Engagements, Weddings, and Anniversaries

Michael & Carolyn (Brown) Dardeen are celebrating their 50th Anniversary. They were married August 23, 1969 at the Cloverland United Methodist Church. The couple have two children, Eric (Jill) Dardeen, Emilee Whitaker, and four grandchildren, Trent, Kearsten and Gavin Dardeen and Mason Reynolds. A celebration will be hosted by their children and grandchildren...

On August 22, 2019, Jerry and Joan (Quilliam) Bowman will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Their children, Stephanie Morgan, Jennifer Ross, and Valerie Linton, along with their families, will host an Open House in their honor. The Open House will be held on August 17, 2019, from 4-6 pm at Union United Methodist Church on Airport Road in Brazil. All family and friends are invited to come and celebrate with them...

**Happy 90th birthday Opal Janice Gooch will celebrate her 90th birthday on Sunday, July 14th, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Harmony Community Center, 10146 N. Harmony Border St., Harmony. No gifts, please, but cards are appreciated.

Brittany Smith, a Payroll Accounting Specialist at GHC, is to be married to Chris Bays, a laborer at Great Dane. Ms. Smith is the daughter of Mr. Kevin Smith and Ms. Randie Brown, both of Brazil. Mr. Bays is the son of David and Barbara Urbain of Sullivan. A November wedding is planned...

On June 26, 2019, Robert (Bob) and Anita Testy will celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary. The couple is marking the occasion with a week-long celebration this summer with their extended family at a beach-front property along Lake Michigan’s shores...

Sipriana Bussing will celebrate her 90th birthday on Tuesday, March 26th. Mrs. Bussing was born in Ellsworth, Kansas, to Jose and Jesse Rodriguez. She is the oldest of 11 children. She married the late John E. Bussing on March 1, 1957. They began their family and with her husband’s military enlistment made homes across the United States, Japan and France...

Samantha Diane Solomon and Colton James Kidder were united in marriage on January 19, 2019, at 3:30 p.m. Ceremony and reception followed the joyous event at Ceruti’s Summit Park – Summit Room, Ft. Wayne, IN. The bride is the daughter of Christopher and Kristina McVay, Carbon, IN, a 2010 graduate of Northview High School, Brazil, IN, and a 2014 graduate of Indiana Tech, Ft. ...