Gary and Pat Swanstrom were married on Aug. 7, 1976 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. 
They have three daughters, Carrie (John Wollner) Schmidt, Kristin (Jason) Roosevelt, and Leslie (Carlos) Berumen. They have five wonderful grandsons, Sean, Justin, Tyler, Jack and Cole. 
They celebrated their anniversary at Deer Valley Lodge in Barneveld with family and friends.