Wester
Mr. and Mrs. Vitus "Mike" Wester of 405 S. Fifth Avenue, will celeberate their 50th wedding anniversary from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 22, 2001, with an open house at Streator Moose Family Center.

The former Betty Pemberton, Pontiac, and Vitus Wester, Leonore, were married July 17, 1951, at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Richland Township. The Rev. P.E. Arenesberg, now deceased, officiated at the ceremony.

Attendants were Lois (Frangenberg) Stried of Peoria, niece of the groom, and Willard Lock, who lived in Lostant, now deceased, brother-in-law of the groom.

The couple are the parents of a daughter, Helen (Mrs. Robert) Harsted, Streator. They have three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

"Mike" is retired from Thatcher Glass Manufacturing and also worked for Model Paris Cleaners for a number of years.