Couples celebrate milestone anniversaries - Catholic Courier
Bishop Matthew H. Clark greets Walter and Cecilia Meisenzahl, who have been married 72 years, during the annual Wedding Jubilee Celebration Mass at Rochester's Sacred Heart Cathedral May 15. The Meisenzahls, parishioners of Greece's St. Charles Borromeo Church, were the longest-married couple in attendance. Bishop Matthew H. Clark greets Walter and Cecilia Meisenzahl, who have been married 72 years, during the annual Wedding Jubilee Celebration Mass at Rochester's Sacred Heart Cathedral May 15. The Meisenzahls, parishioners of Greece's St. Charles Borromeo Church, were the longest-married couple in attendance.

Couples celebrate milestone anniversaries

The following couples are celebrating 25, 50 or more years of marriage in 2011. Many of these couples were honored at Sacred Heart Cathedral May 15 during the Diocese of Rochester’s annual Wedding Jubilee Mass.

72nd Anniversary

Walter & Cecilia Meisenzahl

Holy Redeemer Church

Rochester, N.Y.

July 29, 1939

 

70th Anniversary

Salvatore & Dora DiSchino

St. Lucy Church

Rochester, N.Y.

June 28, 1941

James & Dorothy Sander

Blessed Sacrament Church

Rochester, N.Y.

May 10, 1941

 

69th Anniversary

Mario & Angeline DeMasi

Holy Redeemer Church

Rochester, N.Y.

July 18, 1942

 

67th Anniversary

James & Marie Campanella

St. Michael Church

Buffalo, N.Y.

Sept. 23, 1944

 

66th Anniversary

Gerald & Anne Hargarther

Holy Trinity Church

Webster, N.Y.

March 20, 1945

 

65th Anniversary

James & Grace Battaglia

St. Michael Church

Rochester, N.Y.

July 9, 1946

 

George & Loretta Perrotta

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church

Rochester, N.Y.

Sept. 20, 1945

 

63rd Anniversary

Philip & Ann Julian

St. Anthony of Padua Church

Rochester, N.Y.

June 26, 1948

John & Angeline Norton

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Rochester, N.Y.

Sept. 18, 1948

Lloyd & Mary Schaber

Holy Apostles Church

Rochester, N.Y.

Nov. 20, 1948

Carlton & Alice Servas

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Rochester, N.Y.

Oct. 9, 1948

 

62nd Anniversary

Edward & Georgia Delaney

St. Mary Church

Canandaigua, N.Y.

June 25, 1949

Karl & Dorothea Denninger

Sacred Heart Church

Oberlin, Ohio

June 11, 1949

Joseph & Lillian Giuffre

St. Philip Neri Church

Rochester, N.Y.

April 30, 1949

 

61st Anniversary

Robert & Dolores Crowell

St. Stanislaus Church

Rochester, N.Y.

June 25, 1949

Earl & Elizabeth Wergin

Sacred Heart Church

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Oct. 7, 1950

 

60th Anniversary

Frank & Mary Cantatore

St. John the Evangelist Church

Rochester, N.Y.

Feb. 3, 1951

Anthony & Rose Marie Coccia

St. Lucy Church

Rochester, N.Y.

April 14, 1951

Dcn. William & Mary Dougherty

St. Catherine of Siena Church

Addison, N.Y.

April 7, 1951

William & Athalene Fisher

St. Mary Church

Dansville, N.Y.

Nov. 10, 1951

Francis & Joan Kunz

Holy Family Church

Rochester, N.Y.

Nov. 17, 1951

Alvaro & Angelina Marianetti

St. Anthony of Padua Church

Rochester, N.Y.

May 14, 1951

William & Genevieve McFee

St. Columba Church

Caledonia, N.Y.

Aug. 11, 1951

Luther & Lucy Perkins

St. Gabriel Church

Hammondsport, N.Y.

June 2, 1951

Frank & Sylvia Rutkowski

St. John the Evangelist Parish

Greece, N.Y.

July 28, 1951

Leonard & Marie Shumway

Our Lady of Peace Church

Honolulu, Hawaii

Feb. 14, 1951

Donald & Rose Verget

Church of the Annunciation

Rochester, N.Y.

