Phelps 50th

PHELPS 50th

Steve and Karyn Phelps celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 17, 1967, with a reception at Auburn City Church.

Steve met Karyn Whitney while she was attending Auburn Adventist Academy (AAA) in Auburn, Wash. They were married Sept. 17, 1967, the fall after Karyn's senior year at AAA. Steve attended Walla Walla College, and both attended Walla Walla Community College.

Both worked many years at Walla Walla General Hospital in southeast Washington. Karyn worked for Loma Linda University Medical Center and Steve at Loma Linda Veterans Medical Center in California.

They now reside in Coppell, Texas, having moved to be near their grandchildren.

The Phelps family includes Steven Phelps Jr. of Chicago, Ill.; Laura and Adam Bloomberg of Flower Mound, Texas; and 2 granddaughters, Madalyn Bloomberg and Lyndsay Bloomberg.