Gale and Marlys Plante will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 1-4 p.m. Sept. 23 at the Falls Ballroom. They were married Oct. 19, 1957. No gifts please. Photos

There will be a retirement open house for Gale and Marlys Plante from 2-6 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Fort Ripley Community Center. The event is hosted by their family. No gifts please. Photos

Shari Lynn Mann and Charles John Plante announce their engagement. Parents are John Mann, Litchfield, and Sharon Carlson, Bovey, and Gale and Marlys Plante, Fort Ripley. An Oct. 27 wedding is planned at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brainerd. Photos

...Handeland, Cottage Grove, Myrlan Handeland, Ridgecrest, Calif., and John Handeland, Brainerd; a daughter, Marlys Plante, Fort Ripley; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Her husband, a grandson and a sister, Mabel, died...

...Ariz.; brothers, Howard Handeland, Cottage Grove, Minn., and John Handeland, Brainerd, Minn.; a sister, Marlys Plante, Fort Ripley, Minn.; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services were Thursday, July 17, at...