Deloes Celebrate 50th Anniversary Today
Posted by Terry White on June 29, 2006
Today is the 50th wedding anniversary of Jesse and Gladys Deloe of Winona Lake, Indiana. Jesse and the former Gladys Mighells were married in Randolph, New York, on June 29, 1956.
Jesse, whose father was a printer for a Washington, D.C., newspaper and later was a linotype operator for The Brethren Missionary Herald, has been the Director of Operations and Senior Editor at BMH Books and the Brethren Missionary Herald Company since 2003.
He previously taught English and French, and served as associate pastor or pastor of Grace Brethren churches in Waterloo, Iowa; Dallas Center, Iowa; Cleveland, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Whittier, California; and Lanham, Maryland.
He was Director of Church Relations for the Foreign Missionary Society of the Grace Brethren Church (now Grace Brethren International Missions), was Director of Administration for Grace Brethren Home Missions (now Grace Brethren North American Missions) and served as a field representative and Assistant to the President of Grace College and Theological Seminary.
He has also been moderator and vice-moderator of the FGBC, including chairing its constitution revision committee. He has been an overseer, teacher, and moderator at the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church, where the Deloes are members. The Deloes have recently been active in founding and launching Grace in Action, a non-profit organization to assist churches with economic and community development.
Jesse and Gladys, who is a reflexologist and former piano and school music teacher, have two sons and three grandchildren. Christopher and his family live in Sylvania, Ohio; and Jonathan and his family live in Warsaw, Indiana. The Deloes’ children held a festive Open House in honor of their anniversary this past Saturday at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church.
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Thanks for the announcement of our anniversary! My beautiful bride and I are grateful for God’s blessing, and we enter the next 50 with joy and anticipation.
Congratulations to you both!
Jesse, I remember you around Winona Lake in 1946-47.
God has been faithful and good.
Sincerely,
Lyle Marvin, Jr.
Congratulations to you both on your 50th wedding anniversary. We are ten years behind you but gaining fast. God bless you in the next 50 years.
Happy Anniversary Uncle Jesse and Aunt Gladys !
We love you !
Andy, Jenelle, Andrew and Emma Grace
Congratulations on 50 years!! What an awesome blessing!
Dear Deloes, Jim and I would have
celebrated our 60th on June 29th. I
trust that your anniversary was joy-
filled with the Lord’s goodness and
mercies. Love to both of you……
Jinny Kennedy
Wow! So sorry that Denny and I missed the celebration. You two are a godly long distance model for us. Congratulations to a sweet and “still on the front lines for God” couple! Thank you so much for taking the time to be a mentor to me even at a very busy time in your life. I will be forever grateful! Love you folks!
Denny and Sue Mathes
Centerville, Ohio
Jesse, we still have fond memories of your time with us in Argentina, and our children remember you as Jesse McBessie. I consider it a privilege to count you and Gladys as friends and shirttail relatives. May God’ richest blessings be your portion.
Lynn A. Hoyt
Pat and I send our greetings. You two have set a great example. We hope you have many more good years ahead. Wendell and Pat Kent
Jane and I send our warmest greetings and congratulations to you from Greensboro. We are delighted to be among your friends and appreciate you both!
John and Jane Teevan