Happy 60th Anniversary to Mr. & Mrs. Guerra

I noticed Ben Guerra and his wife, Margaret, sitting in the front pew at church this afternoon. Mr. Guerra is an usher each Sunday afternoon at St. Pius X Parish in Fairfield. His wife had been ill, so I was pleased to see both of them together for the first time in quite some time.

Midway through the service, our pastor, Father Larry, informed the congregation after his homily that Mr. and Mrs. Guerra were happily celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary today.

Mr. Guerra taught at Andrew Warde High School from 1958 until 1979, deciding to retire before Warde consolidated with Roger Ludlowe High School to form Fairfield High School at the Melville Avenue campus. "Oh, they were the best years of my life," he recently told me. "I loved it. I always liked to work with kids and teenagers."

Mr. Guerra, who was born in New York but moved with his Mother to Cuba at the age of two, returned to the United States when he was 27. Originally, he was a teacher in the Bridgeport school system, working with special education students at Longfellow School. He later moved to Harding High School before arriving at Warde

He began teaching at Andrew Warde shortly after the school opened in 1956, and it quickly became a second home for him for the next 21 years.

Mr. Guerra met his wife while they both taught on Staten Island in New York. Later, they taught together in Madison, Connecticut. Margaret became a teacher at Oldfield School in Fairfield while Ben taught at Andrew Warde.

Ben Guerra is one of the most well-respected, dignified, and honorable gentleman this typist has ever met. We exchange handshakes and good wishes each Sunday at church. I continue to admire Ben Guerra for the outstanding educator he was and the wonderful gentleman he is.

Happy 60th anniversary to Ben and Margaret Guerra.

Paul

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