McFarlane 60th

McFARLANE 60th

Bill and Meribeth McFarlane celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 15, 2017.

Bill McFarlane and Meribeth Wagner met while attending Walla Walla College. They lived in the Walla Walla, Wash., area and then in Southern California, where their children were born.

Bill attended dental school at Loma Linda University and graduated in 1966. He practiced in Vancouver, Wash., and Dinuba, Calif. In 1969 the family moved to Hong Kong, where Bill worked as a missionary dentist and Meribeth was the welcoming hostess to Far Eastern Division visitors to Hong Kong.

Three years later the family transferred to Guam, where Bill continued his missionary dental work. They moved back to the United States in 1977 for their children to attend college, then they returned to Guam in 1982.

The McFarlanes moved stateside permanently in 1985, worked at Monument Valley for a year, and then soon after Bill started his true "missionary" job working for the California state prison system at the facility in Jamestown.

He retired in 1998, and the pair moved to College Place, Wash., in 2003, where they lived until declining health encouraged them to move closer to their daughters. They now reside at Somerset Lodge in Gladstone, Ore., and would be happy to visit with any of their friends who are in the area.

The McFarlane family includes Pam and Doug Laue of Estacada, Ore.; Donna and Jon Stephan of Oregon City, Ore.; and 3 grandchildren.