Oct. 6, 1951

Donald & Arline Volkmar

Holy Rosary Church

Rochester, N.Y.

May 26, 1951

Nicholas & Gloria Zanni

Church of the Annunciation

Rochester, N.Y.

July 14, 1951

 

59th Anniversary

Charles & Lucy Eygabroad

Blessed Sacrament Church

Rochester, N.Y.

May 3, 1952

Walter & Virginia Faro

St. Mary of the Lake Church

Ontario, N.Y.

June 21, 1952

Guy & Mary Ann Margiotta

Catholic Church, Aberdeen Proving Ground

Baltimore, Md.

Dec. 20, 1952

William & Rita Wayne

St. Patrick Church

Elmira, N.Y.

April 19, 1952

 

58th Anniversary

Edward & Ann Kerber

St. Michael Church

Rochester, N.Y.

June 20, 1953

George & Grace Supple

St. James Church

Syracuse, N.Y.

Aug. 29, 1953

 

57th Anniversary

Richard & Sheila Finewood

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Rochester, N.Y.

Sept. 4, 1954

William & Lorraine Healy

St. Stanislaus Church

Rochester, N.Y.

June 5, 1954

Richard & Helen Maier

Holy Trinity Church

Webster N.Y.

Feb. 27, 1954

Fred & Josephine McGary

St. Francis Xavier

Rochester, N.Y.

Nov. 6, 1954

Robert Sr. & Constance Nichol

St. Philip Neri Church

Rochester, N.Y.

June 5, 1954

Edward & Joyce Zmuda

St. Michael Church

Butler, Pa.

Dec. 27, 1954

 

56th Anniversary

Nicholas & Diane Capozzi

Air Force Base Chapel

Charleston, S.C.

Dec. 17, 1955

Angelo & Beatrice D’Orazio

Church of the Annunciation

Rochester, N.Y.

Aug. 6, 1955

Bernard & Olive Sullivan

St. Francis DeSales Church

Utica N.Y.

April 16, 1955

Robert & Helen Turcotte

St. Joseph Church

Penfield N.Y.

June 25, 1955

Kenneth & Theresa Whitney

Loring Air Force Base Chapel

Limestone, Maine

May 14, 1955

 

55th Anniversary

Robert & Frances Abbey

Church of the Assumption

Fairport, N.Y.

May 12, 1956

Benjamin & Nancy Calcagno

St. Ambrose

Rochester N.Y.

Dec. 1, 1956

Sherman & Mary Anne Montgomery

St. Augustine Church

Rochester, N.Y.

June 2, 1956

William & Dolores Smith

St. Francis Church

Nanticoke, Pa.

Jan. 28, 1956

James Sr. & Anita Stefano

Holy Apostles Church

Rochester, N.Y.

April 28, 1956

Bertram & Rose Mary Straube

St. Mary of the Assumption Church

Scottsville, N.Y.

June 9, 1956

 

54th Anniversary

Gene & Carol LaCapruccia

St. Andrew Church

Rochester, N.Y.

Oct. 19, 1957

Bill & MaryKay McGrath

St. Boniface Church

Rochester, N.Y.

June 15, 1957

Frank & Marie Pettrone

St. Anthony of Padua Church

Rochester, N.Y.

Nov. 28, 1957

James & Martha Temple

St. Mary Church

Pesotum, Ill.

Sept. 14, 1957

John & Mary Kay Vargo

St. Patrick Church

Elm, N.Y.

April 27, 1957

 

53rd Anniversary

James & Claudette Looney

St. Augustine Church

Hartford, Conn.

Feb. 1, 1958

 

52nd Anniversary

George & Mary Bauer

St. Francis Xavier Church

Rochester, N.Y.

June 27, 1959

Joseph & Carol Bradbury

St. Thomas the Apostle Church

Bloomfield, N.J.

Oct. 24, 1959

James & Betty Connelloy

Corpus Christi Church

Rochester, N.Y.

May 30, 1959

Erasmo & Francesca DiTucci

S. Giacomo

Gaeta, Italy

Sept. 6, 1959

Michael & Patricia Ricci

St. Mary Magdalene Church

Buffalo N.Y.

