A family gathering Saturday and Sunday in Colorado Springs will celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary of Lowell and Patricia (Kruse) Socolofsky.

They were married July 24, 1955, at Strassburg Baptist Church, Marion.

Lowell served in the Air Force for 22 years, then was a computer programming instructor at Iowa Western Community College for 16 years. He retired in 1998.

Patricia was an elementary school teacher in Bellevue, Nebraska, for 20 years. She retired in 1996.

They have two daughters; Gina Wamble of Colorado Springs and Rita Pray of Des Moines, Iowa, and two sons; David of Redondo Beach, California, and John of Larkspur, Colorado.

They also have 10 grandchildren.