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Kaylea Donley and Ben Van Wyhe, both of Bloomington, announce their engagement.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Ellis and Mollie Donley of Mahomet; her fiancé is the son of Greg and Robin Van Wyhe of Sterling.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Mahomet-Seymour High School and Illinois State University. She is employed by Illinois State University.

Her fiancé is a graduate of Sterling High School and Illinois State Universi-ty. He is employed by COUNTRY Finan-cial.

The couple are planning an Oct. 4, 2014 wedding at Mackinaw Valley Vine-yard.

Invitations will be sent.

Engagement of

Kaylea Donley &Ben Van

Wyhe

Barbara Silvius of Chicago and Brad-ford Horton of Streator announce their engagement.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Paul Silvius and Candace Silvius of Milled-geville; her fiancé is the son of Harlem and LeAnne Horton of Milledgeville.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Milled-geville High School and Benedictine University. She is employed by North-western Memorial Hospital.

Her fiancé is a graduate of Milledgeville High School and Rockford College. He is employed by Excelon Nuclear.

The couple are planning an Oct. 18, 2014 wedding.

invitations will be sent.

Engagement of

Barbara Silvius &Bradford Horton

Lois Livengood of Dixon will celebrate her 97th birthday Jan. 11, 2014.

She was born Jan. 11, 1917.She has one child, one grandchild, and

one great-grandchild.Cards may be sent to 531 Vitale St.,

Dixon, IL 61021.

Celebrating 97Lois Livengood

Happy Birthday

Eldon Ports of Polo will celebrate his 85th birthday Jan. 11, 2014.

He was born Jan. 11, 1929.Cards may be sent to 8861 W. Oregon

Trail Road, Polo, IL 61064.

Celebrating 85Eldon Ports

Happy Birthday

Darrin and Michelle Smith of Dixon announce the engagement of their daughter, Shanis Leathers of Dixon, to Christopher Walter, the son of Aaron (Jeanette) Walter and Amy Hermes, all of Dixon.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Dixon High School and attended Montana State University. She is employed by Hugh Miller Insurance.

Her fiancé is a graduate of Newman Central Catholic High School and Loyola University Chicago. He is employed by Raynor Garage Doors.

The couple are planning a May 24, 2014 wedding at Dixon Church of the Brethren.

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Walter

Tom and Bev Harmon of Chadwick will celebrate their 40th wedding anni-versary Jan. 12, 2014.

Tom Harmon and Bev Shuman were married Jan. 12, 1974, at Coleta United Methodist Church.

They are the parents of Paul (Jamie) Harmon and Angie (Rick) Erickson, both of Morrison.

They have three grandchildren.Those wishing to send greetings may

address cards to 324 School St., Chad-wick, IL 61014.

40th AnniversaryMr. & Mrs. Tom Harmon

Donna Jean Wolber Wallgren of Mount Morris celebrated her 80th birthday Jan. 4, 2014.

She was born Jan. 4, 1934.Cards may be sent to P.O. Box 132,

Mount Morris, IL 61054.

Celebrating 80Donna Wallgren

Happy Birthday

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Celebrations is a product of Sauk Valley Media, which is included in the Telegraph and Daily Gazette every other Tuesday and at www.saukval-ley.com on the Internet.

Deadlines for copy to be submitted to Celebrations are as follows: by 5 p.m. Jan. 10 for the Jan. 21 issue; by 5 p.m. Jan. 24 for the Feb. 4 issue; and by 5 p.m. Feb. 7 for the Feb. 18 issue.

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Mr. & Mrs. Joel Pritchett

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Davis & Pritchett

Alyssa Davis and Joel Pritchett were united in marriage Aug. 31, 2013, at First United Methodist Church in Dixon. Pastors Jerry Martz and Mike Jones officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Ron Davis of Milledgeville and Deb and Bob Morgan of Dixon.

The groom is the son of Jerry and Linda Pritchett, formerly of Chad-wick.

Serving as matron of honor was Alyssa's sister, Kelsey Selman. Bridesmaids were Janna Kish, Andrea Messenger, and Holly Klosowski, friends of the bride, and Holly Davis, Alyssa's sister-in-law.

Special attendant to the bride was Alyssa's cousin, Brooke Woodin.

Best men were Kevin Pologru-to, friend of the groom, and Phil

Pritchett, Joel's brother. Grooms-men were Clint Davis, Alyssa's brother, and Justin Wiersema and Jason Adolph, friends of the groom.

Flower girls were Hanna and Tylie Pritchett, Joel's nieces.

The reception, held at the Days Inn Rock Falls, was hosted by Mike and Kelli Davis, Alyssa's uncle and aunt, and Amy and Marty Dobish, Joel's sister and brother-in-law.

The bride graduated from Milled-geville High School and Arizona State University. She is employed by Heinz in Jacksonville, Fla.

