Robert and Madeleine Schehrer, Lawrence, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary today with a dinner party hosted by their daughters.
The couple were married July 25, 1959, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Lawrence.
Robert is the retired senior partner of Schehrer, Bennett, & Lowenthal, CPAs, where he practiced public accounting for 33 years. He currently provides tax planning and financial services for a small group of clients, serves as a Eucharist minister at Corpus Christi Catholic Church and enjoys working on his farms in east central Kansas.
Madeleine has enjoyed showing horses and raising, showing and selling canaries. She began selling antiques in downtown Lawrence in 1996, and retired recently. She enjoys gardening, sewing and her annual trip to Disney World with her husband, children and grandchildren.
They have three daughters, Amy Byers and husband Tim, Overland Park; Elaine Randel and husband Randy, Shawnee; and Nancy Jones and husband Joe, Lawrence; and eight grandchildren.