Two women marry seven decades after meeting

DAVENPORT- Two Iowa women in their 90s celebrated seven decades they have spent together as a couple by getting married in a small ceremony. Vivian Boyack, 91, and “Nonie” Dubes, 90, exchanged vows at the First Christian Church in Davenport on Saturday. The couple then enjoyed a reception dinner with close friends and relatives, many of whom had been prodding them to marry since gay marriage became legal in Iowa in 2009. “I felt like I was in a dream and that I would wake up and it was not going to be true,” Boyack said. “We do hope we have a few more years, but if we don’t it’s a real closing for us.” The couple, who do not plan a honeymoon, have been inundated with phone calls and flowers from well-wishers, she said.
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