Merlyn and Rosemary Duerksen 70th

DUERKSEN 70th

Merlyn and Rosemary Duerksen celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on July 2, 2020 with a virtual party.

Merlyn Duerksen met Rosemary Halburg at Pacific Union College in Angwin, California, and they were married at the Hill Church in Loma Linda, California, in 1950. They settled in Covina, California, where Merlyn practiced medicine and Rosemary worked as a nurse and raised their five children.

They have traveled extensively all over the world. Fifteen years ago, they moved moved to north Idaho, where they still live at home and maintain a beautiful and diverse flower and vegetable garden by a lake.

Merlyn also celebrated his 95th birthday and Rosemary her 90th this year.