Gene and Cheri Tilton

Tilton 60th

Eugene "Gene" and Cheri (Gaton) Tilton celebrated 60 years of marriage on July 5, 2025 with a dinner in Seattle, Washington.

After being discharged from the U.S. Navy, Gene met Cheri while she was a nursing student at Walla Walla College.
They were married July 1, 1965 in Lincoln City, Oregon. Gene went to work for the U.S. Forest Service, and Cheri worked as a nurse at the hospital in Lincoln City.

Gene and Cheri ran the Pathfinder club at Lincoln City Church for many years and enjoyed watching their daughters grow up. When Gene retired from the Forest Service, he went to work at the local church school until he fully retired. He still volunteers at the church school, where he teaches carving. Cheri is retired and keeps busy with family and friends.

The Tilton family includes Jennifer (Tilton) and Richard Zbaraschuk of Sequim, Washington; Michelle Tilton of Port Angeles, Washington; Deb-ee (Tilton) and Greg Jones of Lake Oswego, Oregon; and Chelsea (Tilton) and Kyle Kinaldie of Enumclaw, Washington; 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.