60th anniversary open house

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Allen of Flora will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house hosted by their daughters. The event will be held June 23 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Flora First Christian Church.

Allen and the former La Donna Shields were married May 18, 1947, at the Flora First Christian Church. He is retired from Purdue University, where he worked in the maintenance department. She is retired from the Carroll County Comet.

They have two daughters, Sheryl Deubel of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Nancy Foist of Yuma, Ariz., five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

The couple requests that gifts be omitted.