May 2, 1959

 

 

 

Donald & Marilyn Toal

St. Pius Tenth Church

Chili, N.Y.

April 4, 1959

 

51st Anniversary

Bernard & M. Evelyn Adams

Blessed Sacrament Church

Rochester, N.Y.

Dec. 31, 1960

Francis & Genevieve Bonn

Holy Redeemer Church

Rochester, N.Y.

Nov. 19, 1960

Bryan & Joyce Busacco

St. John the Evangelist Church

Rochester, N.Y.

June 11, 1960

T. Joseph & Mary Ann Daley

St. Louis Church

Pittsford, N.Y.

Nov. 12, 1960

Bernard & Mary Horton

Holy Rosary Church

Rochester, N.Y.

Oct. 29, 1960

John & Barbara Kessler

St. Salome Church

Irondequoit, N.Y.

Nov. 5, 1960

H. Raymond & Louise Morey

Immaculate Conception Church

Ithaca N.Y.

Sept. 10, 1960

Edward & Estelle O’Connell

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church

Bayonne, N.J.

Nov. 5, 1960

Edward & Kathleen Quirk

Holy Cross Church

Bronx, N.Y.

Sept. 17, 1960

Carmelo & Nella Schillaci

Church of the Assumption

Fairport, N.Y.

Sept. 24, 1960

Thomas & Patricia Schryver

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church

Buffalo N.Y.

Aug. 20, 1960

 

50th Anniversary

Jim & Karen Arrigenna

St. Agnes Church

Avon, N.Y.

July 1, 1961

Vincent A. & Giovanna Augustine

St. Francis deSales Church

Geneva N.Y.

Nov. 4, 1961

Robert & Ann Bilodeau

St. Monica Church

Rochester, N.Y.

April 22, 1961

John & Rosalie Bonafede

St. Michael Church

Rochester N.Y.

July 1, 1961

Frank & Barbara Conte

Holy Apostles Church

Rochester, N.Y.

Sept. 16, 1961

William & Joyce Crandall

St. Ambrose Church

Rochester N.Y.

May 6, 1961

James & Joan Crowley

St. Mary Church

Taunton, Mass.

Aug. 5, 1961

Pat & Geri Crowley

St. Mary Church

Plymouth, Pa.

May 6, 1961

Ralph & Annette Cyr

St. Peter & St. Paul Basilica

Lewiston, Maine

June 10, 1961

William & Suzanne D’Ambrosio

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Rochester, N.Y.

Aug. 26, 1961

Richard & Elaine Dennie

Holy Trinity Church

Webster, N.Y.

July 1, 1961

Raymond & Mary Ann D’Urbano

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Rochester, N.Y.

July 29, 1961

Bernard & Martylou Every

St. Margaret Mary Church

Rochester, N.Y.

June 10, 1961

William & Nancy Ferrari

St. Andrew Alavino Church

Flushing N.Y.

June 25, 1961

Harold & Joan Fletcher

St. John the Evangelist Church

Rochester N.Y.

Sept. 2, 1961

Augie & Joyce Fuoco

Good Shepherd Church

Henrietta, N.Y.

Nov. 18, 1961

Barry & Sharyn Ganzhorn

St. Leo V Church

Niagara Falls N.Y.

May 24, 1961

Thomas & Donna Goundry

St. Michael Church

Penn Yan, N.Y.

June 10, 1961

Lewis & Susan Hamilton

St. Columbkille Church

Wilmington, Ohio

June 24, 1961

Thomas & Nancy Hamilton

Notre Dame Church

Malone N.Y.

Oct. 28, 1961

James & Shirley Harvey

St. Mary Church

Canandaigua N.Y.

June 17, 1961

David & Jessie Hollingshead

St. Joseph Church

Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Sept. 30, 1961

John T. & Virginia Hoover

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Rochester N.Y.

Nov. 25, 1961

Emery & Jean Jaeger

St. Thomas Church

Red Creek N.Y.

June 3, 1961

Lawrence & Anita John

St. Francis deSales Church

Geneva N.Y.

