Happy 50th Anniversary - Mom and Dad

Today is my parents' 50th Wedding Anniversary. The following tribute and pictures ran in the local newspaper this past Sunday:

On March 19, 1959, Milton Charles Anderson and Bonnie Shanalee Allen were married in the Logan LDS Temple. Milton is the son of Sylvester and Arlene Anderson and was raised in Millville. Shana is the daughter of Preston and Bonnie Allen and was raised in Hyrum. Throughout these past 50 years their family has grown, they have called many places home and worked diligently in their careers and Church service.

Milton and Shana are the parents of 6 children; five sons and one daughter: Curtis (Kerry) Thousand Oaks, CA; Marcia Miller (Richard) Central Point, OR; Bryan (Becky) Mesa, AZ; Paul (Stacy) Layton, UT; Blake (Laural) Layton, UT; and Kelly (Ruth) Nibley, UT. They have also been blessed with 28 grandchildren and one great-grandson. Milton and Shana are proud of all their children, particularly that all of their sons and their son-in-law are Eagle Scouts and are active in the LDS Church.

Milton and Shana began their married life together living in Logan while Milton completed a degree in accounting and economics from Utah State University and Shana worked at Thiokol. Milton became a licensed Certified Public Accountant and later obtained a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Utah. Milton retired in 1994 from a career with the Federal Government. Over the course of his career, he worked in the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services as an auditor and a federal investigator. Shana worked tirelessly as a wife and mother and later as an office manager for a periodontist.

Over the past 50 years, Milton and Shana have made their homes in Logan (1959-61), Salt Lake (1961-65), Tokyo, Japan (1965-67), Bountiful (1967-1978), Lakewood, Colorado (1978-1994) and currently live in Millville. Since retiring, aside from building their own home and developing the family farm, Milton and Shana served as service missionaries at the Logan LDS Employment Center, have served in the Logan LDS Temple, and cared for their own parents as they have aged.

Milton and Shana enjoy travelling to visit their children and extended family, as well as the many golf courses along the highway from here to there. When they are home, they can often be found playing golf at Sherwood Hills and Logan River, where Shana hit a hole-in-one during the summer of 2006!

It is with love and gratitude that we congratulate them on 50 years of marriage and thank them for the love they have shown over the years and the example they have set for their children, grandchildren and generations to come. Happy Anniversary!