Markeeta and Philip Luma

LIMA — Mr. and Mrs. Philip Luma are celebrated 50 years of marriage with an open house held at the Bluffton Town Hall by their family and friends.

Luma and the former Markeeta Gael Decker were married March 11, 1974 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church by the Rev. Fred Zangmeister.

They are the parents of six children, Gabriel Luma of Bluffton; Shena (Tony) Vasko of Tiffin; Angel (David) Buck of Findlay; Cana (Bret) Wolford of Ada; Rachel (Michael) Rosario of Sylvania and Cinnamon (Darrick) George of McComb. They have 11 grandchildren.

Luma is employed as a journeyman meat cutter by Chief Market in Lima. His wife is a homemaker.