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Milestone Announcement

| March 25, 2018 1:00 AM

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Milt and Donna Stafford, 70th Anniversary

ANNIVERSARY

Milt and Donna Stafford

70th Anniversary

Milt and Donna Stafford celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on March 10, 2018, surrounded by family. They were married in March 1948 at The Hitching Post three years after Milt’s return from World War II.

Milt is a proud World War II veteran who served in Africa, Sicily and Italy until the war ended. During a battle in Italy, a sign of his destiny to marry that gorgeous gal he met in 1942 was revealed. During an intense battle dad’s duffel bag, stowed in his fox hole, was hit straight on … the only untouched item in the bag was a photo of Donna.

They repeated their vows at The Hitching Post on their 65th anniversary … still handsome and gorgeous!

Milt’s career in timber began at age 17 working at Atlas Tie Sawmill, which later became Idaho Forest Industry for 43 years. Donna worked as an executive assistant for three years during the war at Alcoa Aluminum and then Kaiser Aluminum and later for the city of Coeur d’Alene as assistant to both the mayor and city treasurer. While being a full-time wife and mom, she worked for Clark’s Diamond Jewelers.

Love, laughter and sharing great memories are always at the ready with family to include daughters, Lynn (Harry) Lauer of Coeur d’Alene and Julie (Chris) DeBarbrie of Lewiston; and grandchildren Brian, Kirk, Trevor and Vassilka; and great-grandchildren Chase, Mitchel and Shay.

Milt now resides in Lewiston at the Idaho State Veterans Home and Donna resides at Garden Plaza Bridge in Post Falls. The celebration of this momentous occasion was arranged by the Veterans Home celebrating one of their beloved veterans, his wife and family.

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Submit your milestones to hmain@cdapress.com or in person at the Coeur d’Alene Press, 215 Second St., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814.

Listings include:

• Wedding anniversaries for couples married 25 years and every fifth year thereafter (2 photos accepted)

• Engagement announcements (1 photo accepted)

• Wedding announcements (1 photo accepted)

• Births (1 photo accepted)

• Milestone birthdays at age 70 and every fifth year thereafter or every year after age 90 (1 photo accepted)

• Generations (1 photo accepted)

• Academic honors and higher education accomplishments (1 photo accepted)

• Military announcements (1 photo accepted)

Deadline is 3 p.m. Tuesdays.