MARRIED 60 YEARS: IBI AND KURT REGIUS.Byline: - Elizabeth Rodriguez Kurt and Ibi Regius of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary April 6 with relatives and friends at the Matterhorn Chef Restaurant in Van Nuys. Kurt and Ibi met in Hungary. He was 14 and she was just 10. Ibi instantly developed a crush on the blue-eyed Kurt, but nothing would happen between the two until six years later. Ibi and Kurt attended many town dances and Kurt always made sure that he had the last dance with Ibi. Eventually the two fell in love and decided to marry. Unfortunately, Kurt's parents objected to the wedding because Ibi's family was not in the same social order as Kurt's family. So Kurt and Ibi left town and married April 6, 1942, in Bistritz, Hungary. After their first child was born, Ibi returned to her hometown home·town n. The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence. Noun 1. hometown - the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again" to visit a friend. Ibi's in-laws saw their granddaughter and fell in love with her. They asked for Ibi's forgiveness, and soon after, Ibi and Kurt returned to their hometown. Not long after that, World War II intensified and Kurt was drafted into the Hungarian Army. Ibi became pregnant with her second child. When her town came under attack, Ibi had to run away to Austria with her two children. After a long trip in a cattle car and a drafty draft·y adj. draft·i·er, draft·i·est Having or exposed to drafts of air. draft  i·ly adv. train in which she dodged bullets during aerial attacks, without news of her husband, Ibi made it to Austria only to live as an outcast out·cast n. One that has been excluded from a society or system. out cast . All this was too much for Ibi's baby girl, Ingeborg, and she died of encephalitis encephalitis (ĕnsĕf'əlī`təs), general term used to describe a diffuse inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, usually of viral origin, often transmitted by mosquitoes, in contrast to a bacterial infection of the meninges . In despair, Ibi prayed for strength and word from her husband. Her prayers were answered soon after, and Kurt found her. For the next seven years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time two worked very hard to make ends meet. They had another child, a son. The Regiuses decided to take a chance in America. When they arrived in America, Kurt knelt knelt v. A past tense and a past participle of kneel. knelt Verb the past of kneel knelt kneel down and kissed the ground. Ibi worked as a seamstress for most of her time here. She loves cooking and baking. Kurt did many jobs here; he worked as a machinist until his retirement. He enjoys building things with his hands. They both enjoy dancing. Their first home was near LAX. Later they bought a home in Orange County before finally settling in Simi Valley. The Regiuses are also parents of Christa Mellinger of Simi Valley and Manfred Regius of Westminster. They have nine grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. and two great-grandchildren with one more on the way. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) no caption (Ibi and Kurt Regius) |
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