LONGEVITY MARRIED 50 YEARS: RON AND JUDY DUIM.Byline: - Simone Trimm Ron and Judy Duim of Palmdale celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct. 22 at Eduardo's Restaurant with family and friends. They were married on Oct. 22, 1955, in Torrance. They met on a blind date while Ron was stationed with the Navy in Long Beach. They attended a ship's party and dated briefly until Ron was shipped out to the Korean War Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation. . Throughout the war, they continued their romance through letters. Judy was born on Nov. 19, 1935, in Detroit and moved with her family to California in 1951. Ron was born on May 29, 1933, in Seattle. Judy graduated in 1953 from Nathaniel Norbonne High School in Lomita, and then graduated from Los Angeles Harbor College Los Angeles Harbor College (LAHC) is one of two community colleges serving the South Bay region of Los Angeles. LAHC serves mainly students from Harbor City, Carson, San Pedro, Gardena, Lomita, Wilmington and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. with an A.A. degree in secretarial science. She worked for Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County as a stenographer An individual who records court proceedings either in shorthand or through the use of a paper-punching device. A court stenographer is an officer of the court and is generally considered to be a state or public official. and then as an employment program representative for the California Employment Development Department for 18 years before retiring in 1995. Ron graduated from Sequim High School in Sequim, Wash., before joining the U.S. Navy. He also worked as a dairy farmer in Sequim and graduated from Riverside University in 1970 with a B.S. in design engineering. He worked as a tool designer and engineer for Northrop Douglas, Rohr and Rockwell, retiring from Rockwell in 1993. Judy's hobbies are reading, writing, gardening, and collecting dolls and miniatures. She also belonged to Beta Sigma Phi Beta Sigma Phi International (ΒΣΦ) is a non-academic sorority with 200,000 members in chapters around the world. Founded in Abilene, Kansas in 1931 by Walter W. , a social and philanthropic organization, and is an active member in the Palmdale United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). . Ron loves woodworking and has fun making bird whirligigs, Christmas ornaments, yard signs and other items, which he sells at arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. fairs. They love to travel and have been to many European countries, and traveled the United States for four months in a trailer. They have also been to the Caribbean, Alaska and Mexico. They have five children: Wendy Kelly of Palmdale; Robin Rodini of Las Flores, Calif.; Jon Duim of Thousand Oaks; Kelly Duim of Pasadena; and Matthew Duim of Lancaster. They also have two grandchildren. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) no caption (Ron and Judy Duim) |
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