Merv and Natalie Cooper, who live in Santa Monica Canyon, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on December 19. To commemorate this special occasion, they vacationed at the Sheraton Kauai Resort in Hawaii from December 6-16 and hosted a luncheon for their family at the Casa Del Mar in Santa Monica. Their daughter, Heather Michelle Cooper, her husband, Rick Grandy, and their baby, Juliette, attended the luncheon along with their daughter Melanie Elaine Yevilov, her husband, Kelvin, and their 4-year-old twins, Ayden and Evan. Natalie’s sister, Marilyn Barlow, her partner, Irv Grace, and son, Brett Barlow and his wife, Julie, also attended. Since Merv’s sister Ruth Reidbord and her husband, Marv, could not visit in December, the Coopers celebrated with them on January 7. Melanie and Heather’hosted dinner and a trip to the Walt Disney Concert Hall to see Gustavo Dudamel conduct the L.A. Philharmonic. Finally, the Coopers will travel to Moscow in July to take a river cruise to St. Petersburg, followed by a trip to Helsinki, Finland. ’Natalie and I feel most fortunate and blessed to have’grown up with each other, having married when she was 18, and I was 22, and to still be very much in love with one another after 50 years,’ Merv said.
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