Each year, the Catholic Courier publishes a list of couples who are celebrating 25, 50 and 50-plus years of marriage. The following couples informed the Courier by the May 15 deadline of the milestones they will mark in 2017:
73 Years
John & Rita Kennelly
St. Michael Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 30, 1944
Thomas & Angela Lauria
Annunciation Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Oct. 28, 1944
72 Years
Frederick & Cecelia Fletcher
St. Lawrence Church
Utica, Mich.
Oct. 6, 1945
70 Years
Anthony & Phyllis Argenna
Assumption Church
Mount Morris, N.Y.
April 16, 1947
Keith & Helen Baker
St. Stanislaus Church
Bradford, N.Y.
Oct. 11, 1947
Ralph & Velma Bodensteiner
Holy Trinity Church
Webster, N.Y.
June 21, 1947
Henry & Nancy Ginnetti
Church of the Epiphany
Sayre, Pa.
Sept. 6, 1947
Joseph & Marguerite Hartman
St. John the Evangelist Church
Rochester, N.Y.
July 12, 1947
Anthony & Josephine Matroniano
Mt. Carmel Church
Rochester, N.Y.
July 26, 1947
Joseph & Helen Mercier
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Rochester, N.Y.
June 7, 1947
Tom & Joyce Savino
St. Patrick Church
Elmira, N.Y.
July 12, 1947
69 Years
Paul & Marie Appleton
St. Felix Church
Clifton Springs, N.Y.
May 29, 1948
Kenneth & Betty Heim
Annunciation Church
Green Bay, Wis.
Aug. 7, 1948
68 Years
Robert & Dolores Crowell
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
Rochester, N.Y.
June 25, 1949
Rocco & Theresa Giammichele
St. Anthony Church
Elmira, N.Y.
June 18, 1949
Jack & Irma Jonza
Church of the Immaculate
Conception
Yonkers, N.Y.
June 18, 1949
67 Years
Joe & Mary Blakely
Corpus Christi Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Dec. 2, 1950
Michael & Phyllis Milillo
St. Francis Church
Auburn, N.Y.
July 4, 1950
66 Years
Bob & Dorothy De Clerck
St. Margaret Mary Church
Irondequoit, N.Y.
Jan. 13, 1951
William & Athalene Fisher
St. Mary Church
Dansville, N.Y.
Nov. 10, 1951
Robert & Mary Ann Henley
St. Ambrose Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 30, 1951
Donald & Katherine McGovern
St. Patrick Church
Dansville, N.Y.
Aug. 11, 1951
Louis & Barbara Rizzieri
St. Patrick Church
Seneca Falls, N.Y.
July 21, 1951
Jerry & Nancy Sagona
Holy Trinity Church
Dunkirk, N.Y.
April 7, 1951
Leonard & Alice Marie Shumway
Our Lady Queen of Peace Church
Honolulu, Hawaii
Feb. 14, 1951
65 Years
Eugene & Frances Chmiel
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
Rochester, N.Y.
June 28, 1952
James & Mary Eileen Conolly
St. Ambrose Church
Rochester, N.Y.
April 19, 1952
Willis & Helene Ford
St. Mary Church
Corning, N.Y.
June 14, 1952
Paul & Mary Gilman
St. Agnes Church
Dalton, Mass.
June 28, 1952
A. Robert & Elizabeth Kowalik
St. Salome Church
Irondequoit, N.Y.
Oct. 25, 1952
Guy & Mary Ann Margiotta
Central Catholic Chapel
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md.
Dec. 20, 1952
James & Norma Phelan
St. John the Evangelist Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Dec. 27, 1952
64 Years
Edward & Carolyn Blind
Corpus Christi Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Sept. 26, 1953
Jim & Janice Blum
St. Patrick Church
Dansville, N.Y.
Oct. 3, 1953
Daniel & Marie Emerson
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Oct. 10, 1953
George & Grace Supple
St. James Church
Syracuse, N.Y.
Aug. 29, 1953
Francis & Victoria Trabold
Holy Rosary Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 16, 1953
63 Years
Algird & Sarah Bertman
Holy Rosary Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Oct. 9, 1954
Michael & Mary Bonanno
St. Boniface Church
Rochester, N.Y.
