Fifties

1950

Forrest McElmuray and his wife, JoAnn, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 23, 2008, at the Scenic City Boat Club in Iowa Falls, Iowa.

Seventies
1975
Ralph Hesse, an American Family Insurance agent in Sioux City, was recognized for customer satisfaction excellence under the J.D. Power and Associates’ Distinguished Insurance Agency Program. This is the third year in a row that he has been honored.

1978
Rex Mehrhoff and Gabe Baughman 2008 are assistant football coaches at Cumberland-Anita-Messina (CAM) High School in Iowa. They helped lead the team to a 10-1 record and the second round of Iowa’s eight-man football playoffs during the 2008 season.

Eighties
1981
Ronda (Zoutendam) Hollingsworth was honored as the Employee of the Year at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ark. She has worked in the hospital’s intensive care unit since her employment began in 1985, serving as a charge nurse and preceptor.

1989
Matthew Carney is director of architecture at Siemens PLM Software in Ames, Iowa. This business unit of Siemens Industry Automation Division is a global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software.

Nineties
1998
Ryan Waite was named branch manager for the new Siouxland Federal Credit Union office on Hamilton Boulevard in Sioux City. Waite has 11 years of experience with Siouxland Federal Credit Union, including all areas of personal loans, mortgage loans and customer service.

Two Thousand
2005
Deb (Cole) Furlich is the owner of the new business Professional Office Assistant in Sioux City. The business offers a wide range of administrative services, such as word processing, event/project management, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheet design and maintenance, desktop publishing, Web site maintenance, Internet searches, and bookkeeping.

Jason Davis is a graphic designer for Dakota Beverage Co. in Sioux Falls, S.D.