PAULDING – Mr. and Mrs. Max Kochensparger of Paulding celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 2.

Max Kochensparger and Eileen Foster were married June 2, 1962, at the Middle Creek EUB Church in Grover Hill by the Rev. Mark Burden.

Max is retired from Dana Weatherhead in Antwerp and Paulding Exempted Village Schools as a bus driver.

Eileen also retired from Paulding Exempted Village Schools as a bus driver.

They are the parents of three children, Kathy (Jay) Denny and Kelly and Paula Kochensparger.

The couple also have five grandchildren, Jayme and Aryn Denny and Kaleb, Kanaan and Korbin Kochensparger.

The couple will celebrate the occasion with an open house hosted by their children, from 2-4 p.m. June 24 at the Middle Creek United Methodist Church on CR 24, Grover Hill.