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Paul and Evelyn Becker
But then Paul Becker went to serve in the Army and wanted to
receive mail while he was away. He began writing letters to those
he knew and sent one addressed to his future wife’s family, as it was
his family, too, via his sister.

Evelyn Becker, 94, answered the letter.

“And then I wrote another, and she answered that one,” he said,
“so then I started writing Evelyn, and we wrote maybe for a year.”
He’d gotten a furlough from the Army and returned home and
they gave it another shot and began dating again.

After he was discharged in 1945, they continued seeing each
other. They married in 1946 and raised three daughters.

“We’re just compatible,” he said. “We help each other. We re-
spect each other’s space.”
They weren’t “mushy letters” he was writing, he noted. But they
were enough that they created a relationship and led her to accept
his offer of marriage.

They married at Beth Am when it was at 58th and Warrington
— it later moved to to its current suburban location — and the re-
ception was held at Paul Becker’s parents’ house. He remembered
cooking turkey and briskets with his mother.

When they were younger, they liked to travel together. They
spent two months across Asia, in countries such as Japan, China
and what is now Thailand. They spent a month in France where
they just rented a car and traveled around.

Enjoying time together is not just what Paul said is the “secret” to
their marriage, but should be a tenet in any marriage or relationship.

“Do things together,” he advised. “We never felt the need for a
separate vacation.”
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