Welcome to our website, set up in June, 2012, to celebrate 50 years of marriage between Jeanne Willoughby and John Joseph.

The picture you see is from our reception--June 23, 1962, in the fellowship hall of Calvary Presbyterian Church in Iron River, Wisconsin, our home town. We were young...and naive...and in love. Our first home was in Superior, WI and we lived there until January, 1967. That year John graduated from University of Wisconsin-Superior and we moved to Bloomington, Minnesota. Our son Todd, joined us before we left Superior.

Tim was born in Bloomington, before we left for Fargo, North Dakota. Our stint there was short and we moved on to Neenah, Wisconsin. Our daughter, Jane, joined us there and we stayed until we retired in January, 1998. (We still have a condo in Neenah.)

In 1980 we bought property on Buskey Bay in Iron River where we built a new home in 1995. Iron River is, again after 50 years, our home.

Life before marriage: some family history

The first 20 years: 1962-1982

The next 20: 1983-2002

The last 10 years: 2003-2012

Some miscellany