Couple celebrates 60th anniversary
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July 16, 2019

Couple celebrates 60th anniversary

By From JT Staff Reports

Richard (Dick) and Kathy (Gould) Brake are celebrating their 60th   anniversary today. The couple was married at Trinity Lutheran Church      on July 16, 1959 by the Rev. E.J. Goedeking. He is retired from Honda       and she is retired from Memorial Hospital. They...

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