By Dena Wood
The Times
Hevels Celebrate 70th Anniversary
Over 100 people celebrated with the junior high sweethearts
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Members of the Hevel family posed with Dr. Roger and Laura Jean Hevel (center front) at their 70th wedding anniversary at Waitsburg Town Hall on Sat., March 25
WAITSBURG – More than 100 friends and family members gathered at Waitsburg Town Hall on Saturday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dr. Roger and Laura Jean Hevel. Attendees came from as far as Santa Cruz, San Jose, Oakland, and Los Altos, Calif., Portland and The Dalles, Ore, to honor the couple, who have been an integral part of the Waitsburg community for more than 60 years.
The couple met in Pendleton, Ore., where they attended second grade together. By their junior year of high school, they were going steady, according to daughter Claudia Hevel. At 17 Roger left to attend the Univ...
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