Couple celebrates 70th Wedding Anniversary
June 14, 2009 by Christine Gooding
Filed under Wedding Gifts: Tips and Ideas, Weddings and Honeymoons in the News
A couple just celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary! How cool is that? My Husband and I got married a bit late in life so I’m not sure we’d be around to celebrate our 40th let alone our 70th!
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In 1925 when she was 5, Beth Ellison Cole moved with her family from Missouri to a place in Miami ”where the sidewalks were pink,” her parents had promised her.
But life wasn’t so rosy once they got to then-booming Miami. They lived in a tent for six months before their new house was built. Soon after, the family endured — and survived — the 1926 hurricane that yanked the roof off the new home. The family rebuilt only to lose everything again during the 1929 financial bust.
For Cole, the lesson was clear: Material things don’t last forever. But after 70 years of marriage to Bates Cole, she has learned something else: Love and faith will get you through most of life’s difficulties.
The couple celebrated Saturday seven decades of marriage at The Resort and Club at Little Harbor on the west coast of Florida. Family and friends from California, North Carolina, North Florida and Maryland joined them.
If your parents, grandparents or in-laws are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary, you can gift them with something platinum. Platinum is the symbol for the 70th wedding anniversary.
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My grandparents are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary on the 2nd of July 2009.
We are amazed at this milestone and were wondering who many couples worldwide have acheived this, If anyone can give me a link to find out i would appreciate it.
Rochel Lazarus
Sydney, Australia
This is definitely an achievement! Incidentally – if anyone is interested the 70th wedding anniversary symbol is traditionally diamond or platinum, modern symbol is platinum and the gemstones are sapphire or smoky Quartz.
Congratulations to Beth and Bates Cole! Happy 70th Wedding Anniversary!
70 years of marriage is quite an achievement! Incidentlly if anyone is interested the symbols for the 70th wedding anniversary are as follows:
Traditional: Diamond/Platinum
Modern: Platinum
Gemstone: Sapphire/Smoky Quartz
Happy 70th Anniversary to Bates and Beth Cole!