Richard Manns to celebrate 50th anniversary years ago
Richard and Dolores Mann of Cedar Point will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. May 13 at Cottonwood Falls Community Building in Swope Park, Cottonwood Falls.
Dolores Noreen Maxwell and Richard Lee Mann were married May 19, 1957, at United Methodist Church of Admire.
Richard graduated from Cedar Point High School, served in the U.S. Army immediately after high school, and spent his life farming and ranching until his retirement in 2005.
Dolores graduated from Admire High School and attended Emporia State Teachers College where she received a teaching certificate. She taught first and second grades at Cedar Point Grade School where she met Richard, who was a senior attending school in the same building. Later she worked almost 25 years for Western Associates until her retirement.
The reception will be hosted by their children, Sonia and John Koslosky of Freedom, Pa., Tony Mann, Cottonwood Falls, and Tammy and Jeff Jirak, Marion. The couple has six grandchildren.
The couple requests no gifts.