July 24, 1954
James & Barbara Farrell
Holy Apostles Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Nov. 27, 1954
Fred & Josephine McGary
St. Francis Xavier Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Nov. 6, 1954
Robert & Constance Nichol
St. Philip Neri Church
Rochester, N.Y.
June 5, 1954
62 Years
Harry & Ethel Freitas
St. Augustine Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 7, 1955
Bernard & Olive Sullivan
St. Francis de Sales Church
Utica, N.Y.
April 16, 1955
61 Years
Donald & Carol Bly
St. Margaret Mary Church
Irondequoit, N.Y.
Nov. 10, 1956
John & Theresa Bonacci
Holy Apostles Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 4, 1956
Eugene & Patricia Mason
St. Michael Church
Newark, N.Y.
June 30, 1956
Bill & Shirley Reber
St. Mary’s Church
Batavia, N.Y.
May 19, 1956
Andrew & Alice Vergo
Immaculate Conception Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 5, 1956
60 Years
Gerald & Joan Beaudin
St. Alphonsus Church
Glens Falls, N.Y.
Oct. 23, 1957
Bob & Mary Ann Beikirch
Holy Redeemer Church
Rochester, N.Y.
June 22, 1957
Ronald & Virginia Brookbank
St. Anne Church
Rochester, N.Y.
June 15, 1957
Ralph & Rose Bruinsma
St. John the Evangelist Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Jan. 19, 1957
Arthur & Connie Bruno
St. Francis of Assisi Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Sept. 2, 1957
Howard & Mary Ann
Coddington
Ss. Peter & Paul Church
Elmira, N.Y.
June 22, 1957
Jim & Peg Dawson
Holy Family Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Oct. 19, 1957
Anthony & Jean De Petres
Holy Family Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 10, 1957
John & Carol Donnelly
Holy Redeemer Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 25, 1957
John & Claire Finnegan
St. Jeanne d’Arc Church
Lowell, Mass.
Oct. 5, 1957
Raymond & Carmelita Fratta
St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church
Utica, N.Y.
May 11, 1957
Daniel & Roberta Garland
Church of the Assumption
Fairport, N.Y.
June 15, 1957
Joseph & Theresa Gaudino
St. Philip Neri Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 30, 1957
Thomas & Susanne Grieco
Holy Cross Church
Charlotte, N.Y.
March 2, 1957
Paul & Delphine Hoak
Transfiguration Church
Buffalo, N.Y.
Aug. 24, 1957
Roland & Ruth LaCroix
St. Mary’s Church
Massena, N.Y.
June 1, 1957
Elmer & Rachel Liese
Blessed Sacrament Church
Rochester, N.Y.
June 1, 1957
Robert & Lucille McGuire
St. Michael’s Cathedral
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Sept. 7, 1957
Joseph & Dorothy Mugavero
St. Andrew Church
Rochester, N.Y.
June 8, 1957
John & Janet Neal
St. Bridget’s Church
Framingham, Mass.
June 22, 1957
James & Claudette Nobes
St. John the Baptist Church
West Warwick, R.I.
June 22, 1957
Richard & Barbara Nowakowski
St. Joseph Church
Livonia, N.Y.
May 11, 1957
Ronald & Theresa Passero
Sacred Heart Basilica
Syracuse, N.Y.
Aug 31, 1957
Frank & Marie Pettrone
St. Anthony of Padua Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Nov. 28, 1957
William & Jeannette Symonds
St. John the Evangelist Church
Greece, N.Y.
Oct. 26, 1957
John & Mary Kay Vargo
St. Patrick Church
Elmira, N.Y.
April 27, 1957
59 Years
Jim & Joan Beebe
Good Counsel Church
Rochester, N.Y.
June 21, 1958
William & Eileen Benedict
St. Joseph Catholic Church
West Aliquippa, Pa.
Aug. 16, 1958
Gene & Janet Gibbs
St. Salome Church
Irondequoit, N.Y.
June 28, 1958
Kenneth & Katherine Powell
St. Michael Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 17, 1958
Richard & Joan Wood
St. Andrew Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 24, 1958
58 Years
Walter & Mary Briggs
St. Vincent De Paul Church
Corning, N.Y.
