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S: What a Pair! 60 Years
BC: Happy 60th Anniversary! | with love from Judy & Susan | August 18, 2011
FC: What a Pair! | 60 years
1: Vernon Rodger & Rose Marie Groff August 18, 1951 | 60
2: What a Pair! (Tune: Caisson Song) City boy, country girl, She did make his heart to whirl When he saw her at Overlea church. Soon he won her and he wed her, And they headed off together For a life of adventure and love.
3: They are quite the pair With talent and to spare, Hard work and affability, And today we come to celebrate with them Sixty years of adventure and love.
4: What a pair, what a match! Rodger made him quite a catch When he married the nurse Rose Marie. At Bob Jones, at the Ranch, In New Jersey and Raleigh, They have been a real team all along.
5: They are quite the pair With talent and to spare, Hard work and great ability, And today we come to celebrate with them Sixty years of real team work and love.
6: If it's broken, he can fix it; If it's missing, he can make it, For there's nothing that he cannot do. In the darkroom, in the office, In the garage, at the PC, Oh, there's nothing that he cannot do.
7: They are quite the pair With talent and to spare, Hard work and ingenuity, And today we come to celebrate with them Sixty years of quick thinking and love.
8: She can sew, she can cook, She can entertain you know, Brownie's been just the mate through the years. She can dig, she can grow, She can hand him tools also, Brownie's been by his side all these years.
9: They are quite the pair With talent and to spare, Hard work and hospitality, And today we come to celebrate with them Sixty years of sweet service and love.
10: They're so clever, put together They can shine in any weather, When they see something needs to be done. Always helping, always giving, Aiding others in their living, A real blessing to many we know. | What a pair!
11: They are quite the pair With talent and to spare, Hard work and generosity, And today we come to celebrate with them Sixty years of true blessings and love.
12: In their eighties, listen mateys, They are slowing just a bit, But their love is as strong as before. They've been through a lot together, And they know that two is better, They take care of each other you know. | 60
13: They are quite the pair With talent and to spare, Family and friends who love them so, And today we come to celebrate with them Sixty years of God's blessing and grace.
14: Lawrence Robert Brown April 14, 1951 Greenville, South Carolina | Vernon Rodger Groff July 4, 1929 Baltimore, Maryland | _______ | _______ | Samuel Newton Brown July 10, 1993 Greenville, South Carolina
15: Rose Marie Brown August 8, 1928 Baltimore, Maryland | Judith Ann Groff July 9, 1954 Greenville, South Carolina | ________________ | _____ | _____ | _______ | _______ | _______ | _______ | _______ | Susan Jean Groff April 8, 1956 Greenville, South Carolina | James Freeburn Breisch June 22, 1959 Greenville, South Carolina | _______ | _________________________ | ____ | __________ | _________________________ | Jessica Marie Breisch June 20, 1981 Greenville, South Carolina | Michael James Breisch November 22, 1982 Greenville, South Carolina | John Douglas Breisch September 10, 1985 Greenville, South Carolina | Jeffrey David Breisch February 20, 1989 Greenville, South Carolina | Heather Rose Breisch October 27, 1993 Greenville, South Carolina
16: Sixty years and | August 18, 1951 - Married in Baltimore, Maryland May 1954 - Rodger graduated from Bob Jones University July 9, 1954 - Judith Ann Groff born, Greenville, South Carolina April 8, 1956 - Susan Jean Groff born, Greenville, South Carolina June 1956 - Moved to River Valley Ranch, Millers, Maryland 1962 - Began work at WRBS, Baltimore, Maryland March 21, 1966 - Rose Marie's mother, Marie Dayhoff Brown, died January 1970 - Moved to New Providence, New Jersey, to work with Trans World Radio June 1972 - Judy graduated from high school 1974 - 1975 - Lived on Guam June 1974 - Susan graduated from high school May 1976 - Judy graduated from Bob Jones University May 1979 - Susan graduated from Bob Jones University 1979 - Judy graduated from Clemson University with MA in English May 17, 1977 - Rose Marie's father, Frances Brown, died June 14, 1980 - Susan married James Freeburn Breisch June 20, 1981 - Jessica Marie Breisch born
17: counting . . . | November 22, 1982 - Michael James Breisch born April 30, 1983 - Rodger's mother, Martha Catherine Nelms Groff, died September 10, 1985 - John Douglas Breisch born 1989 - Rose Marie's gall bladder surgery February 20, 1989 - Jeffrey David Breisch born July 15, 1990 - Moved to Apex, North Carolina November 9, 1991 - Judy married Larry Robert Brown July 10, 1993 - Samuel Newton Brown born October 27, 1993 - Heather Rose Breisch born July 5, 1994 - Retired from Trans World Radio May 1995 - Built addition onto house on Eastridge Drive Christmas 1996 - Groff family reunion at Willow Valley, Pennsylvania January 17, 1998 - Rodger had pacemaker put in June 1998 - Family trip to Disney World July 15, 2003 - Began volunteering at Durham Rescue Mission February 1, 2009 - Moved to North Raleigh June 7, 2011 - Rodger's knee replacement surgery
By: Judy B.
Title: What a Pair!