Celebrations

ENGAGEMENT

Hunnicutt and Hollenbaugh

Michelle Hunnicutt and Chad Hollenbaugh plan a May 24 wedding in Columbus, Ohio.

Their parents are Peggie and Steve Hunnicutt of Anchorage, Alaska; Barb Henry of Perrysburg, Ohio; Becki and Ritchey Hollenbaugh; and Diane and Jay Vorys.

Michelle is a 2000 graduate of Perrysburg High School. She completed a master’s degree in community counseling in 2006. She is a counselor and is studying for a doctorate degree at Ohio State University.

Chad is a 1995 graduate of Worthington High School. He completed a master’s degree in community counseling in 2006 at Ohio State University. Chad is a counselor in Columbus, Ohio.

Michelle’s father, Steve Hunnicutt, is an Everett High School graduate, as is his mother, Edith Arnestad, who still lives in the area.

BIRTHDAY

Joseph Siegert

Joseph Siegert will celebrate his 101st birthday with a party at noon Saturday at Merrill Gardens Retirement Community in Stanwood. His family and close friends will be attending.

Joe was born Jan. 26, 1907, on a farm in Minnesota.

His father died when Joe was 11 years old. The young boy quit school to run the farm. He worked hard for the next 65 years.

After leaving the farm, Joe moved to Detroit, Mich. He became a barber, owned a wrecking yard, ran a still during Prohibition, owned restaurants and bought the first ice cream-making machine in Minnesota.

Joe owned a shooting gallery, and when he moved his family to the Seattle area he had two variety stores and a tavern in Monroe. He became a millwright and shareholder in the Anacortes and Everett plywood mills. During the Depression, Joe’s interest in building homes was inspired by friends who showed him plans from a Sears catalog. He began building in Anacortes and was a full-time contractor, eventually building homes in and around Marysville.

Joe has one son, Chuck Sie­gert, and a daughter, Judy Adamson, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Joe attributes his long life to being a workaholic who loved dancing, gambling, hunting and fishing with friends. He is a member of the Eagles and still enjoys walking and exercising every day.

ANNIVERSARY

Brashler

Lee and Carolyn Brashler of Arlington plan to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary today.

The couple were married Jan. 24, 1958, in Marysville.

Lee and Carolyn were high school sweethearts. They graduated from Marysville High School in 1957.

After attending pharmacy school at the University of Washington, Lee and Carolyn bought a drug store in north Everett. They owned it for many years.

The Brashlers have lived in Snohomish County all their lives. They have three children and seven grandchildren.

Lee and Carolyn plan to have a small celebration in Apache Junction, Ariz., where they have been snowbirds for 11 years. They also plan to take a 15-day cruise to Australia and New Zealand in February.

RETIREMENT

Helen Greer

Helen Greer of Snohomish retired from Top Food and Drug on Jan. 19. She was a checker at the store and had worked for the company for 30 years.