MOUNT VERNON – Ed and Eleanor Bowlus, of 208 N. Main St., Mount Vernon, (The Living Center) will celebrate their 75th anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 27, with a reception for family and friends at The Living Center from 2-4 p.m.
The couple met in the sixth grade. Eleanor tells of the first Christmas card she got from a guy, (Ed), in the seventh grade. It was in the form of an insurance policy wishing her a life of happiness. She was thrilled and thought: what a nice guy!
Eleanor and Ed were 1943 graduates of New Concord High School. Eleanor went on to graduate from Muskingum College and Ed became a veterinary student at OSU after serving more than two years in the U.S. Army.
They were married on Aug. 27, 1947, at the United Methodist Church in New Concord, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Bowlus have three children; Dave (Michelle) Bowlus, John (Bonny) Bowlus and Mary (William) Elder; seven grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Dr. Bowlus was a veterinarian in Fredericktown from 1953 to 1989. Mrs. Bowlus retired from the Fredericktown Schools after 28 years as a middle school math teacher and guidance counselor.
The couple feels very fortunate to have been blessed with a marriage of 75 years.
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