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for 60 years,” she said. “It was a very surprising phone call, but it turned out to be the right one.”
They met for the first time in many years last Thanksgiving when he came east for the formal retirement of one of his sons from the military.
“We had to get reacquainted,” she said. “I visited him in Pierre in May, and that’s when we got engaged.”
And then this past Saturday they got married. They are both 82. The wedding was at the Presbyterian Home Chapel in Washington, D.C. where her sister Ruth was living.
Family members played almost all the roles. Ray’s grandaughter the Rev. Lisa Cass was the assisting minister. His son Steven was best man. Other descendents were groomsmen, soloist and accompaniest.
The new Mrs. Cass was escorted by her son William. Older daughter Jeanne Beck was matron of honor and daughter Ellie Clark and daughter-in -law Anne Talley were attendants.
“She looked so radient,” Mrs. Clark said.
“He looked so delighted,” Mr. Clark reported.
After a wedding night at the Gay Street Inn, they gathered with children, grandchildren and great grandchildren at the Clarks Sunday.
They will be returning to an apartment in Pierre at the end of the month. They will also have a log ranch house on part of the farm Ray Cass has kept. They will spend their time visiting family and friends, following high school girls’ basketball games coached by one of his sons, and eryoying their retirement.
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