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50th Anniversary
Dwayne and Sharon Marten

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[October 16, 2015]  Dwayne and Sharon Marten of Normal, (former owners of Marten Motors in Emden) will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on October 17th.

 Family and friends are invited to celebrate with the couple at an open house to be held on the 17th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1510 North Main Street, Normal. The couple has requested no gifts, please.

Dwayne Marten and Sharon Hamer were united in marriage October 17, 1965, at the St. Peter Lutheran Church in Emden. Dwayne is the son of Harold and Mabel Marten and Sharon is the daughter of Harold and Luella Hamer.

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Dwayne and Sharon owned and operated Marten Motors in Emden for several years. Today, Dwayne is employed part-time at Menards in Normal and Sharon works at Decorator's Grocery in Bloomington.

The couple raised two daughters; Brenda (Wayne) Bartley of Lincoln and Beth (Travis) Lorance of Normal. They have two granddaughters; Lorenda (Gerard_ Bolling of St. Louis MO, and Kayla Lorance of Normal, and four step-grandchildren.

[Text from file received from Brenda Bartley]

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