Larose Nuesmeyer Wolff and Garry Theis

LAFAYETTE — Mr. and Mrs. Garry Theis are celebrating 50 years of marriage.

Theis and the former Larose Nuesmeyer were married Sept. 16, 1972, at Zion Lutheran Church in Lafayette.

They are the parents of five children, Cynthia (John) First, Barbara (Ronald) Ingle, Ronald (Ellen) Wolff, Kellie (Ric) Haas and Deanna Theis. They have seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Theis retired from the Lima Refinery.

His wife retired as a surgical nurse from Lima Memorial Hospital.