Henneks celebrate 50 years

When Mildred Waits came to Saratoga in the summer of 1962, she did so to help her sister who was nursing Saratoga resident Ruth Edwards. That summer, Mildred met the man who would become her husband and life partner, Joe Hennek. Although Mildred still had two years of high school to finish, Joe traveled back and forth to Hanna, to date Mildred, until her graduation from Hanna High School in May of 1964.

The couple was married on Aug. 22, 1964 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Rawlins, Wyo. by Fr. Hmelosky and will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 23 at an open h...