Mr. And Mrs. Kertson Elk, Wash.

Willard A. and Barbara (Gates) Kertson, Elk, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at Clinkerdagger’s.

Hosting the event were their sons, Fritz D. Kertson, Elk; Willard Scott Kertson, Tacoma; and a niece and her husband, Ed and Barbara Quirie, Snoqualmie Pass, Wash.

The Kertsons were married April 19, 1947, in Spokane. They have two grandchildren and two great-great-children.