Brian Evans, Class of 1969, and Patti DeMary Evans, Class of 1972, are celebrating their 45^th wedding anniversary today in Fairmont, where they live.

Patti's sister, BettyAnne DeMary, Class of 1979, posted:

“Happy 45th Anniversary 🎉🥰🥂you both are such a Blessing in my life & to our Family... such an inspiration....you mean more than any words can say....cherish every “precious moment” and wishing you many more years of love & happiness....ALWAYS Love you both.”

Brian’s parents are Don Evans and wife Wauneda, married more than 70 years.

Brian retired after 37 years at Consol Energy’s Loveridge Robinson Run mine. He went to Fairmont State.

Patti retired as a University Hospitals Clarksburg nurse in 2006. She had a 29-year career after her graduation from Fairmont State School of Nursing.

 Patti’s parents are Tina “Peaches” Aldridge DeMary, Class of 1945, and Frank DeMary, Class of 1947, who ran DeMary Grocery in Monongah at the end of the Brookdale Bridge. 

Patti and Debbie Manzo Vandetta, Class of 1973 and married to Monongah Mayor Greg Vandetta, have been friends for more than six decades.