Maggie and Phil Christy, of Old Forge and Syracuse, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with family and friends on April 29, 2011 at Skaneateles Country Club.
The couple was married on April 26, 1941 in Liverpool, NY.
This was actually their second wedding, as they had secretly eloped to Vermont and were married by a_Justice of the Peace on September 1, 1940._
They were married a third time in 1948 in a Catholic ceremony following Maggie’s conversion to Catholicism.
Among those who shared in the celebration were family and friends, including their children Karen, Danny, Joan and Nancy.
A son, Tommy died in infancy and son Bill passed away in 2010.
They originally had seven grandchildren; their grandson Michael Mason died in 2007 and grandson Daniel Christy died in 2009.
The couple also has four great-grandchildren.
