50th Anniversary: Gemberling
March 29, 2008 12:13:10 AM
Yuba City residents George and June Gemberling celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a vacation in Hawaii.
The couple met at the age of 15 years and married at 17 — without graduating from high school — on Dec. 23, 1957, at Holy Infancy Church in Bethlehem, Pa. They have been Yuba-Sutter residents for 17 years.
Both later earned their high school diplomas and college degrees.
He retired twice, as chief of anesthesia at Beale Air Force Base hospital and later as chief of nurse anesthesia for Biggs-Gridley Hospital.
She retired as chief base housing manager for Beale Air Force Base after 28 years of federal service.
The couple have three children, George III, Sharon and Karen; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
