Fevec 70th

FEVEC 70th

Herb and Ruth Fevec celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on June 18, 2020.

Herb Fevec and Ruth Dinwiddie met at a Christmas party in Jacksonville, Florida, where he had just been discharged from the Navy. Several people wanted them to be sure and get acquainted, so they were introduced four times. Ruth's parents, Howard and Della Dinwiddie, were teachers at the church school and Lester Coon was pastor.

That summer a group of friends were swimming at the beach with inner tubes and someone said they were out far enough, and everyone started back — everyone except Ruth, who seemed to be drifting farther out. Suddenly a lifeguard grabbed her inner tube and towed her to shore. He was the same young man she had met at the Christmas party. They were married two years later on June 18, 1950.

Herb finished college at Washington Missionary College while Ruth worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Their oldest son, James "Jim," was born at the Washington Sanitarium on July 24, 1954. That fall they moved to Norfolk, Virginia, where Herb taught in the church school where O.A. Canada was pastor.

Jerald Nathaniel was born Jan. 24, 1958, at Brown County hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Ruth was teaching in Cincinnati where Williams Loveless Sr. was pastor.

In 1968, they moved to Boring, Oregon, where they had fruit trees, raspberries, etc. The boys raised beef cows. Also played in Bud Rice’s trumpet group.

Two years later, Jim had a terrible accident while cutting down a tree. A large limb fell and hit him in the head and shoulder. He was unconscious for a week at the old Portland Sanitarium. Jim was able to finish Portland Adventist Academy and two years at Mount Hood Community College. Jerry graduated from a two-year course at Walla Walla College and then from Oregon State University with a degree in nutrition and business.

Today both Jim and Jerry live in Oregon. Jim has a caregiver who helps him get to church, shopping, doctor appointment, etc. Jerry works with computers and we are thankful for many phone calls.

Ruth attended East-West College of Massage after teaching 30 years while Herb worked at Portland Adventist Hospital. Herb and Ruth taught in Virginia, Ohio, Washington, Oregon and Hawaii.

In 2005 they moved to The Village Retirement Center in Gresham, Oregon. Both are 92 years old and grateful for God's loving care and bountiful blessings during all the years.