Engagements, Weddings, and Anniversaries

We would like to wish our mom and dad, Warren and Betty Mishler, a happy 65th anniversary on Monday, Dec. 27. Love you always, Rita Jackson and Family and Kathy Jones and Family

Brent and Cozette McColgin will celebrate a 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 18. They were married Dec. 18, 1971 at White Chapel United Methodist Church near Canton, Ill. Both graduated from the University of Indianapolis, where they met. Brent worked in banking for 41 years for Tri-County Bank and Trust in Roachdale, serving as president of the bank from 1995 to 2019. ...

The family would like to congratulate Ralph and Becky Spencer of Greencastle on their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. They were married at Rock Run Baptist Church in Brazil in 1971 and have been lifelong residents of Putnam County...

Ed and Patti Truax celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 11, 2021. They met their freshman year in high school and graduated from Cloverdale in 1969. They were married in 1971 by the late Rev. Arthur Bowser at New Providence Baptist Church...

On Oct. 2, 1944, Halford Mercer, now 97 years old, married the love of his life, Lelia M. Johnson, now 95, in the middle of World War II. The Mercers were blessed with two children, daughter Sonna and son Gary. Later they would welcome three grandchildren, James Jr., Bobby and John, and three great-grandchildren, Tyler, Kayla and Aiden...

Kathryn Danku and Stephen Jones were married on Sept. 25, 1971 by Father Albert Klein at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Garrettsville, Ohio. The couple moved to Greencastle in 1983 from northwest Ohio. They are the parents of Emily Jones Knuth and Olivia Jones Query and grandparents of Beau Query and Eleanor, Charles and Michael Knuth...

Ray and Edythe Collier are pleased to announce the engagement of their granddaughter, Tiara Rose Collier, to Caleb Levi Reynolds, son of Eric and Michelle Reynolds of Terre Haute. The couple will be united in marriage on Saturday, Aug. 28 at the home of Ray and Edythe in Fillmore, with a reception to follow...

Dennis and Vicky Weir recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a surprise dinner given by their children at Stables Steakhouse in Terre Haute. They have three children, Jonathan (Robin) Weir, Tonia (Bill) Dibble and Heidi (Curtis) Madsen, as well as grandchildren Jeremiah, Britney, Kaitlyn, Lauren, Seth, Ashlynn, Carter and Hudson and great-grandchild Jaxon...

Friends and family are invited to celebrate David and Nancy Landes’ 60th wedding anniversary. The family has reserved the Banquet Room at Putnam Inn in Greencastle on Saturday, July 17 from 2-5 p.m. David and Nancy were united in marriage on July 21, 1961...

Ron and Kay Byrd are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Caroline Elizabeth Byrd, to Jake Sebastian Stauner, son of James and Carolyn Stauner. Caroline and Jake both reside in Chicago. The couple will be united in marriage on Nov. 13, 2021 at the First Christian Church in Bloomington, with a reception to follow at the Alumni Hall on Indiana University campus...

Lonny and Cathy Barger of Greencastle will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, July 10. They were married in Greencastle in 1971. The couple has three children: Lonny D. (Belinda) Barger, Angie (Jason) Ritchey and Jason Barger. They also have five grandchildren: Kaitlyn Freeman, Ashlee Byrer, Akinzey Barger, Brandon and Nathan...

The children of Don and Micalene (Sinclair) Walton are pleased to announce the 60th wedding anniversary of their parents. Don and Micalene both graduated from Belle Union High School and they were married June 30, 1961 in Greencastle by Brother Lewis Willis...

On April 24, Lloyd and Helen Blubaum celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married in Terre Haute in 1971. They moved to Putnam County in 1978 and have been honored to call it home since. The Blubaums have three daughters, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren...

On Feb. 13, Mike and Patty Shouse of Reelsville celebrated 50 years of marriage. They were married in the Spencer Baptist Church by Rev. John Honeay. Their daughters, Jennifer (Steve) Gardner and Michelle (Larry) Atkinson, and granddaughter, Courtney (Chris) Jackson, held an open house at the Reelsville Fire House with several family and friends in attendance...