{"id":270413,"date":"2026-08-23T00:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T00:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270413\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T00:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T00:02:09","slug":"pennsylvania-couple-celebrates-70th-anniversary-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270413\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania couple celebrates 70th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania couple celebrates 70th anniversary<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787443329_746_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Default author avatar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>LEBANON, Pa. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A Pennsylvania couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows at the exact time they were married seven decades ago.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Homer Kreider, 92, and Faye Kreider, 88, had their vow renewal ceremony performed by a friend of their daughter at 1 p.m., the same time they tied the knot 70 years ago.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">They live in their home, where Homer takes care of and pampers Faye, who has dementia and Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">\u201cCongratulations. You may now kiss the bride,\u201d the officiant said during the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The couple first met on a blind date at the Dixie Drive-In. Homer fell asleep during the date, but his daughter explained, \u201cHe was a hard-working farmer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">It took him six months to get another date with Faye.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">After six months of marriage, Homer was drafted, and the couple spent some time apart early in their relationship.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">Their enduring love was celebrated with family and friends, marking a lifetime of commitment and care. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">Want more content like this? <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wjcl.com\/subscribe?utm_campaign=nwl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Subscribe to our News We Love newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania couple celebrates 70th anniversary LEBANON, Pa. \u2014 A Pennsylvania couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary by renewing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[93535,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-270413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-70th-anniversary","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}