Once upon a time there was a little girl and boy named Leo and Mildred who were raised separately but fatefully met and married on April 24, 1961 in the Philippines. They had three children together, Dennis, Wade, and Vanessa, and moved their growing family from the Philippines to Canada, living first in Tisdale, Saskatchewan and later Bonnyville, Alberta before settling down in Edmonton, Alberta where they celebrated 50 years of marriage.