William Glenn “Curly” and Jeanne Ann Percy will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on June 12. Curly Percy, son of Mack and Pearl Percy, and Jeanne Masterson, daughter of Frank and Leona Masterson, were united in marriage on June 12, 1954, in an evening ceremony at First Christian Church, Iola. Pastor Ralph Culler performed the nuptials.
Myrna Sproul attended the bride as maid of honor and best man was Herb Cook. John Allan Masterson, brother of the bride, was the candle lighter and Eugene Percy, brother of the groom, was vocalist.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy are graduates of Iola High School. Mr. Percy served in the U.S. Navy in the Philippines during the Korean War and was a longtime school teacher and coach across Kansas and Oklahoma.
At the time of their marriage, Mrs. Percy was employed as a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell in Iola and was a singer for a big band at Meadow Acres Ballroom in Topeka. While following her husband in his career moves, she raised her family and was a homemaker for 18 years. She then worked in the public school system, retiring from the registrar’s office at Shawnee Mission East.
The couple returned to Iola in 2000.
The Percys have four children, Mona Percy Melvin, Iola, Mark Percy and his companion, Trina Smith, Iola, Michelle Percy Johnson and her husband Chuck, Ottawa, and Maureen Percy Carroll, Lenexa. They have 11 grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
