Gilbert And Helen Cooley Spokane

Sun., Aug. 20, 2000

Gilbert and Helen Cooley will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Millwood Community Presbyterian Church.

Hosts for the event will be their children and spouses: Carole Ann and Erv Korff, John and Janice Cooley and Mary and Thom Stark, all of Spokane.

The Cooleys were married Sept. 1, 1940, in Weatherford, Okla. They have six grandchildren.

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