Loiseau 50th

LOISEAU 50th

Lucien and Armande Loiseau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with more than 75 of their friends at a party hosted by their daughter and son-in law, Linda and Derrick Foxworth, at the Portland City Grill in downtown Portland, Ore. Kevin Rhamie, pastor of Portland's Sharon Church, renewed their wedding vows and those of other couples in the audience. Lucien and Armande read love letters to one another, and many shared memories of the two over the years.

Lucien Loiseau, originally from the island of Martinique in the French West Indies in the Caribbean, and Armande Hunt, originally from St. Martin, also in the French West Indies, were actually married in Montreal, Canada, on Oct. 9, 1965. A few years later, their only daughter, Linda, was born, and the family moved to the United States.

Lucien received a bachelor's degree in religion and a minor in history from Atlantic Union College in Lancaster, Mass. They moved to Walla Walla, Wash., where he obtained a provisional teaching certificate.

Then the family moved to Portland, where Lucien obtained a master’s degree in secondary teaching from Portland State University. They eventually made their home in Vancouver, Wash., where they have resided for the past 40 or so years.

Armande worked primarily in the home until their daughter was in school. Then she became a Head Start teacher for the Albina Child Care Center in Portland and worked in this career for more than 20 years before retiring. Lucien worked primarily for the state of Oregon and upon retirement from that worked various teaching jobs in the Portland/Vancouver area until he retired fully.

They both enjoy their friends and time spent at the Sharon Church. Armande held various positions at the church, including Sabbath School superintendent, head greeter and hospitality team member. Lucien is an elder, prison ministry leader and Sabbath School teacher and has held many other positions in the past, including Bible worker, lay preacher and choir member.

Outside of church, Armande enjoys cooking, going to lunch and shopping with her friends. Lucien enjoys watching ball games, playing dominoes and writing poetry. They both love spending time with their children, Linda and Derrick. Mostly, they both love the Lord very much and attribute the success of more than 50 years of marriage to the fact that they pray and study the Bible together daily and keep God as the head of their marriage in all that they do.

The Loiseau family includes Linda and Derrick Foxworth of Happy Valley, Ore.; 2 step-grandchildren and 2 step-great-grandchildren.