Anniversary
William Thessen & Joann Iven
May 3, 1952
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Thessen, Taos, will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary with a family trip to Branson celebrating with a dinner and show on May 6, hosted by their children. William J. Thessen and Joann Iven were married May 3, 1952, at St. Peter Catholic Church, Jefferson City. Msgr. Joseph A. Vogelweid officiated. They were attended by Margaret M. Thessen Kliethermes, Barbara Sanning Huhmann, Betty Kay Frank Verslues, Jana Meyerpeter Chambers, and Harold Thessen, Sarah Veltrop Heckman, Leonard Heckman, Anna M. Weckenborg Schell, Louis Kolb, Robert Iven, all deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Thessen have nine children: Linda Distler, Kathy Rackers, John Thessen, and Stan Thessen, all of Taos; Cindy Cravens, Fulton; Nancy Crocker, New Bloomfield; Mike Thessen and Paul Thessen, both of Dardenne Prairie; and Greg Thessen, Indianola, Iowa. They also have 25 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren with two more expected this year.