Don and Lorrie Davidson celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary today, May 21, 2025!  Courtesy photo

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Don and Lorrie Davidson of White Rock celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary today, May 21, 2025! What an incredible milestone to reach! 

They met at the Illinois Insurance Bureau office, became friends, dated for a couple of years and then married on May 21, 1955 at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Wheaton,  Illinois. They were 26 and 23, respectively.

They moved 14 times within their marriage for his job in the military and insurance business before coming to White Rock in 1973. Lorrie said she would never move again.

Don was a Fire Protection and Safety Engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lorrie ran The Shop on the Corner, in the Episcopal church, for 24 years. Over the years, they have been highly involved with Order of the Eastern Star, the Scottish Rite and Shriners, York Rite, and devout members of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church.

They are greatly loved by 5 children (one who preceded them to Heaven), 9 grandchildren (one who preceded them to Heaven), 13 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. 

When asked what the key to a long marriage is and the advice they would give to a younger couple, they said:

Don – “We believed our wedding vows never tarnished, they are as bright and shiny as they were 70 years ago! My advice would be not to go to bed angry with each other, work out the differences that arise, most differences are not important in the grand scheme of life. Give over 50% of everything. The reason I fell in love with her is that I felt she was the missing piece to the jigsaw puzzle of my life; without her, I am incomplete.”

Lorrie – “If there are differences of opinion, don’t let them fester. Talk out your disagreements and don’t go to bed angry at each other.”

Don and Lorrie Davidson were married on May 21, 1955, at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Wheaton, Ill. Courtesy photo