Dave and Vonda ~ 50 Years of Love: PMA and Buck Rogers

Happy 50th Anniversary!

Dear Mom and Dad,

We've spent many hours going through boxes, drawers, albums, envelopes, and files full of 50 years of photos, and have thoroughly enjoyed seeing these captured moments of your life together. Some we hadn't seen before, some made us laugh, some made us tear up, and some took our breath away. We hope you will enjoy experiencing them again in this way too. And, we hope you don't mind that we've shared these few glimpses of your amazing life with your closest friends and family so they can help you celebrate how blessed you truly are to have the privilege of 50 years of marriage.

You have been such a wonderful example of marriage. We've seen you live out "for better--for worse, for richer--for poorer, in sickness and in health.” We’ve watched you love and cherish each other while raising us, running a company, making your house a home, both battling and beating cancer, changing careers, caring for loved ones, retiring, grandparenting, and creating a life-list longer than we can type out or include in this space. We know that marriage is not all fairy tales, and we are grateful that you have worked hard at it and kept your pledge of faith to each other. You’ve done it beautifully, with the help of the Lord.

We are celebrating with you! Congratulations!!! 50 years of marriage is a badge of honor you deserve, and it comes with more blessings than can be counted. We love you.

- Taryn and Travis

For many years, Dave was active in both the Buck Rogers Group and (PMAI) Photo Marketing Association International, organizations for business owners in the photography industry. Dave and Vonda traveled around the country and world together attending conventions and board meetings of these groups during the 1980's and 1990's. Members of these organizations became advisors and close friends. Often other McJon employees attended the conferences, and during the time Dave served as president of PMAI, Taryn and Travis attended a couple of the conventions with them as well. Sometimes celebrities appeared at the conventions representing various companies, or as speakers at luncheons for spouses of board members.

(photos are not in chronological order)

Vonda introducing a celebrity speaker at PMA spouse luncheon

Peter Bergman, of the soap opera The Young and the Restless

opera singer Roberta Peters

Olympic gymnast, Mary Lou Retton

Actress, Suzanne Sommers

The McJon family

New Orleans

Newport Beach

Dave is inducted as PMAI President

Dave appeared on the Children's Miracle Network Telethon in Disneyland to present a check from PMA. Here he is on air with John Schneider of Dukes of Hazzard fame.