BEAVERTOWN — Harold and Salvania (Benfer) Brouse, of Beavertown, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct. 24 at a dinner hosted by their children for 70 family members and friends at Carriage Corner restaurant in Mifflinburg. The dinner celebration was held exactly 50 years to the day of their union. The Brouses were toasted by their oldest son, Harold, while a blessing prepared by the Rev. Claude Hall was delivered by their oldest grandchild, Jeffrey.
The couple were married Oct. 24, 1959, by the Rev. Hall at the parsonage of the Penns Creek Evangelical United Brethren Charge, Penns Creek.
Mrs. Brouse is the daughter of the late Wesley and Margaret Benfer of Middleburg. Mr. Brouse is the son of the late Charles and Helen Brouse of Beavertown. They are both retired.
The couple have five children: two daughters, Vickie and her husband, Richard Sprenkel; and Bonnie and her husband, Gary Weikel, all of Middleburg; and three sons, Harold and his wife, Denise (Shamory), of Beaver Springs; Terry and his companion, Tammy Stringer, of McClure; and Shawn, of Beavertown. They have eight grandchildren: Jeffrey and Ryan Sprenkel, Heather Ritter and Nicholas Weikel, Kristin and Tanner Brouse, and Desiree Boyer and Megan Brouse, and eight great-grandchildren.
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