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Alejandro & Solmeriz Hernandez (Garcia-Montoya) – Union High School – Class of 2002

I married my high school sweetheart! I met my now husband, Alejandro while attending Union High School. We met

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Ward & Mary Jo Winer (Wielinga) – South High School – Class of 1954

We met in a 10th grade civics class at South High School in 1951 and started dating shortly after.

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Tim & Jordan Roberts (Allen) – Ottawa Hills High School – Class of 2000 & 2002

It all started with a note passed in the stairwell of Ottawa Hills high school. I was a freshman

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Michael & Andrea Kulhawik (Stulpe) – Union High School – Class of 1993 & 1995

Michael and I met in 1991 while in French class at UHS. We married in May of 1999 and

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Jeffrey Thomas & Elianna Bootzin – City High Middle School – Class of 2005

We met in 8th-grade geometry class, and after a brief disastrous attempt at a relationship and some 9th-grade awkwardness,

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Marcus & Elizabeth (Danielski) Hoeksema – City High Middle School – Class of 1998

Marcus and I met in 1992. I remember seeing him for the first time sitting on a radiator getting

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Xavier & Audrey (Johnson) Greenfield – City High School – Class of 2008

Xavier and I met in seventh grade at City Middle. We were seated at a table in Mr. Mirandette’s

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Brian & Julie (Pyorala) Marks – Union and Hancock High School – Class of 1961 and 1969

We met in an Art Appreciation class at Grand Rapids Jr. College in the fall of 1969.  I was

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Douglas & Charyl (Moss) Martinez – Central High School – Class of 1961 and 1962

Doug and I first saw each other outside the truant office In Central HS. Doug was standing in the

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Kurt & Joie (Howland) Hauschild – Ottawa Hills High School – Class of 1995 and 1996

Kurt and Joie met in 1992 thru their friend, Karin DeHaan (Kohn). Joie was a Freshman and Kurt was

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Derek & Natalie (Selmon) James – Ottawa Hills High School – Class of 1998

Natalie and Derek met in 9th grade in Ms. Noah’s freshman honors English class at Ottawa Hills High School.

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Russ & Elizabeth (Sienko) Whitaker – Creston High School – Class of 1984 and 1982

We both attended GRPS from elementary (Palmer and Riverside) then both went to Riverside Middle, then both of us

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Jack & Anne (Edsenga) Gietzen – Union High School – Class of 1973 and 1972

Jack and I met in Chemistry class. I was a cheerleader and he was a football player. Our teacher,

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Pat & Kathy (Peckham) Smith – Ottawa Hills High School – Class of 1970 and 1969

In 1968, during a time of racial unrest, it was a champion basketball team that brought a community together,

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