July 1, 1961

Robert & Nancy Jones

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church

Painted Post N.Y.

Oct. 14, 1961

George & Nancy Kimber

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

Rochester N.Y.

May 30, 1961

Richard & Adele Klein

Holy Apostles Church

Rochester, N.Y.

April 8, 1961

John & RoseEllen Larish

St. Christopher Church

Binghamton N.Y.

June 10, 1961

Angelo & Maria Leonardis

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church

Brockport N.Y.

Nov. 25, 1961

Edward & Kathleen Lynd

Corpus Christi Church

Rochester N.Y.

Sept. 2, 1961

James & Judy Marianacci

St. Bridget’s Church

Bloomfield N.Y.

Nov. 11, 1961

Richard & Sharon Mark

St. Joseph Church

Wayland, N.Y.

July 15, 1961

Vincent & Mary Ann McGavisk

St. Bernard’s Church

Bradford, Pa.

Oct. 14, 1961

Nelson & Delores Militello

St. James Church

Jamestown, N.Y.

April 8, 1961

Charles & Barbara Otero

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Rochester, N.Y.

June 24, 1961

Ralph & Gail Parmelee

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Rochester, N.Y.

June 24, 1961

James & Mary Pengal

St. Joseph Church

Willimantic, Conn.

Aug. 5, 1961

Donald & Angela Perri

St. Francis Xavier Church

Rochester, N.Y.

April 8, 1961

Richard & Joyce Pirozzolo

St. Anthony Church

Elmira, N.Y.

Sept. 4, 1961

Gregory & Joyce Pochunow

St. Ambrose Church

Rochester, N.Y.

Feb. 11, 1961

Jim & Patricia Rice

Mary Queen of Heaven Church

Brooklyn N.Y.

May 6, 1961

Thomas & Barbara Robinson

St. Columba Church

Caledonia N.Y.

May 20, 1961

James & Margaret Salone

St. Francis deSales Church

Geneva N.Y.

July 8, 1961

Cleon & Eleanor Salvage

St. Joseph Church

Penfield N.Y.

Aug. 12, 1961

Leon & Bernadine Skinner

St. Anthony Church

Le Roy, N.Y.

June 24, 1961

Samuel & Marie Soprano

St. Francis Xavier Church

Rochester N.Y.

July 15, 1961

Herman Joseph & Marilyn Weber

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

Rochester, N.Y.

May 6, 1961

Paul & Janet Weitz

St. Salome Church

Irondequoit, N.Y.

Sept. 16, 1961

Harry & Bina Williams

St. John Church

Dromtariffe, County Cork, Ireland

June 8, 1961

 

25th Anniversaries

Perry & Maria Catalano

St. Ambrose Church

Rochester, N.Y.

May 17, 1986

Craig & Beth Covel

St. Gregory the Great Church

Williamsville, N.Y.

Oct. 25, 1986

Michael & Maureen Daley

St. Lawrence Church

Greece, N.Y.

Aug. 16, 1986

Fredric & Regina Daniell

Naval Bethesda Chapel

Bethesda, Md.

Aug. 2, 1986

Robert & Carol Fitzgerald

St. Ambrose Church

Rochester, N.Y.

May 10, 1986

Kevin & Susan Fitzpatrick

St. Ignatius Church

Hicksville, Long Island

May 10, 1986

Mark & Carmel Garlock

Christ the King Chapel

Canisius College, Buffalo, N.Y.

May 10, 1986

Scott & Peggy Hooker

St. Ann Church

Hornell, N.Y.

Aug. 23, 1986

Mark & Jeanne LaFountain

St. John the Evangelist Church

Spencerport, N.Y.

May 31, 1986

George & Denee Martin

St. Mary Church

Canandaigua, N.Y.

May 24, 1986

Randall & Gwendolyn Nelson

St. Jerome Church

Hyattsville, Md.

May 31, 1986

Don & Mary Jo Podlish

Christ the King Church

Rochester, N.Y.

Oct. 27, 1986

James & Darlene Ryan

Our Lady of Czenstoehowa Church

Coventry, R.I.

May 17, 1986

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