Couple marries 62 years after summer romance in Cedar Rapids February 18, 2008
Posted by John in Biography, History.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Clear Lake (Iowa), Cornell College (Iowa), Dale Brawner, Fort Worth (Texas), Marie Brawner, Marie Vermeersch, Story City (Iowa)
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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 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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