Lake City’s Edie and Ken Hoffman celebrate 75 years of marriage
A chance meeting at a Hager City biker bar led to a marriage that on June 17 will have endured for 75 years.
Ken and Edie Hoffman met at The Viaduct in Hager City, Wis. They were both farm kids - Edie from the Bay City area, Ken from rural Red Wing.
They met through a mutual acquaintence.
“The gal (Edie) was tagging along with happened to be a neighbor of mine,” Ken said. “And then me and my buddy stopped in and she ran the FBI check on me. I passed it.”
They were married on June 17 at First Lutheran Church in Red Wing.
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