Shirley recently shared some of the key details about their progress to the altar, and the marriage ceremony:
Leap Day is pretty special. Aunt Wanda Thacker had tried to get me to write Rich because she said he was so homesick. Even though we kind of grew up together . . . all of the kids at church... I didn't want him to think I was dorky. I had had a crush on him for a couple of years. Ha!
So on February 29, 1968 . . . I wrote the first letter, telling him how much all of the church kids missed him . . . and me too. That was the start of something big. Then on February 29, 1972 Rich gave me my diamond and said we would love each other forever. I gave him credit for being a romantic and remember that day as a special day. He just smiled.
We were married on Saturday, July 15, 1972 at Harmony Church, Matthews, Indiana. Uncle Wayne married us. Curt and Tim stood up with Rich. My sister, Linda, and my college roomie, Stephanie, stood up with me. Jim, John, and my brother, Ed, were ushers. Of course, cake/punch was the food of choice. I don't know when they started the meal thing . . . bigger expense for sure.
We drove away from the church trying to figure out where we would go on the honeymoon:) . . . Canada or Gatlinburg? Rich had to be back at work on Wednesday . . . so we headed south to Tennessee.
Seems like there were a lot of those cake and punch receptions back in the day!
Leap Day is pretty special. Aunt Wanda Thacker had tried to get me to write Rich because she said he was so homesick. Even though we kind of grew up together . . . all of the kids at church... I didn't want him to think I was dorky. I had had a crush on him for a couple of years. Ha!
So on February 29, 1968 . . . I wrote the first letter, telling him how much all of the church kids missed him . . . and me too. That was the start of something big. Then on February 29, 1972 Rich gave me my diamond and said we would love each other forever. I gave him credit for being a romantic and remember that day as a special day. He just smiled.
We were married on Saturday, July 15, 1972 at Harmony Church, Matthews, Indiana. Uncle Wayne married us. Curt and Tim stood up with Rich. My sister, Linda, and my college roomie, Stephanie, stood up with me. Jim, John, and my brother, Ed, were ushers. Of course, cake/punch was the food of choice. I don't know when they started the meal thing . . . bigger expense for sure.
We drove away from the church trying to figure out where we would go on the honeymoon:) . . . Canada or Gatlinburg? Rich had to be back at work on Wednesday . . . so we headed south to Tennessee.
Seems like there were a lot of those cake and punch receptions back in the day!
I asked Shirley to tell us about their early marriage years. Here's her response:
After we were married, we bought a farm near Patricksburg on State Road 246. I taught second grade at Clay City Elementary. Rich worked at Sarkes Tarzians in Bloomington until he quit to go to ISU in Elementary Education. He received the Student Teaching Award in l977 and graduated in May, ’77. We sold the farm and moved back to Delaware Co in June of ’77 when Dad gave us an acre to build a house. Rich helped the contractor build this house. He was busy with the house and didn’t get a job. We lived on substitute teaching pay . . . not a good thing . . . for the Blizzard of ’78 didn’t give subs much of a chance. He did get a teaching job in the fall of l978 in Eastbrook School Corporation. He retired due to health reasons in l995. I began teaching in Wes-Del Corporation in 1979 and am still loving my job.
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This information was also sent by Shirley in the email above.
Remember when my daughter asked everyone to send in information about their weddings? The info keeps coming in. Most are posted as comments to the article on The Marriage of George and Della Dixon. I'm adding this info about Kris and John's wedding here so everyone will see it and those who haven't responded will be reminded. We hope to see all of these shorter bits expanded into full-blown articles someday!
Kris and John were married July 10 of 1999 at the Methodist Church in Gaston,Indiana. She made us promise not to cry... Rich had a hard time coming down the aisle. He was biting his lip... but in the video he looked mad. Not mad, just emotional at giving his little girl to someone else. We all
love John and he has taken good care of Kris and their boys.
Rich (PAP) loved our little AJ (Andrew James Nauman). AJ was born on February 13,2004. Notice the PU shirt too. Ha Rich didn't get to see Brock Allen, born October 2,2007.
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