Hieb 70th

HIEB 70th

Archie and Lyndel Hieb celebrated 70 years of marriage on Dec. 22, 2016, quietly with family in Walla Walla, Wash.

Archie met Lyndel Peterson from Minneapolis, when she began teaching at a small country school, north of Cleveland, N.D., and close to his father’s homestead. Archie wanted to check out this new teacher, so he drove his Jeep to school one day and asked her if she wanted a ride. That started a whirlwind romance that quickly lead to their wedding only two and a half months later on Dec. 22, 1946.

After a few years, Archie took over his father's homestead and farmed for the next 27 years, raising eight children. In 1974, Archie and Lyndel moved to Walla Walla, where Archie started working for a landscaping company installing irrigation systems. A few years later he became self-employed in real estate and property management until his full retirement in 2007.

Lyndel was always busy as a homemaker and raising eight children and helping on the farm. After moving to Walla Walla, she worked at Fabricland until her retirement in 1980.

Both Archie, 92, and Lyndel, 90, still reside in their home of 43 years and are members of the Village Church in College Place, Wash.

The Hieb family includes sons Bruce and Patti (Albrecht) Hieb of Loveland, Colo.; Randy and Susan (Elliott) Hieb of Las Vegas, Nev.; and Brian Hieb of North Carolina; daughters, Kris and John Christensen of College Place, Wash.; Kandyce and Keith Hallam of Waynesboro, Va.; Kenda Cleveland of Vancouver, Wash.; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Two of their sons, Jon and Michael, are deceased.