2011

DUNDEE — Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Berns of Dundee observed their 70th wedding anniversary Tuesday. Mr. Berns married Madelyn E. Hanson May 3, 1941, at the St. Matthew Lutheran Church parsonage in Raisinville Township. Pastor Harry Long officiated.

They celebrated their anniversary Tuesday with a family dinner in Monroe.

Their children and their spouses are Karen and Roger Wheaton of Ann Arbor; Lauren and Debra Berns of Moultrie, Ga.; Allen and Barbara Berns of Dundee; Margie Berns and her husband, Tony Silva, of West Lafayette, Ind., and Gwendolyn White of Alexandria, Va.

They also have 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Mr. Berns graduated eighth grade from Bridge School in Raisinville Township. He worked 30 years for Ford Motor Co. in Ypsilanti, retiring in 1985.