Weddings/Engagements from March 2006

Don and Judy Dow of Mountain Home celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary Feb. 26. The couple were married 40 years ago in Quanah, Texas. Honoring them on their anniversary were their son Chris and his wife, Wendy Dow, and their children, Xara, Suli and Raven, and daughter Christina and her husband, Steve Letson, and their daughter, Ali...

Clarence and Annie Mae Joseph celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day. Clarence is retired from the military but at the age of 81 (his birthday was Feb. 28) remains active in the local community as a member of the city's planning and zoning board, a board member of the Elmore Medical Center and the VA, and other community groups...

Leonard and Margaret Vesey, formerly of Mountain Home, now living in Lake Oswego, Ore., celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Feb. 10. A dinner party was held in their honor that evening at the home of their daughter, Martha Parks, also of Lake Oswego. ...

Wilfred A. "Bill" Day and Patricia L. (Owens) Day are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. They have lived in and around Mountain Home all of their lives. They will celebrate the occassion with a private family gathering, but all friends wishing to congratulate them are encouraged to send them a card or give them a call...

Doug and Judy Mayne have announced the engagement of their daughter, Melinda, to Tanner Wing, son of Sid and Kim Wing, all of Mountain Home. Melinda graduated from MHHS in 2001. Tanner graduated with the MHHS class of 2002. Melinda will graduate in May from the Lewis Clark State College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in nursing. She will be employed at St. Luke's in Meridian...

Ashley Jamison and Ryan Cash have announced their engagement. The couple plan a March 25 wedding at 2 p.m. at the Christian and Baptist Church in Mountain Home. Jamison and Cash are both former graduates of Mountain Home High School. Ryan is employed currently at Micron in Boise...

Rudy and Colleen Gingerich of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their daughter, Maureen Martin, to Bryce J. Bergey, son of Phil and Evon Bergey of Perkasie, Penn. The couple will be married June 16 in Boise. The couple will graduate from Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia in May. ...

Kent and Karen Kleffner of Mountain Home have announced the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Kimberly L. Kleffner, to Thomas Rich, son of Lynne and Dave Sokolnick of Tampa, Fla. Kimberly is a 2005 graduate of Mountain Home High School who currently is employed at Cottages of Mountain Home...

Don and Sandy Haley of Pendleton, Ore., and Rick and Rose Axtell of Mountain Home, have announced the marriage of their children. RJ Axtell, a 1996 graduate of Mountain Home High School, and Andrea Haley, a 1997 graduate of Pendleton High School, eloped to Las Vegas on Nov. 21, 2005...