They fell in love with each other in high school, but shortly thereafter their paths separated. Until Bill Hassinger and Joanne Blakkan met again two years ago. Today the two are engaged. The special thing: between the divorce as a teenager and the wedding proposal, 75 years is over.
According to Hassinger, it was at first sight love when he saw Joanne, two years older in 1948 in the school bus in the small town of Muskegon in the US state of Michigan for the first time.
“We came together and I even went to her Prom with Joanne.” But because he had to complete high school for two years, but Joanne was already registered at Michigan State University, this led to divorce. Both got married, had children and became a widow when their paths crossed again.
Photo called Back Memories
Blakkan wanted to organize the 75th birthday of her last class and asked her daughter Linda to help her: ‘She tried to find the living schoolmates on her computer. I suddenly came across Bill’s name, found our photo of the Prom and all the memories came back.
First meeting after more than 72 years
Joanne ‘investigated’ with Linda’s help about the ex -boy friend and heard that he had just become a widower. She decided to write a letter to him. Two weeks later, Hassinger drove 120 kilometers in Joanne’s birthplace to see her. It was the first meeting since 1949.
“Of course we no longer look like it was then and we would never have recognized ourselves when we walked past each other. But we soon discovered that we still have the same personality and suddenly the old feelings were back, “the two tell about” Wood TV8 “.
The powerful couple spent each other every second weekend for the first time and then flew together on vacation to Hawaii. Last year they were inseparable that they “had only a few years together”.
Wedding in a small circle
In December Hassinger held the hand of the 93-year-old. Joanne immediately said yes. So far there is no wedding date. The bride wants to organize something “spontaneously and in the smallest circle”. “I thank God for every day we wake up and be mobile.” Your 91-year-old fiancé with whom you agree: “We just have a great time together and we will use them!”
Source: Krone
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