July 18, 1959
Thomas & Janice Dlugosh
St. Stanislaus Church
Bradford, N.Y.
July 25, 1959
William & Mary Lee O’Connell
St. Michael’s Church
Fryburg, Pa.
April 4, 1959
Robert & Betty Saxe
Immaculate Conception Church
Rochester, N.Y.
June 27, 1959
Ronald & Shirley Schreiner
Holy Apostles Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 2, 1959
57 Years
Michael & Anna Bonsignore
St. Mary Church
Elmira, N.Y.
July 30, 1960
Thompson & Jacqueline Davis
St. Joseph’s Church
Burlington, Vt.
July 4, 1960
Edward & Geraldine Fish
St. Theresa Church
Stanley, N.Y.
June 25, 1960
Joseph & Leora Mollo
Ss. Peter & Paul Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Oct. 15, 1960
Raymond & Elaine Niedziela
St. James Church
Depew, N.Y.
April 30, 1960
56 Years
Frank & Jane Coriddi
Church of the Annunciation
Rochester, N.Y.
April 15, 1961
Robert & Patricia Hassett
St. Columba Church
Caledonia, N.Y.
July 29, 1961
Frank & Nancy Lader
St. Patrick Church
Mount Morris, N.Y.
Oct. 21, 1961
Don & Angela Perri
St. Francis Xavier Church
Rochester, N.Y.
April 8, 1961
Herman & Marilyn Weber
Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 6, 1961
55 Years
Frank & Frances Brillian
St. Boniface Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 25, 1962
Charles & Marlene Brockway
Holy Redeemer Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Sept. 29, 1962
William & Sandra Doran
St. Salome Church
Irondequoit, N.Y.
April 28, 1962
Fred & Judie Gaines
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Brockport, N.Y.
May 26, 1962
Nicholas & Roseann Harris
Annunciation Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 19, 1962
Edward & Carol Harvey
St. Bridget Church
East Bloomfield, N.Y.
July 28, 1962
Jack & Sue Holland
St. Thomas More Church
Brighton, N.Y.
May 23, 1962
William & Barbara Kelly
St. Francis de Sales Church
Cleveland, Ohio
Aug. 25, 1962
Jim & Dee Leone
St. Philip Neri Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Sept. 15, 1962
David & Rose Mary McNitt
Holy Trinity Church
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
April 22, 1962
Robert & Phyllis Napierala
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 12, 1962
Duane & Julie Stymus
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Brockport, N.Y.
June 9, 1962
Robert & Barbara Van Burger
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Vestal, N.Y.
Nov. 24, 1962
54 Years
Robert & Joyce Antell
St. Andrew Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 17, 1963
Mario & Lillian Bonfiglio
St. Philip Neri Church
Rochester, N.Y.
April 20, 1963
Donald & Jeanette Copenhagen
St. Philip Neri Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Nov. 23, 1963
Stephen & Patricia Jones
St. Stanislaus Church
Maspeth, N.Y.
Oct. 5, 1963
William & Mary Reifsteck
St. Augustine Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Oct. 5, 1963
Gregory & Maryann Riley
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 10, 1963
Daniel & Pauline Walsh
St. Vincent DePaul Church
North Troy, Vt.
Aug. 17, 1963
Norman & Patricia Wheeler
St. Joan of Arc Church
Worcester, Mass.
Aug. 31, 1963
Robert & Veronica Yaw
Blessed Sacrament Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Sept. 14, 1963
53 Years
Bernard & Dorothy Fischer
St. Helen Church
Gates, N.Y.
May 23, 1964
Bernard & Kathlyn Proia
St. Augustine Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 16, 1964
52 Years
Charlie & Alice Childs
Lyons Methodist Church
Lyons, N.Y.
Nov. 20, 1965
Jim & Carol Dalle
St. Lawrence Church
Greece, N.Y.
April 3, 1965
Michael & Deborah Ferris
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Brockport, N.Y.
Jan. 30, 1965
Michael & F. Patricia Giannavola
Holy Spirit Church
Webster, N.Y.
Aug. 7, 1965
Thomas & Donna Kleinhans
St. Amelia’s Church
Tonawanda, N.Y.
