San Bernardino, CA – The 2016 state winners of the sixth annual Longest Married Couple Project, sponsored by Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME) , the original faith based marriage enrichment program in this country, were announced today.
“We are truly excited and amazed at the number of couples married 70 years or more and there were many with 60 plus years of marriage,” explained Joe & Sue Talarico, the United States Leadership Team for WWME. The Talaricos serve with Fr. Tom Ogg as the U.S. Leadership Team.
“There were over 250 nominations submitted,” the Talaricos explained, adding, “And, again this year we had couples married much shorter times who wanted to make the Longest Married Couple Project something they could focus on in their marriages for the future.”
The 2016 longest married couple in the United States, based on the nominations submitted, is Maury & Helen Gossenberg of Carlsbad, CA. They are married over 80 years having made their marriage vows in September 1935. The Talaricos and Fr. Ogg will be honoring Mr. & Mrs. Goosenberg in a special ceremony in their hometown of Carlsbad, CA at the La Costa Glen independent living facility this coming Valentine’s Day weekend.
As in previous years of the six year old project, individual state winners will also be recognized and honored by couples involved with Worldwide Marriage Encounter over the Valentine’s weekend or at a time convenient for the winning state couple and their families.
This is also the first year that a longest married couple was named for a U.S. territory, namely, Saipan.
Winners of the project are automatically made members of the Worldwide Marriage Encounter Longest Married Couple Project Alumni group. Couples cannot succeed themselves each year as either national or state winners, thus giving an opportunity to honor other longest married couples across the country.
The Talaricos also pointed out that the project is based on nominations received from October 10th the previous year to January 10th of the current year. They also pointed out that there were no nominations this year from five states. The list of the 2016 state winners and their hometowns and wedding dates are as follows:
Alaska
Les and Delores Dennis June 30 1949 66 years
Anchorage, Alaska
Arizona
Warren & Joyce Davis May 15, 1954 62 years
Scottsdale, AZ
Arkansas
Clinton & Christine Jayne Feb. 19, 1943 72 years
Warren, AR
California
Clarence & Alberta Gazin March 17, 1940 75 years
Los Angeles, CA
Colorado
Gene & Margie Nelson Oct. 30, 1936 79 years
Castle Rock, CO
Connecticut
John & Katie Franzosa Oct. 28, 1944 71 years
Manchester, CT
Delaware
James & Roberta Conrad Sept. 13, 1944 71 years
Wilmington, DE
Florida
Peter & Marie Nepi Nov. 22, 1941 74 years
Sarasota, FL
Georgia
Edgar & Nelle Ennis Oct. 17, 1942 73 years
Albany, GA
Hawaii
Richard & Dominga Yadao May, 25, 1946 69 years
Wailuka Maui, HI
Idaho
Keith & Barbara Burns Feb. 16, 1952 63 years
Meridian, ID
Illinois
John & Madeline Fote Oct 12, 1940 75 years
Mount Prospect, IL
Indiana
Ralph & Lilian Plummer March 30, 1945 70 years
Indianapolis, IN
Iowa
Yeoman & Erma Cowlishaw Feb. 6, 1940 75 years
Waterloo, IA
Kansas
Harold & Mary Alice McKinney May 16, 1948 67 years
Greensburg, KS
Kentucky
Clarence & Kathleen Chesser June 6, 1959 56 years
La Grange, KY
Louisiana
Alfred & Shirley Reyes May 27, 1950 65 years
New Orleans, LA
Maine
