Couple Celebrates 75th Wedding Anniversary
August 14, 2009 by Michelle Smith
Filed under Relationships
I asked my boyfriend for some ideas for a relationship post this evening and he told me about a couple in Colorado whom have been married for 75 years. Whoa. That is a very, very long time.
He saw them on the news and said that they were funny, “all smiles, and best friends. He was trying to put it into relative terms like, his Grandpa was 18 at that time. His tried to explain it further, his Grandpa is no longer alive and he “was really old” when he died. I like when he gets wordy and explains the same thing 3 different ways. He’s thorough.
LAKEWOOD – When Dr. Gordon and Betty Spendlove got married Herbert Hoover was in the White House, the nation was in the middle of a depression and the thought of a man on the moon was something you’d find in a science fiction novel.
Dr. and Mrs. Spendlove both have Century birthdays coming up. Betty Spendlove turns 100 on September 22 and Gordon hits 100 on October 10th, 2009. They reside in the Meridian Retirement Community, in Lakewood, Colorado.
Wow, 75 years is a long time. I keep thinking that over and over. If I got married today, I’d have to live to 118 to reach my 75 year anniversary and my boyfriend, whom I like to call “my old man,” because finally I have a man who is not younger than me, would be almost 120.
How sweet was it of my boyfriend to find that story for me? I’d say it’s woo-worthy.
You can see a picture of the happy couple here.
Image credit: Michelle Smith
