Joan and Martin Alter

Martin and Joan Alter, 5 years

Martin and Joan Alter, longtime residents of Los Altos, celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary. Joan first lived in Los Altos in 1971, then moved to Menlo Park, and returned to Los Altos after her marriage to Martin on May 19, 2001. Martin has lived in Los Altos since 1997.

Although Martin and Joan both moved to California in the same 1968 time frame from New York and New Jersey respectively, it wasn’t until 2001 that they met, fell in love and married at The Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley.

Their seven children - one son now living in Chico, one in Boise, and their five daughters scattered around Maryland, Menlo Park, Brentwood, San Francisco and Berkeley - accompanied them. Their first grandchild was born last year.