Rayna and Larry Chervitz of St. Louis are celebrating their 50th anniversary by taking a cruise in the South Pacific in March, 2013.

Married January 13, 1963 in Memphis, Tenn., they met at the Gradwall School of Technology where they were both studying to become lab technicians. They are blessed with three children, Marc (Vicki Redler) Chervitz, Cheryl (Paul Westley) Chervitz and Elizabeth (Pat Rotert) Chervitz.

They’re the proud grandparents of Sammy, Sophie, and Nathaniel Chervitz and Brendan, Jenna and Gavin Rotert.

Larry recently retired after 40 plus years with Quest Diagnostics and Rayna is a homemaker.