CONGRATULATIONS
And Best Wishes to
RICHARD E. WALRATH and JOAN M. WALRATH
On your 50th Wedding Anniversary
SEPTEMBER 3,
2005
May you have 50 more wonderful years together
Saturday, September 3, 1955
Utica,
New York
They
met in 7th. grade and on a Saturday afternoon in September of 1955
they were married at Grace Episcopal Church, located in Utica New
York.
Grace Episcopal Church
Richard
was just ending his sophomore year at Syracuse University
and after spending their honeymoon in Toronto,
they returned to Syracuse to
live at 104 Bristol Place,
near Thornden Park,
which was within walking distance of the University. Each morning the happy groom would walk his
new bride through Thornden Park to
the University where Joan worked at the Bursar’s office earning $40.00/week.
Richard
would then attend classes at the University and after classes would walk to
Union Mutual Life Insurance Company located in downtown Syracuse to
his part-time job writing insurance proposals for $1.25/hour.
After
work Richard would walk home and the money the couple saved by not having an
automobile helped pay for Richard’s education.
Richard
had a second part-time job at the Business Research Center
doing research projects a couple days a month. The three incomes, along with the $110.00 a
month he received on the GI Bill, and reduced tuition, due to Joan working at
the Bursar’s office, made it possible for the couple to get by until Richard
graduated from the University.
This
beautiful marriage produced three children, four grandchildren and one
great-grandchild, who all come to visit the Walrath’s
at their home located in Columbus Ohio.
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