Mary Ann and Richard Kotch

Richard and Mary Ann Kotch of Renfrew celebrated 50 years of marriage recently with a nine-day cruise to Canada and the New England states. They also are planning a family dinner.

Kotch married the former Mary Ann Budzyn on Nov. 16, 1957, at St. Stanislaus Church in Wilkes-Barre.

They have four children, Ann Marie Snodgrass of Butler, Lisa Gutshall of Longwood, Fla., and Richard Kotch Jr. and Robert Kotch, both of Renfrew.They also have five grandchildren.Kotch is retired from Tire Business. Mrs. Kotch is a homemaker.The couple belongs to St. Paul's Church, where he is an usher and former lecturer.Mrs. Kotch belongs to Butler Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, Sunshine Bowling League and St. Paul's Guild and Christian Mothers.

The Kotchs in 1957