Dennis and Delores “Dolly” Sooby, Lawrence, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in June with a limo ride to dinner at Lidia’s in Kansas City, Mo. Also attending were their children, daughters-in-law, and Dolly’s brother and sister-in-law, Gary and Marcie Gough, McHenry, Ill., who were celebrating their 53rd anniversary with two of their children, Pam and Dan Gough.
The couple were married March 25, 1950, in Elgin, Ill.
Dennis attended Larned High School. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1946 and served in the Army of Occupation in Japan. He graduated from Elgin Watch College in 1950 and was a watchmaker for Sooby Jewelry in Larned from 1950 to 1954. He also was a pilot and flight instructor for Erhart Flying Service in Lawrence from 1954 to 1972, chief pilot for Viking Investment in Lawrence from 1972 to 1975 and pilot for Kansas University from 1975 to 1992.
Dolly graduated Elgin High School in 1948. She worked at Elgin Watch Factory from 1948 to 1950 and at E&E Specialties in Lawrence from 1978 to 1990.
They have three sons, Steven D. and wife Marlene Rupp, Malden, Mass., Thomas B., Las Vegas, and Larry D. and wife Ruth Ann Sooby, Woodbridge, Va.; and a daughter, Rita L. Sooby, Lawrence.
The couple requests no gifts.