Jerry and Sheila Becker will celebrate their 50th anniversary on Oct. 23 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Best Western Hotel Courtyard with a Come and Go reception and from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the American Legion with a dance.
Jerry Becker and Sheila Brenner were united in marriage on Oct. 22, 1960 in Denver, Colo. Jerry was the former owner of Becker’s Shoe Repair. Sheila is a  homemaker. The couple have six children, Janet and David Degenhardt, Dwayne and Kimberly Becker, Jerrie Ann and Tobin Mull, Ken and Angie Becker, all of Great Bend, Cammie and Harvey Heier of Grainfield, and Kerry and David Feist of Denver, Colo.; 15 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Cards may be sent to the at 5000 Quail Creek, Great Bend, KS 67530. The couple requests no gifts.