50 years together!

We probably don't report as much about Galey "cousins" as we should. So this posting recognizes the singular achievement of Galey cousin Roger Kritenbrink and his wife, Sally, who have just celebrated (2/7/09) their 50th wedding anniversary. Congratulations!

Roger is the older son of the late Abe and Gerry (Cunningham) Kritenbrink. Gerry and Eva Galey were Cunningham sisters.

Their sons spent quite a bit of time together; in fact, rumor has it the Roger Kritenbrink and Tommy Galey joined the Navy together back before the beginning of the nuclear era!

Shown above is a photograph of the Roger and Sally Kritenbrink wedding with their parents at side. The Shays are on the left, the Kritenbrinks on the right. The following note was posted in the February 8, 2009 edition of the Rapid City Journal:

RAPID CITY - Roger and Sally Kritenbrink celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Feb. 7, 2009. They were married in Belle Fourche. Their children are Julie and James Ledlum, Brooklyn Park, Minn.; Steven and Jeanette Kritenbrink, Alpine, Utah; and Michael and Mary Kritenbrink, Centennial, Colo. They have seven grandchildren.

100 years ago...

It was 100 years ago this month that Margaret Thompson, a quiet young lady from Giltner, Nebraska, married a young man from Illinois, 22-year-old Rayburn Cunningham. They tied the knot on February 5, 1909 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The rest, as they say, is history!

The snapshot above was taken in 1959 as they were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in California, where they often visited daughters living there. They had nine children, seven of whom grew to adulthood. Among them was their oldest daughter, Eva, who married James Thomas Galey in 1933. Their family spurred the creation of this Galey Family Archive! Our thanks to Carl Wells of Valentine, Nebraska, for sending us this photograph. We've seen similar ones taken at this event -- but not this one!