PHOTOS: Land of 10,000 Stories: Wedding delayed 64 years

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Ruth Beniek is Janet's daughter

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Janet and Gene display their wedding rings

Furnished by Janet Skillingstad Ertel

Gene Ertel and Janet Skillingstad as teenagers

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Janet Skillingstad Ertel points out on her calendar the days on which Gene called

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Janet Skillingstad dressed in her nursing uniform

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Janet Skilingstad Ertel and Gene Ertel in their Sartell, Minnesota home.

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