Eye on MI | 50th Anniversary
By REPORTER STAFF
Mercer Island Reporter Staff
October 17, 2011 · 11:04 AM
Jim and Mary Hinchcliffe, of Mercer Island, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday, Oct. 14. They were married in 1961 in Blue Earth, Minnesota, and moved to Mercer Island in the late 1970s.
Mr. Hinchcliffe retired in 1990 from Sea Land container shipping company and has been a member of the Salvation Army board of directors. The couple plays tennis a few times a week at the Mercer Island Country Club.
They have two children, Teri Herda (John), of Bellingham, and Tracy Finch (Craig), of Issaquah; and four grandchildren, Daniel, Lizzy, Katie and Jack.
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