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Happy Anniversary 62 years

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Yesterday was Grandma and Grandpa Waters' anniversary. I thought this would be the perfect time to share with you how WONDERFUL my grandparents are and how blessed I feel to have them in my life. Grandpa was born on 9/21/24 as Ronald Morgan Waters in Beaver, Utah. He grew up with 3 sisters and 3 brothers. At the age of 17 he was shipped off to fight in World War 2, and shortly thereafter became a prisoner of war. For days he was held in a fox hole and only fed small amounts of bread and water to keep him alive. Then was rescued and sent on a train to France where he was shipped back to the states. Shortly after arriving back to Beaver he met Grandma. Grandma was born on 5/3/30 as Retta Decker, she was born a twin but her twin sister died shortly after she was born. Grandma met grandpa at a dance, they dated for awhile and got married shortly thereafter. Together they raised 8 children. Annette, then a child that was born still born, then my mom Ronda , Rodger, Jolene, Kevin, David ...