The Brownings
Former East County residents Dale and Nevelle (Bode) Browning celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary Tuesday, April 9, with a family party at their sons home in Tigard.
The couple was married April 9, 1948, at the Methodist Church in Goldendale, Wash.
A retired osteopathic physician, Dale was the former chief of staff at Eastmoreland General Hospital and a team physician for Mt. Hood Community College for 20 years.
Nevelle is a quilter, devoted horsewoman, homemaker and former master gardener. She and Dale raised their family in East Portland.
They have five children, Daphne Weaver of Vancouver, Wash.; Karren Rhea of Boring; Stephen Browning of Tigard; Linda Bletko of Portland; and Allen Browning of Gladstone. They also have 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.