Anniversary
Walter Thessen & Dorothy Kliethermes
August 4, 1956
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thessen, Bonnots Mill, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Saturday with a Mass and dinner, hosted by their children. Walter Thessen and Dorothy Kliethermes were married August 4, 1956, at St. Louis of France Catholic Church, Bonnots Mill. Father A.J. Hilke officiated. They were attended by Bill Thessen, Jefferson City; Edgar Kliethermes, Bonnots Mill; Margaret Kliethermes, Loose Creek; Shirley Prenger, deceased; Judy Muenks, Loose Creek; and Jean Marie Pinell, Jefferson City. Mr. and Mrs. Thessen have 10 children: Karen Kleiner and her husband Dan, Columbia; Arlene Branum and her husband Bruce, Fredericktown; Vickie McLean and her husband Bill, Raeford, N.C.; Annie Servis and her husband Chip, Phoenix, Ariz.; Barb Fennewald and her husband Danny, Cedar Park, Texas; Don Thessen and his wife Jill, Kansas City; Daniel Thessen and his wife Bonnie, Warrensburg; James Thessen, Austin, Texas; Jeffrey Thessen, Austin, Texas; and Kelly Lynn Thessen, deceased. They also have 21 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.