Harold, Marian Hunter mark 65 years
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hunter, 201 Meadowlark Dr., Bellevue, celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary over the July 20 weekend with a family gathering in Bellevue. The celebration took place at the Victorian Tudor Inn with 13 family members in attendance.
Mr. Hunter and the former Marian Radebaugh were married July 16, 1943, in a double wedding ceremony held in the Methodist Church, Johnson City, Tenn. Mrs. Hunter's sister, Willella Radebaugh Butz, was in attendance. Their wedding was the first military wedding in Johnson City during the war years and the women of the church donated rationed sugar for the wedding cake.
The couple met in Delaware, Ohio, while attending Ohio Wesleyan University where they were both music majors. During World War II, Mr. Hunter enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving three years as a cadet and B-24 bomber pilot.
Following military service, Mr. Hunter took a teaching job in Bluffton before becoming affiliated with his father-in-law, William Radebaugh, in the former R & R Drug Co., Bellevue. In 1952, the Hunters, in partnership with the Radebaughs, built the former Hunter Motel, East Main Street, now known as the Bellevue Hotels.
After the motel was sold, Mr. Hunter opened a new business in downtown Bellevue, the former Hunter's Card and Camera, in 1958. The couple later added a second store in Huron.
Mrs. Hunter taught in the Bellevue School District for 10 years and has been the principal organist at First United Methodist Church, Bellevue, for 55 years. On Sunday, July 20, she announced her retirement as organist for the church. A special service was held in her honor, which the public was invited to attend, with a reception held following the church service.
The couple retired in 1986, having sold their two stores, and spent many winter months in Panama City, Fla. They now reside full time in Bellevue.
They are parents of three children, Dianne, Barbara and Bob, and have seven grandchildren.
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