Couple celebrates their 60th wedding anniversary
They came to settle in South Africa in 1963
GORDON (84) and Maria (83) Lane of Birchleigh celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on December 3.
Before settling in Kempton Park, the couple also lived in the then Rhodesia and England.
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After being married in Salisbury in 1955, they spent their first couple of married years there and had their son, Robert, in Rhodesia in 1958. They moved to England in 1959 where their second son, Eric was born in 1960.
They came to settle in South Africa in 1963, first staying in Port Elizabeth where their daughter Carol was born, before moving to Edleen in 1968. They are still living in Kempton but now stay in Birchleigh. Gordon is an engineer by trade and only retired a few years ago at the age of 80. Maria has been a home executive for many years.
The couple has also been blessed with four grandchildren.
“What a wonderful example of how unity and a marriage should be, celebrating together the wonderful times, laughing at the awkward moments and standing by, comforting each other in the difficult times. How wonderful it has been to grow up in such a loving home. Better parents we could not have asked for. May our Lord continue to bless you in these, your special and golden years,” Robert, Eric, Carol and daughters-in-law, Judy and Helen, said.
