MARRIED 60 YEARS: BILL AND MYRTLE IANNUZZI.

Byline: - Mary Vose

Bill and Myrtle Iannuzzi of Northridge celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 19, 2000, at the Knollwood Country Club in Granada Hills with 60 guests attending.

Both Myrtle and Bill were born in New Jersey and attended the same elementary school and high school. Each dated someone else, never noticing each other. After graduation, Bill worked in a dairy store and Myrtle would shop there. Bill broke up with his girlfriend and Myrtle's boyfriend took a job out of town. Eventually Bill's and Myrtle's sisters decided to get them together with the pretense that she could teach Bill to dance. They finally dated and were married on Aug. 31, 1940.

The couple danced together for three years, until World War II. Bill was a ship's radio operator on the SS SeaTiger carrying troops to and from the European theater.

After the war, Bill and his brother opened a radio store selling radios and electric appliance. Then Bill opened a larger store to include television sets.

In 1959, Bill turned his store over to another brother and went to work for Bendix New Jersey (which became Allied Signal), first as a field engineer and then as a program manager in different states. In 1971, he accepted a transfer to California, retiring in 1994.

The Iannuzzis have one son, Thomas William, and attribute the longevity of their marriage to their love and sense of humor.

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Bill and Myrtle Iannuzzi