Ralph & Dotty Cornette Nov. 21, 1970 45 years
Winthrop, ME
Maryland
Anthony & Mary Leggieri Oct. 18, 1947 68 years
Ijamsville, MD
Massachusetts
Charles & Anna DiPietro June 25, 1939 76 years
Peabody, MA
Michigan
Chester & Martha Leppek Oct. 26, 1940 75 years
Ruth, MI
Minnesota
Ben & Rosemarie Sontag May 22, 1943 72 years
Rosemount, MN
Missouri
Luke & Gwendolyn Scavuzzo Aug. 15, 1948 67 years
Harrisonville, MO
Nebraska
Erwin & Carol Keim April 27, 1940 75 years
Chadron, NE
Nevada
Wayne & Marcia Kessler July 24, 1965 50 years
Boulder City, NV
New Hampshire
Sylvio & Lucille LeBlanc Oct. 19, 1940 75 years
Manchester, NH
New Jersey
Jack & Mary Smith July 15, 1944 71 years
Bridgewater, NJ
New Mexico
Henry & Cecilia Marrufo Dec. 2, 1950 65 years
Las Cruces, NM
New York
Ralph & Joan Keefe Sept. 8, 1942 73 years
Oceanside, NY
North Carolina
Bill & Julia Stephens Feb. 1, 1959 56 years
Raleigh, NC
North Dakota
Tom & Jean McNulty Jan. 22, 1942 73 years
Bismark, ND
Ohio
Constantine & Pauline Nonno March 8, 1943 72 years
Barberton, OH
Oklahoma
Lloyd & Velma Cox Aug. 17, 1947 68 years
Guthrie, OK
Oregon
Mario & Josephine Monti July 23, 1944 71 years
Portland, OR
Pennsylvania
Chet & Helen Amick June 10, 1939 76 years
Lanse, PA
Rhode Island
Santa & Nicola Mainelli Dec. 2, 1944 71 years
Providence, RI
South Carolina
Frank & Betty Murray Nov. 24, 1947 68 years
North Augusta, SC
Tennessee
Anthony & Dorothy Kliemann June 27, 1942 73 years
Knoxville, TN
Texas
Henry & Isaura Palma Nov. 22, 1952 63 years
Georgetown, TX
Vermont
Paul & Thelma Hance Sept. 28, 1946 69 years
Bristol, VT
Virginia
James & Christine Bacco July 2, 1949 66 years
Daleville, VA
Washington
Frank & Marie Bishop July 24, 1936 79 years
Shelton, WA
West Virginia
Cheap & Phyllis Safreed Nov. 19, 1948 67 years
St. Albans, WV
Wisconsin
Gordon & Shirley Arkens Sept. 20, 1945 70 years
West Allis, WI
Wyoming
William & Doris Carpenter Jan. 28, 1944 71 years
Casper, WY
US Territories
Saipan
Gregorio & Bernadita DelaCruz Dec. 27, 1965 51 years
Koblerville, Saipan CNMI
“We are truly excited and amazed at the number of couples married 70 years or more and there were many with 60 plus years of marriage,” explained Joe & Sue Talarico, the United States Leadership Team for WWME. The Talaricos serve with Fr. Tom Ogg as the U.S. Leadership Team.
The 2016 longest married couple in the United States, based on the nominations submitted, is Maury & Helen Gossenberg of Carlsbad, CA. They are married over 80 years having made their marriage vows in September 1935. The Talaricos and Fr. Ogg will be honoring Mr. & Mrs. Goosenberg in a special ceremony in their hometown of Carlsbad, CA at the La Costa Glen independent living facility this coming Valentine’s Day weekend.
As in previous years of the six year old project, individual state winners will also be recognized and honored by couples involved with Worldwide Marriage Encounter over the Valentine’s weekend or at a time convenient for the winning state couple and their families.
This is also the first year that a longest married couple was named for a U.S. territory, namely, Saipan.
Winners of the project are automatically made members of the Worldwide Marriage Encounter Longest Married Couple Project Alumni group. Couples cannot succeed themselves each year as either national or state winners, thus giving an opportunity to honor other longest married couples across the country.
