Ruthann Marrs:
CLASS OF 1963
Harborfields High SchoolClass of 1963
Greenlawn, NY
Academy of St. JosephClass of 1963
Brentwood, NY
Ruthann's Story
AS YOU KNOW I ELOPED WHEN I WAS 15 AND HAD THE CHURCH WEDDING IN 1963. WE WILL BE MARRIED 50 YEARS NEXT MONTH. WE HAD 5 CHILDREN BUT OUR SON JIMMY DIED OF CRID DEATH WHEN HE WAS 6 MO. WE HAD 2 MORE CHILDREN AFTER THAT. WE THAN ADOPTED TUNG FROM VIET NAM SO WE HAVE 7 CHILDREN NOW. MY HUSBAND WAS A SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICEMAN AND WE LIVED IN WEST ISLIP AND THAN THE HAMPTONS.
I WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR FOR MULTIPLE DOCTORS AND RAISED MY FAMILY. WE MOVED TO FL. IN 1982 AFTER MY MOM DIED SHE WAS ONLY 58. WE OPENED A BUSINESS HERE AND WORKED FOR THE MIAMI DOLPHINS IN THE ORANGE BOWL AND SOCIALIZED WITH THEM INCLUDING DAN MARINO. WE BEGAN DOING WEEKENDS CALLED RIVIVE TO HELP COUPLES EITHER GETTING DIVORCED OR SEPERATED TO GET BACK TOGETHER AND WE HAD A 80% SUCCESS RATE. WE DID IT FOR FRE...Expand for more
E AND LOVED IT. WE ARE NOW RETIRED AND MY HUSBAND IS BATTLING LUNG CANCER BUT IS WINNING THEY SAY HE IS CURED BUT NEEDS RADIATION TO THE BRAIN.WE HAVE 9 GREAT GRAND CHILDREN AND 21 GRAND CHILDREN WITH NUMBER 20 and21 ON THE WAY. IAM SURE MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WOULD NEVER MAKE IT BUT WE DID AND WE ARE MORE IN LOVE THAN BEFORE.MY DAD LIVED TO BE 91 AND I SPENT THE END WITH HIM HERE IN CORAL SPRINGS. OUR ONE DAUGHTER IS IN VA AND OUR SON IN CHICAGO ALL THE REST ARE RIGHT HERE WITH US. A GOOD ENDING TO A WONDERFUL LOVE STORY however the end was not AS I HOOED THE CANCER CAME BACK AND KILLED GENE IN 2 WEEKS ..ON 9-20-10 HE DIED OF CANCER AND MY LIFE HAS CHANGED TERRIBLY...BEING MARRIED SINCE I WAS 15 LIFE NOW IS VERY DIFFICULT GENE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON AND WE ALL MISS HIM SO MUCH
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