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Couple marries 62 years after summer romance in Cedar Rapids
From Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
If it's true that love waits, Dale and Marie Brawner, who are both 82, can teach a master class on patience.One evening back in
One evening back in the summer of 1945, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Marie Vermeersch was one of seven young women dressed in summer formals at a party for the local country club's upcoming Cotton Ball. Dance partners were in short supply -- local young men were still fighting in World War II -- so organizers of the ball had invited seven young Navy men, home from the South Pacific and attending flight school at nearby Cornell College, to the party. It was sort of a large-scale blind date. ...
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