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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 26 > A 73-year love story

A 73-year love story

Bend couple’s romance began as teens at a dance

By David Jasper / The Bulletin
September 26, 2009

Clarence “Bill” Raper, 91, of Bend, and his wife, Jeanice, 87, sit side by side at the new table in their just-remodeled Bend kitchen.

The two are recalling the night they met.

That was about 73 years ago, at the Terrebonne Grange — the place to go back in those days, they say. Jeanice — then....

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