Aug. 21, 1965
Kenneth & Sue Laubacher
St. Joseph’s Church
Albion, N.Y.
May 1, 1965
Salvatore & Adina Lopez
St. Jerome Church
East Rochester, N.Y.
Feb. 27, 1965
Vince & Linda Suplizio
St. Catherine of Siena
DuBois, Pa.
Feb. 20, 1965
51 Years
Michael & Bonnie Balok
St. Mary Church
Elmira, N.Y.
Feb. 5, 1966
Vincent & Brenda Barone
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Brighton, N.Y.
Aug. 6, 1966
Paul & Sandra Cassetta
St. Michael Church
Lyons, N.Y.
Sept. 3, 1966
Ronald & Linda Courtney
St. Michael Church
Lyons, N.Y.
March 12, 1966
Karl & Dianne Gilman
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 27, 1966
Mel & Diane Gowin
Our Lady of Mercy Church
Greece, N.Y.
Nov. 5, 1966
David & Charyll Monk
St. John the Evangelist Church
Greece, N.Y.
Nov. 19, 1966
Thomas & Rose Oldfield
Most Precious Blood Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 20, 1966
John & Marilyn Quigley
St. Augustine Church
Rochester, N.Y.
June 25, 1966
50 Years
James & Diane Anderson
St. Helen’s Catholic Church
Schenectady, N.Y.
July 15, 1967
Anthony & Beverly Angotti
Blessed Sacrament Church
Rochester, N.Y.
July 15, 1967
Kenneth & Darlene Ayotte
St. John the Evangelist Church
Spencerport, N.Y.
Sept. 9, 1967
Stanley & Marlene Bartlett
Sacred Heart Church
Watertown, N.Y.
June 10, 1967
Bernard & Audrey Beisheim
St. Mary Church
Rochester, N.Y.
July 29, 1967
Thomas & Joyce Beman
St. Thomas Church
Red Creek, N.Y.
April 8, 1967
Felix & Linda Bianchi
St. Augustine Church
Rochester, N.Y.
July 29, 1967
Richard & Geraldine Brunken
Holy Spirit Church
New Hyde Park, N.Y.
April 8, 1967
Timothy & Elaine Clar
Holy Family Church
Rochester, N.Y.
July 1, 1967
Gary & Lynne Clarcq
St. Cecilia Church
Irondequoit, N.Y.
June 17, 1967
Robert & Barbara Cobb
St. Casimir’s Church
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
June 3, 1967
Tom & Fran Collier
St. John the Evangelist Church
Rochester, N.Y.
April 22, 1967
Dcn. Ray & Patricia Defendorf
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Rochester, N.Y.
July 4, 1967
Michael & Angela Di Stefano
St. Ann Church
Hornell, N.Y.
May 27, 1967
John & Anne DiProsa
St. Ambrose Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 13, 1967
Pat & Kathleen Fennell
St. Mary of the Lake Church
Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Sept. 16, 1967
Robert & Joanne Gernon
St. Bridget Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 19, 1967
John & Mary Anne Grattan
St. Thomas the Apostle Church
Irondequoit, N.Y.
June 17, 1967
Thomas & Carol Gutmann
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Rochester, N.Y.
May 27, 1967
Raymond & Donna Hanly
St. Charles Borromeo Church
Greece, N.Y.
July 29, 1967
Edward & Dolores Johnson
Blessed Sacrament Church
Rochester, N.Y.
April 22, 1967
Timothy & Lois Leahy
St. Andrew’s Church
Avenel, N.J.
Aug. 26, 1967
Richard & Lorraine LeBeau
St. Charles Borromeo Church
Greece, N.Y.
Aug. 12, 1967
Thomas & Carole Ann Lee
St. Thomas the Apostle Church
Irondequoit, N.Y.
Aug. 12, 1967
Vincent & Carol Loce
Most Holy Rosary Church
Syracuse, N.Y.
June 24, 1967
David & Kathleen Lynch
St. Vincent de Paul Church
Churchville, N.Y.
Aug. 26, 1967
Charles & Theresa Mance
St. John the Evangelist Church
Spencerport, N.Y.
