Anniversaries: Benjamin Karr & Rosie Karr
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Benjamin & Rosie Karr will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on July 3rd, 2021. They met each other in July of 1969 while ice skating at Glacier Falls Ice Arena on Katella Ave in Anaheim, California. Benjamin had just finished Boot Camp at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, CA. Rosie had just graduated in June from Anaheim High School and was attending Cypress College as a Business Major all while working in Irvine, CA at Poly-Optical Inc from 1969-2002. Ben continued his military service at Camp Pendleton until December of 1969 when he was sent to Kaneohe Bay, Oahu Hawaii. They both started a long distance relationship that worked! They got married on July 3rd, 1971 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Santa Ana, CA when Ben returned from Hawaii. They lived in several places including Orange County & Riverside County as well as Plattsburg, Missouri. Where Ben was, Denver, Colorado, he started work in