The Talaricos also pointed out that the project is based on nominations received from October 10th the previous year to January 10th of the current year. They also pointed out that there were no nominations this year from five states. The list of the 2016 state winners and their hometowns and wedding dates are as follows:
Alaska
Les and Delores Dennis June 30 1949 66 years
Anchorage, Alaska
Arizona
Warren & Joyce Davis May 15, 1954 62 years
Scottsdale, AZ
Arkansas
Clinton & Christine Jayne Feb. 19, 1943 72 years
Warren, AR
California
Clarence & Alberta Gazin March 17, 1940 75 years
Los Angeles, CA
Colorado
Gene & Margie Nelson Oct. 30, 1936 79 years
Castle Rock, CO
Connecticut
John & Katie Franzosa Oct. 28, 1944 71 years
Manchester, CT
Delaware
James & Roberta Conrad Sept. 13, 1944 71 years
Wilmington, DE
Florida
Peter & Marie Nepi Nov. 22, 1941 74 years
Sarasota, FL
Georgia
Edgar & Nelle Ennis Oct. 17, 1942 73 years
Albany, GA
Hawaii
Richard & Dominga Yadao May, 25, 1946 69 years
Wailuka Maui, HI
Idaho
Keith & Barbara Burns Feb. 16, 1952 63 years
Meridian, ID
Illinois
John & Madeline Fote Oct 12, 1940 75 years
Mount Prospect, IL
Indiana
Ralph & Lilian Plummer March 30, 1945 70 years
Indianapolis, IN
Iowa
Yeoman & Erma Cowlishaw Feb. 6, 1940 75 years
Waterloo, IA
Kansas
Harold & Mary Alice McKinney May 16, 1948 67 years
Greensburg, KS
Kentucky
Clarence & Kathleen Chesser June 6, 1959 56 years
La Grange, KY
Louisiana
Alfred & Shirley Reyes May 27, 1950 65 years
New Orleans, LA
Maine
Ralph & Dotty Cornette Nov. 21, 1970 45 years
Winthrop, ME
Maryland
Anthony & Mary Leggieri Oct. 18, 1947 68 years
Ijamsville, MD
Massachusetts
Charles & Anna DiPietro June 25, 1939 76 years
Peabody, MA
Michigan
Chester & Martha Leppek Oct. 26, 1940 75 years
Ruth, MI
Minnesota
Ben & Rosemarie Sontag May 22, 1943 72 years
Rosemount, MN
Missouri
Luke & Gwendolyn Scavuzzo Aug. 15, 1948 67 years
Harrisonville, MO
Nebraska
Erwin & Carol Keim April 27, 1940 75 years
Chadron, NE
Nevada
Wayne & Marcia Kessler July 24, 1965 50 years
Boulder City, NV
New Hampshire
Sylvio & Lucille LeBlanc Oct. 19, 1940 75 years
Manchester, NH
New Jersey
Jack & Mary Smith July 15, 1944 71 years
Bridgewater, NJ
New Mexico
Henry & Cecilia Marrufo Dec. 2, 1950 65 years
Las Cruces, NM
New York
Ralph & Joan Keefe Sept. 8, 1942 73 years
Oceanside, NY
North Carolina
Bill & Julia Stephens Feb. 1, 1959 56 years
Raleigh, NC
North Dakota
Tom & Jean McNulty Jan. 22, 1942 73 years
Bismark, ND
Ohio
Constantine & Pauline Nonno March 8, 1943 72 years
Barberton, OH
Oklahoma
Lloyd & Velma Cox Aug. 17, 1947 68 years
Guthrie, OK
Oregon
Mario & Josephine Monti July 23, 1944 71 years
Portland, OR
Pennsylvania
Chet & Helen Amick June 10, 1939 76 years
Lanse, PA
Rhode Island
Santa & Nicola Mainelli Dec. 2, 1944 71 years
Providence, RI
South Carolina
Frank & Betty Murray Nov. 24, 1947 68 years
North Augusta, SC
Tennessee
Anthony & Dorothy Kliemann June 27, 1942 73 years
Knoxville, TN
Texas
Henry & Isaura Palma Nov. 22, 1952 63 years
Georgetown, TX
Vermont
Paul & Thelma Hance Sept. 28, 1946 69 years
Bristol, VT
Virginia
James & Christine Bacco July 2, 1949 66 years
Daleville, VA
Washington
Frank & Marie Bishop July 24, 1936 79 years
Shelton, WA
West Virginia
Cheap & Phyllis Safreed Nov. 19, 1948 67 years
St. Albans, WV
Wisconsin
Gordon & Shirley Arkens Sept. 20, 1945 70 years
West Allis, WI
Wyoming
William & Doris Carpenter Jan. 28, 1944 71 years
Casper, WY
US Territories
Saipan
Gregorio & Bernadita DelaCruz Dec. 27, 1965 51 years
Koblerville, Saipan CNMI
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