July 1, 1967
Joseph & Carol Manzo
St. Helen Church
Gates, N.Y.
Sept. 16, 1967
Robert & Elaine Mayer
St. Cecilia Church
Irondequoit, N.Y.
Oct. 14, 1967
John & Janet Miller
St. Ambrose Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Oct. 28, 1967
Edward & Patricia Miner
St. Theodore Church
Gates, N.Y.
April 1, 1967
Michael & Veronica Numetko
St. Philip Neri Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Jan. 7, 1967
Dennis & Mary Frances O’Herron
St. Casimir Church
Elmira, N.Y.
April 1, 1967
Arthur & Diane Pearson
St. John de LaSalle Church
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Nov. 18, 1967
Anthony & Joann Polito
Church of the Annunciation
Rochester, N.Y.
July 22, 1967
Thomas & Sally Purtell
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Vestal, N.Y.
Nov. 25, 1967
Ray & Carole Rossetti
St. Agatha’s Church
Canastota, N.Y.
Sept. 30, 1967
Ernie & Carol Seeger
St. Margaret Mary Church
Irondequoit, N.Y.
Aug. 12, 1967
Milton & Barbara Simpson
St. Charles Borromeo Church
Woburn, Mass.
July 8, 1967
Dcn. James & Carol Steiger
Our Mother of Sorrows Church
Greece, N.Y.
Aug. 26, 1967
Tony & Sharon Strati
Annunciation Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 12, 1967
Bruce & Mary Vickers
St. Boniface Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 19, 1967
Dennis & Noreen Viele
St. Paul Catholic Church
Kenmore, N.Y.
May 6, 1967
John & Carol Viele
St. Mary Church
Elmira, N.Y.
Aug. 5, 1967
Robert & Mary Anne Voelkl
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 27, 1967
Keith & Cheryl Weber
St. Ambrose Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 19, 1967
Eugene & Nancy Welch
St. Theresa Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 26, 1967
Stanley & Louise Weller
Holy Trinity Church
Webster, N.Y.
Aug. 5, 1967
George & Carol Wonder
St. John the Evangelist Church
Spencerport, N.Y.
June 17, 1967
Myron & Virginia Young
St. Leo Church
Hilton, N.Y.
June 10, 1967
Bruce & Patricia Zicari
St. Ambrose Church
Rochester, N.Y.
June 10, 1967
Gene & Marilyn Zientara
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Rochester, N.Y.
July 29, 1967
25 Years
Mead & Donna Beebe
Holy Angels Church
Altona, N.Y.
Aug. 1, 1992
John & Kathryn Butler
St. Augustine Church
Rochester, N.Y.
May 2, 1992
Joseph & Julie Cohn
St. Bridget Church
Bloomfield, N.Y.
July 3, 1992
Daniel & Nora Craft
St. Mary of the Lake Church
Ontario, N.Y.
Oct. 17, 1992
Bruce & Judith Dangelmaier
St. Agnes Church
Avon, N.Y.
Nov. 14, 1992
Michael & Cheryl Ebertz
St. Joseph’s Church
Cumberland, R.I.
Aug. 1, 1992
Richard & Marcia Hilliard
St. John Vianney Church
Orchard Park, N.Y.
Aug. 7, 1992
Edward Jr. & Heather Kelly
St. Cecilia Church
Irondequoit, N.Y.
June 13, 1992
Kevin & Patricia McGuire
St. Lawrence Church
Greece, N.Y.
Nov. 28, 1992
Joseph & Maria Modugno
St. Gregory the Great Church
Harrison, N.Y.
April 25, 1992
Thomas & Veronica Nescot
All Saints Church
Dunwoody, Ga.
Oct. 31, 1992
Sean & Anne Sammler
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Rochester, N.Y.
May 2, 1992
James & Martha Sorce
St. Bernard’s Church
Waterville, N.Y.
June 27, 1992
James & Ingrid Steiger
St. Leo Church
Hilton, N.Y.
Oct. 10, 1992
Lee & Nancy Strong
Corpus Christi Church
Rochester, N.Y.
Aug. 22, 1992
David & Carol Stull
Ss. Peter & Paul’s Church
Plymouth, Pa.
Dec. 27, 1992