Nina and Walter Braley of Standish recently celebrated 50 years of marriage with a 12-day cruise to the Mediterranean.
Also their family, Lu Ann McLaughlin, Charlene Fraser, Lisa Spearin, Cheryl Lavoie and Rodney Braley, honored them with a celebration at Keeley the Katerers in Portland.
Other family members attending included Lyndsey McLaughlin; Timothy, Cara and Jeremy Fraser; Justin Spearin; Brian and Branden Lavoie; Kimberly, Karina and Rodney Braley; Catherine and Mike Murphy; Lois Ann Scott; Virginia Harkins; Dorothy Miller; Charlotte Makela; Gert Wakefield; Patsy Potvin; Nelson and Alberta Haynes; George and Ellen Parady; Gordon and Bertha Kimball; and Dorothy Kimball.
Friends who attended included Diane McCellan; Joanne Deering; Lucien and Sarah Matteau; Chuck and Barbara Bailey; Myra and Mark Stokes; Gloria and Philip Knowlton; David and Susan Scammon; Tricia Powers; Bill Howe; Frank and Carol Benson; Howard and Janice Melhman; John and Denise Carmichael; Bob and Radley; Ernie and Pat Libby; Janice and Bernie Muehler; Nancy Brown; James Irish; and Mark and Ann Potter.
The couple married on July 14, 1956, in the First Baptist Church in South Gorham.
She was an Avon district sales manager and he was the manager at the Animal Refuge League. They lived in Westbrook for 35 years.
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