Former Iowa City VA administrator celebrating 100th birthday and 75th anniversary; Wife turns 100 tomorrow

From Denver Post:

On Sunday, [Dr. J. Gordon Spendlove and his wife, Elizabeth] will celebrate their 100th birthdays - he was born Oct. 10, 1908, and she on Sept. 22, 1908 - and their 75th wedding anniversary. They tied the knot Sept. 22, 1933."No, no, I never thought we'd live to be 100," J. Gordon Spendlove said Wednesday, confiding, "It's not all that bad." ...They moved from town to town during Spendlove's 31-year career as a physician and Veterans Affairs hospital administrator. He was director of the

will celebrate their 100th birthdays - he was born Oct. 10, 1908, and she on Sept. 22, 1908 - and their 75th wedding anniversary. They tied the knot Sept. 22, 1933."No, no, I never thought we'd live to be 100," J. Gordon Spendlove said Wednesday, confiding, "It's not all that bad." ...

They moved from town to town during Spendlove's 31-year career as a physician and Veterans Affairs hospital administrator. He was director of the Iowa City, Iowa, VA hospital in the 1960s and retired from the Fort Wayne, Ind., facility in 1976. ...

More about Dr. Spendlove from December 30, 1969 Cedar Rapids Gazette:

While in Iowa City, Dr. Spendlove has been active in the Chamber of Commerce, City-University Planning committee and was in the founding group of the Hawkeye Area Community Action Program [HACAP]. ...