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Article: THEN & NOW; Lester and Mary Lou Blank; Comimitment, love and learning
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- Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
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- October 20, 2003
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LESTER AND MARY LOU BLANK, born in different hemispheres, have
helped people around the world together during their 50-year
marriage.
Mary Lou Lauver was born to missionary parents in Carlos Casares,
Argentina. Mary Lou mastered the English language before her family
moved to Davenport, Iowa, when she was 15.
Lester, born in Bird-in-Hand, graduated from Lancaster Mennonite
High School and attended Palmer College of Chiropractic in Iowa. He
met the Rev. William Lauver, pastor of the Davenport Mennonite Church
and Mary Lou's father.
Lester recalls his future father-in-law introducing him to Mary
Lou: "Oh, there is that Blank guy from Lancaster County."
Mary Lou was a nursing student across the ...