The Almanac News/Michael Fabstein (son-in-law to Rema and Joe Cotton), 12/21/14. "Atherton couple celebrates 70th anniversary."
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| Happy holidays Rema and Joe Cotton, to all celebrating 70th wedding anniversaries! |
"On Dec. 22, 1944, a young man named Joe Cotton
asked Rema Nelson to marry him. Recently returned to the states from
being shot down over Greece in World War II, and spending three
harrowing months evading the Nazis, Mr. Cotton was ready for a challenge
of a more domestic sort.
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| Platinum wedding anniversary? Inside the box. |
They eloped from their native Indiana to
Kentucky, where it was legal for the 15-year-old Miss Nelson to wed the
22-year-old Joe Cotton. When they returned home, and told their
parents, Rema's father said to his daughter, "You'd better make this
stick."
Indeed they have. Monday, Dec. 22, marked the
70th wedding anniversary for Joe and Rema Cotton, who have lived in
Atherton since 1971. .... Now, at ages 92 and 85, Joe and Rema face considerable medical hurdles. But their love grows richer every year." Read article.
Related - Planning the Perfect Wedding Day, "PLATINUM - 70th wedding anniversary gift ideas (or iron and smokey quartz gemstone). "A 70th wedding anniversary
is a rare event indeed. It’s a remarkable event involving great
genetics and not little bit of luck to have both husband and wife
surviving well into their nineties and still hanging in there. It is
therefore no surprise that a 70th anniversary is usually publicised in
the press with well wishers paying their respects from all corners."
Note photograph for Rema and Joe Cotton from the Almanac article. Festive celebration photograph from Touville Hotel, isle of Wight, UK.
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