KENNEBUNK — The weekend of Aug. 24 was a truly special time for friends and family of Roger and Helen Rotvig.

The couple welcomed more than 30 relatives from throughout New England, Florida and Texas to a grand celebration at Atria Kennebunk in honor of their 65th wedding anniversary.

They were married in Bayport, Minnesota, the “Home of the Andersen Windows” on Aug. 24, 1954.

The Rotvigs raised four children, two boys and two girls, but their first son died. They also have five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

All four of their children went to the same schools from elementary school through high school and never rode the school bus unless they went on a picnic or class field trip.

Roger starts every morning off by coming downstairs at Atria Kennebunk and getting two coffees, a black coffee for himself, and one with cream for his wife.

Atria staff point out that to this very day, Roger still holds every door, and pulls every seat for Helen.

Roger Rotvig grew up in Duluth, Minnesota is a graduate of Gustavus College and was ordained as a Lutheran minister at Augustana Lutheran Seminary. Helen grew up in Bayport, Minnesota, and met Roger while attending college.

Following Helen’s graduation from Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota as an registered nurse and Roger’s pending year of internship from the seminary, the newly married couple moved to Kelliher, Saskatchewan.

Rev. Roger Rotvig was assigned as pastor of a church in Caribou and the couple then moved to Maine. They later served parishes in Newport, Rhode Island, and Hartford, Connecticut.

For his final 17 years of service in the church, Roger served as Chief Executive Officer of New England Lutheran Social Services. In 1989, the couple retired to coastal southern Maine.

They also have been loyal subscribers of the Journal Tribune for 33 years.