Married now 59 years. Dad is retired army with 23 years in. They meet on the side of the street as he visited NC with a friend.
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1967 on a street corner. Lonnie Shelden who was from Missouri. was with his army buddy Toby visiting his family in NC. While Patricia already a widow and a single mother, was hanging out with her sister on the sidewalk. As Lonnie drives up in his red convertible. Within months they were getting married and he took in a new son he didn’t have to. Soon then moving to Germany and having their own child a year later. Even saving another child and adopting her in 1985.
What is your favorite memory you've shared as a couple?They both knew as soon as they seen each other on that street that day. And even today there is pain when apart.
What would you do with $20,000?Get things needed for elderly lifestyle.
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