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A 70th Wedding Anniversary

8/26/2014

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Today, my husband's paternal grandparents, Walter and Naomi (Grilliot) Schroeder are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary.  They were married 26 Aug 1944 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McCartyville, Shelby County, Ohio.  Both the bride and groom were 19 years old.

The following is an account of the ceremony from the September 1st issue of The Minster Post:

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The matron of honor listed, Mrs. Lawrence Jones, was Norma Mary Schroeder, Walter's sister.  The maid of honor was Naomi's sister Ruth, and Norma's husband was the best man.  (Walter, who had acquired the nickname 'Chub,' didn't have any brothers.)  Here is a photo; it's a copy of a copy, so the quality isn't great, but I love using the descriptions in the newspaper article to get a better mental image of the clothing and flowers.  
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The weather nerd that I am, I went to the National Climatic Data Center online and looked up what the weather was like at the nearest observation location, which was just north of Sidney, Ohio.  It looks like it was a relatively "cool" day for late August; The high temperature was 74F and the low temperature was all the way down to 44F, which makes me believe that it was likely mostly clear and sunny.  There was no rain.

Walter and Naomi have lived in Sidney, Ohio during their entire marriage.  They have six children; five girls and one boy.  Grandpa is a WWII Army veteran and Grandma still makes the best cookies and enjoys crocheting blankets for her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  

They probably won't see this blog post, but I just wanted to let the world know that all of us in the family feel blessed to be a part of the family that they started 70 years ago.

©2014, copyright Emily Kowalski Schroeder
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Happy 40th Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

9/1/2013

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My parents, Terry and Jennifer (Bellan) Kowalski were married on September 1, 1973 at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Parma, Ohio.  To commemorate the day, I've created a special online photo album of their wedding pictures.  The album can be found at this link: http://kowalski-bellan.weebly.com/kowalski-bellan-wedding-album.html

The one "story" we (the kids) always hear about that day is how HOT it was.  The church was not air-conditioned - it wasn't even air-conditioned after it was turned into our school gymnasium in the 1980s - BUT the reception hall thankfully was air-conditioned.  Since I know the places in which to obtain historical weather information, I decided to look up the weather details of that day.  I found two Cleveland observation stations not too far from Parma.  Here are their temperature observations for September 1: 

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The average high temperature for September 1st in Cleveland is around 79F, so yes, that's pretty warm, and it was likely quite humid, too.  Several observations stations mostly east of Parma recorded some precipitation for the day, likely due to smaller "pop-up" thunderstorms. (The second column shows rainfall for September 1, in inches.)
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©2013, copyright Emily Kowalski Schroeder
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