Billboard honors parents’ 65-year marriage
SUN PHOTO BY ANNE KLOCKENKEMPER, annek@sun-herald.com
Andrey Swystun of Norfolk, Va., paid for this surprise billboard honoring his parents, Roman and Orysia of North Port, who will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary Feb. 23. The billboard is on U.S. 41 just north of the intersection with Toledo Blade Boulevard.
SUN PHOTO BY ANNE KLOCKENKEMPER, annek@sun-herald.com
Andrey Swystun of Norfolk, Va., paid for this surprise billboard honoring his parents, Roman and Orysia of North Port, who will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary Feb. 23. The billboard is on U.S. 41 just north of the intersection with Toledo Blade Boulevard.
NORTH PORT — Andrey Swystun of Norfolk, Va., had no idea what to buy his parents, Roman and Orysia of North Port, for their 65th wedding anniversary on Feb. 23.
“We held a really big party at their 60th, and we were crazy enough to put together a slide-show presentation using PowerPoint — a six-part slide show for each 10 years. It was like a ‘Star Wars’ theme — ‘A long, long time ago …’ — with pictures from each decade,” Andrey said. “We had a blast doing it, but we couldn’t think of anything to give them then.”