Gary and Emily Crawfis celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
Gary and Emily Crawfis will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 23. A Caribbean cruise was taken in January.
Gary Crawfis and Emily Hochstettler were married June 23, 1962, at Ebenezer Mennonite Church, by the Rev. Dan Dalke.
They are the parents of two sons, Jason (Jami Shannon) Crawfis, of Bluffton and James Crawfis, of Beaverdam; and one daughter, Jami (Dan) Trumbower, of Monrovia, Md. They have five grandchildren.
Gary is retired from Westinghouse, Lima, and DTR, Bluffton. Emily is retired from Bluffton Schools.
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