A lifelong romance carried by faith: Stories from a 70-year marriage

by Kate Shunney

These days, John Mesner is the keeper of many memories in his 70-year marriage to his high school sweetheart Adeline.

Reaching back through the years to the early days of their courtship, Mrs. Mesner remembers that John was a “country boy” who came to the school in Berkeley Springs in the 7^thgrade. She lived next to the Presbyterian Church and he was raised on a dairy farm and had gone…