Joel graduated from Milledgeville High School and Tulsa Weld-ing School in Jacksonville. He is employed by Buckner's Heating and Cooling in Jacksonville.

The couple reside in Jacksonville with their three dogs.

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Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Newendyke

60th Anniversary

Vernon and Mary Alice Newen-dyke of Lanark celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Dec. 30, 2013, with family.

The couple were married Dec. 30, 1953, at Newton Zion Reformed Church in Erie.

They are the parents of Richard

(Lois) Newendyke of Sterling; Darla (Larry) Hubbard and Shari (Brian) Murphy, both of Lanark; and Rus-sell (Penny) Newendyke and Lorna Truckenmiller, both of Milled-geville.

They have 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

2nd Anniversary

Ernesto and Mary Kay Hernandez of Sterling celebrated their second anniversary Dec. 31, 2013.

They were married Dec. 31, 2011.

It has been a wonderful life with you.Happy Anniversary.

Mr. & Mrs. Ernesto Hernandez

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Show the Sauk Valley area how proud you are of your “new bundle” by featuring him or her inour special keepsake edition.

“O’ Baby” will showcase area babies born in 2013 and will feature the first born babies of2014 inside!

This keepsake edition will be published on Friday, January 24, 2014in the Daily Gazette and the Telegraph.

Simply complete the form below and attach a color photo and payment for $5.

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Rock FallsFebruary 28, 2012Jeff & Kris Sands

Send in or drop off your photo and this coupon along with your check for $5 to Sauk Valley Media,3200 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081 or the Telegraph, 113 S. Peoria Avenue, Dixon, IL 61021.Hurry in, deadline is 5 p.m. on January 13th!

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert Barker

60th Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Barker of Dixon celebrated their 60th wed-ding anniversary Jan. 2, 2014.

Nell Allen married Robert Barker

They had two daughters, Derri (David) Bowers and Diane (Scott) Kullerstrand.

They have six grandchildren, Cor-rie (Kent) Miller, Marcie (Mark) Slagter, Erin (Peter) Madson, and

Erik, Emily, and Ethan Kullerstrand.They have nine great-grandchil-

dren, Austin, Levi, and Violet Slag-ter; Sadie and Claire Miller; and Josiah, Camryn, Isaac, and Gabriel Miller.

They will be celebrating with a family party.

Dixon, IL 61021.

60th Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas “Ray” Reed of Grand Detour will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Jan. 18, 2014, with a surprise open house at 2 p.m. at the Last Stop, Lowell Park Road, Dixon.

All friends and relatives are invited to celebrate with Pickin and Grin-nin (so bring your instruments). The omission of gifts has been requested.

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gon.They are the parents of one daugh-

ter, Melody, of Grand Detour.They have two grandsons, Robert

and Tom (Kathy), and one great-grandson, Gavin.

Those wishing to send greetings may address cards to 3638 W. Cedar St., Dixon, IL 61021.

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Reed

Birthday

Happy 100th

Birthday

Open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 18, 2014, at Rock Falls United Meth-odist Church.

The omission of gifts has been requested.

E. Lucille Stewart-Meyer was born Jan. 18, 1914.

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Happy 60th Birthday,DAD

Papa Bill

Love,Brad, Melissa, Cale, Carli,

Payton, Lynnsey, Ellie, Carson

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Colton Wyatt

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The Schindel family will be hosting an OPEN HOUSE from 1 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at the Tampico Area Community Building, 106 W. Market St., Tampico.

Come and celebrate with us as we honor Colton for receiving his GED diploma on Dec. 6, 2013, and celebrat-ing his Golden Birthday on Nov. 18, 2013.

Five generations of the Royer family gath-ered Dec. 24, 2013, at the McCoy residence in Dixon to celebrate Christ-mas. Pictured are (sitting, from left) Doris Royer, great-great-grandmother, and Mary McCoy, great-grandmother, holding baby, Genisis Reinhold; and (standing) Gary Rein-hold, grandfather, and Randy Reinhold, father.

The Royer Family

Five Generations RETIREMENT OPEN HOUSE

HonoringDon

Rosengren

In celebration of Don Rosengren’s retirement from 44 years as a real estate broker, there will be an open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at Candlelight Inn in Rock Falls.

an agent for Dave Ebersole at the Landis Agency in Sterling. Through the years, he was broker-owner of Sterling Realty, Realty World Ster-ling Realty, and ERA Sterling Realty.

He sold his company to Mel Foster Co., but remained a manager. Don was instrumental in starting the local Multiple Listing Service. As a managing broker, Don trained and managed more than 100 agents. For the past 5 years, he has worked as a broker at RE/MAX Sauk Valley and the FatherDaughtersTeam.

All clients, colleagues, associates, family, and friends are welcome! No gifts, please.

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