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Milestones of togetherness

Published: Saturday, July 11, 2009

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Elwyn Gus and Ruth Westover Palmer were married 70 years ago, on June 26, 1939, in the Salt Lake Temple. They are members of the University Heights Ward, Flagstaff Arizona Stake. Parents of four children, they have 38 grandchildren, 110 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Carl and Edla Hammond were married 70 years ago, on July 14, 1939, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. They are members of the Legacy Branch, South Jordan Utah River Ridge Stake. Parents of three children, they have 11 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.

Bob and Mary Jackson Grebe were married 70 years ago, on July 14, 1939, in Billings, Mont., and were later sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple. They are members of the Lakewood Ward, Lakewood Colorado Stake. Parents of five children, they have 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.