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Village of Rio Grande couple celebrates 60th anniversary with special message for their children

By Staff Report

Don and Mary Westlake of the Village of Rio Grande celebrated their 60th anniversary in a big way this past week with

Don and Mary Westlake
Don and Mary Westlake

at Bacall Recreation Center.

The couple, who moved to The Villages from Port St. Lucie, did not want their children to think they had spent the day alone.

So they took a photo with members of the Marine Corps League waving at the camera.

The Westlakes’ children will be visiting at Christmas time.

Don took over the microphone to announce the occasion and secretly had a festive tuxedo shirt under another shirt. He revealed the tuxedo shirt when he announced the couple’s 60th anniversary.

The Westlakes took this photo so their children would know they weren't alone on their anniversary.
The Westlakes took this photo so their children would know they weren’t alone on their anniversary.

“Reggie Neely and Nathan Pratt were the only ones who knew what would happen and they gave us a cake,” Don said.

The Westlake raised their family in New York.

The Westlakes are presented with a cake at the event at Bacall Recreation Center.
The Westlakes are presented with a cake at the event at Bacall Recreation Center.

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