Kists celebrate 40th anniversary at family dinner

AUSTINTOWN — Mr. and Mrs. Erich S. Kist Sr., 5566 Red Apple Drive, are to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary today with a family dinner at the home of their daughter, Pamela Kist, also of Austintown.

Hosting the event along with Pamela is the couple’s son, Erich S. Kist Jr., and his wife, Kelly, also of Austintown.

The couple have two grandchildren, Madelyn and Veronica.

Mrs. Kist, the former Diane Baglieri, is a personal banking representative at First National Bank in Austintown.

Mr. Kist retired in 2001 after 32 years with the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District, where he was superintendent of pumping.

The Kists were married Dec. 13, 1969, at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Youngstown, where they are members.