Morgan and Andi Clark and River Fiorini.

Those wishing to send greetings may address cards to 9890 Hickory Hills Road, Rock Falls, IL 61071.

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Clark

Mr. & Mrs. P. John Garcia

P. John Garcia and Guadalupe Zamores celebrated their 50th wed-ding anniversary with a dinner pro-vided by their children, attended by family and friends.

They were married Feb. 6, 1965, at Espiritu Santo Church in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

They are the parents of Paula Garcia of Rock Falls and John (Stacie) Garcia of Mundelein.

They have two grandsons, Brandon and Nathan Vasquez of Rock Falls; one granddaughter, Olivia of Mun-delein; and one great-granddaughter, Hollisten Buckingham, of Rock Falls.

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Mr. & Mrs. Ray Charleston

Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Charleston of Rock Falls celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary Feb. 16, 2015.

Everyone drove on snow-packed roads to the First Congregational Church on Feb. 16, 1975, to witness the marriage of Ray L. Charleston to Pamela S. Shoemaker.

This year they celebrate 40 years together.

They are the proud parents of Ray

Charleston Jr., Rob (Julie) Charles-ton, and Rachel (Jeremy Billeb) Charleston.

They also have two grandchil-dren, Skila Charleston and Gavin Charleston, along with three grand dogs.

Those wishing to send greetings may address cards to 517 15th Ave., Rock Falls, IL 61071.

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Mr. & Mrs. John TaetsMr. and Mrs. John E. Taets of

Tampico will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Feb. 20, 2015. The occasion will be cele-brated with a family gathering.

John E. Taets and Linda M. Kahly were married Feb. 20, 1965, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Tampi-co.

They are the parents of Michael (Marci) Taets of South Beloit and

Melanie Schroeder of Morrison.Their grandchildren are Jacob

and Jonathan Taets and Brandon and Lindsey Schroeder.

John is a retired electrician from Northwestern Steel & Wire Co. Linda is retired as clerk-treasurer of the Village of Tampico.

Those wishing to send greetings may address cards to P.O. Box 11, Tampico, IL 61283.

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Mr. and Mrs. Gary Nye of Chad-wick will celebrate their 40th wed-ding anniversary Feb. 21, 2015.

Gary Nye and Le-Anne Gebhardt were married Feb. 21, 1975, at Trini-ty Lutheran Church in Milledgeville.

Gary and Le-Anne own Gibbs Dry-wall in Milledgeville, and Le-Anne works for Northwest Illinois Crimi-nal Justice in Dixon.

They are the parents of Amy (deceased), Jarod (Corinne) of Milledgeville, and Josh (Carrie) of Oregon.

They have three grandsons, Con-nor, Spencer, and Bramley. They also are blessed with Alyssa, Cody, and Travis.

A warm weather celebration is being planned.

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Nye

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90th Birthday

Mary Arduini will celebrate her 90th birth-day Feb. 28, 2015.

Mary was born in 1925, to Joseph and Grace Foley in Harmon, and was raised on the fam-ily farm until she was 13 years old. She moved to Sterling at 13 to complete high school and business college.

Mary and James Arduini were married in 1946, living in Rock Falls, raising nine chil-dren, James (Sandra), Thomas (Teri), Janet, Robert (Maria), Stephen (Kris), Kevin (Mary Beth), JoAnne (Kenny), Karen (Joseph), and Sunday.

Mary retired from the Whiteside County State’s Attorney’s office. She best loves spend-ing time with family, which now includes 20 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

Mary will celebrate with her family, but birthday wishes may be sent to 902 W. Sec-ond St., Rock Falls, IL 61071.

Mary Arduini

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Look who’s 80Robert W. Ager of Rock Falls will

celebrate his 80th birthday.He was born Feb. 22, 1935, in

Frederika, Iowa, and married Diane O’Day on Sept. 29, 1957, in Waterloo, Iowa.

He retired from Northwestern Steel & Wire Co.

He has six children, one deceased son, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

His family surprised him with a birthday party and dinner.

Wish him a happy birthday by sending cards to 1710 Walter St., Rock Falls, IL 61071.

Robert Ager

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Marian Bollman of Dixon will cel-ebrate her 100th birthday with an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 28, 2015, at Liberty Court Living Center, 124 Liberty Court, Dixon.

All friends and relatives are invited to join in the celebration.

Marian Swartz was born March 1, 1915, and was married for 62 years to the late Wilbur Bollman.

She has three children, one deceased, 13 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.

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Shirley Nye of Milledgeville will be celebrating her 90th birthday March 1, 2015.

Shirley was born March 1, 1925, to LeRoy and Laurine Warehime.

She graduated from Milledgeville High School in 1943, and married Homer Nye on Jan. 21, 1945. He died in 1990.

Together they raised six children, Barb (Ivan) Miller, Janet (Andy)

Barkley, and Donna (Randy) Lan-dis, all of Milledgeville; Gary (Le-Anne) Nye of Chadwick; Kathy (Lauren) Nye of Baltimore; and David (Debbie) Nye, deceased.

Shirley also has 11 grandchil-dren, 20 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

Greetings may be sent to 623 Walker Ave., Milledgeville, IL 61051.

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Eli Robert Johannsen weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces at birth and was 21.5 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Steve and Shawn Nelson of Sterling.

Paternal grandparents are Carol and Joe Cravatta of Rock Falls.

Maternal great-grandparents are Marjorie Smith of Sterling and Joanne and Loyd Crocker of Rock Falls.

7 pounds,10 ounces at birth

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