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Couple mark 70th anniversary

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HARTVILLE, Ohio, June 15 (UPI) -- An Ohio couple celebrating their 70-year wedding anniversary said the secret to their long marriage is simple -- "love each other."

Powell and Evelyn Lusk of Hartville, who married June 14, 1941, when he was 19 and she was 13, said they survived losing two children and a grandchild with the strength of their bond, WJW-TV, Cleveland, reported Wednesday.

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"You'd have to love somebody to do that wouldn't ya," Powell said of the long marriage. "Every thing she does for me I appreciate."

The couple, who said their church threw them a party Sunday, offered some advice for those considering marriage.

"Make sure that you love each other for one thing." said Evelyn. "That you can't live without them."

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