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Robert, an Argenta sailor, married Bernadine
Ater on April 14, 1953, at the Argenta Presbyterian Church.
Their original wedding date was postponed and the wedding
cake preserved in a deep freeze when Robert suffered a ruptured
appendix just a few days before the wedding.
He was released from the hospital after the
appendectomy, and the couple got their marriage license the next
day.
George
Higgins, Robert's brother, was the best man, and Betty (Ater)
Terrell was maid of honor.
An article in the 1953 newspaper said the couple decided to
"dispense with the kneeling" for the benediction.
Robert and Bernadine have four children: Mike (and Anne) Higgins of
Kenney, Debbie (and John) Potterfield of Palmyra, Mo., Connie
(and John) Romans of Stillwater, Okla., and Jeff (and Debbie) Higgins of
Rushville.
They have five grandchildren.
[Text from file received from
Connie Romans] |
