Mondor 70th

MONDOR 70th

Bill and Tillie Mondor celebrated their 70th and 71st wedding anniversaries with a reception at their home with family. In 2017, Bill fell down the basement step and broke his neck, preventing celebration of their 70th wedding anniversary that year. After a long year of prayer, patience, doctors and God blessing, Bill has recovered, and there was much to celebrate.

Tillie Will married William "Bill" Mondor on Feb. 7, 1947, at small ceremony held in his parents’ home in Yakima, Wash. After a honeymoon in California the couple returned to Tampico, Wash., where they lived and worked for many years together on the family farm, "The Old Homestead." During their time on the farm they were blessed with four wonderful daughters.

William worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1960 until he retired in 1985. Tillie worked in the hospitality industry for 27 years and retired in 1990.

Over the years they have enjoyed camping with their family and friends. More recently they look forward to an annual beach vacation with family. Bill enjoyed fishing and metal detecting. Tillie is well-known for her cooking and baking talents, especially her German recipes handed down from her mother.

Bill and Tillie continue to live in their own home in Yakima, where they have resided for the past 46 years.

The Mondor family includes Kathy Valenzuela of Yakima; Kristie and Mark Mann of Union Gap, Wash.; Paulie Kennedy and John Button of Selah, Wash.; Pam and Norm Holmberg of Yakima; 8 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.