Jesse and I in our younger days. Of course back then it was common for younger men to marry much older women, though we were both still very young. I was working as a bookkeeper making 25 cents an hour and Jesse cleaned carburetors for $9 a day, at least until Grandpa Merve died, then he went back to Iowa to tend the farm and look after grandma. He sent for me in the spring of 53' and we were married that summer. Our small backyard wedding was beautiful! Of course all our pictures are stowed carefully away in my memory thanks to the fire of 62' lost everything. But grew closer through the trials we faced... and we faced our share! You know, we used to walk up hill both ways BAREFOOT through the snow just to get to town so the children wouldn't starve! Good memories though! That ol' windbag is the love of my life!
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Dont you love that website? I should show you Garrett & I's yearbook picture from the 1950's. Priceless. Great blog, you are doing a good job at keeping it up!
So funny! I'm going to have to try out that website. Did your sister go to the Reimstein (spelling?) AF Base in germany? That's where my brother is.
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