Carol and Sam Kent Celebrate 45 Years

Carol and Sam Kent of West Caldwell celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. The Kents were married on May 21, 1967 at  in Caldwell.

A native of Vermont, Sam has lived in West Caldwell since 1942. He is a graduate of the Stonier School of Banking at Rutgers and is a retired Vice President of Midlantic National Bank.

Sam has been a member of the Rotary Club of the Caldwells for the past 46 years, serving as president twice, and is an honorary member of the Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department, serving as the current CVFD photographer. He has also served on the West Caldwell Juvenile Conference Committee for the past 14 years. 

Mrs. Kent, the former Carol Peterson, has lived in West Caldwell her entire life. She is a graduate of Centenary College in Hackettstown and the Newark School for Fine and Industrial Art. Carol worked as a commercial artist, leaving her profession in 1977 when their son was born. Today, Matthew is a freelance writer and photojournalist for magazines and online newspapers.

After her son was on his own, Carol began a career as a volunteer. Her first work was volunteering to teach an elderly man how to read. She did this once a week until he sadly passed away. Continuing on with her volunteer work, she joined Smull Treasures, a consignment shop that was originally located on Smull Avenue. After the shop closed, she was instrumental in introducing the successor shop to the Rotary Club of the Caldwells in the late 1990s. She remains to this day a volunteer at Willing Hearts.

A dinner was held on May 20, 2012 at the home of their family to celebrate the anniversary.