Klaproths married 50 years

JACKSON, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Bob Klaproth of Jackson recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner.

Hosts were their daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Keith Gentry of Cape Girardeau.

Klaproth and Opal Lange were married Dec. 2, 1951, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Jackson, by the Rev. H.J. Strickard.

Their attendants were Alida Bartles, Marilyn Nussbaum, Vernon Werner, Raymond Siebert, Kenneth Klaproth, and the late Betty Miller, Helen Reid and Bill Klaproth.

In addition to their daughter, the couple has two sons, Kerry Klaproth of Jackson, Dan Klaproth of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; four grandsons, Lee and Philip Klaproth of Poplar Bluff, and Michael and Christopher Gentry of Cape Girardeau.