Love is Golden: Scranton couple recounts 50 years of marriage - The Bowman Extra
Jodi, 70, and Mike, 74, share a relatively quiet life together in Bowman County. Their door is always open to friends and family and Jodi’s penchant for home cooking has brought many to their dinner table over the years. Originally from Illinois, Jodi Green née Koczorowski moved to Bowman in 1959 at the age of 14. She was seriously injured a short time later in a head-on car accident. During her recovery, Jodi was able to attend a dance at the home of her parents’ good friends, Marlene and Stanley Palczewski, near Bowman-Haley Dam. That was in November 1963. Mike Green had just returned home to Harding County—where he was born and raised—after three years being on the west coast. His brother left the family farm so his mother asked Mike to return home. Mike also had plans to attend the dance at the Palczewski’s home, where he and Jodi would soon meet. Mike walked over to Jodi and quaintly asked her if she would like to dance. She declined and considered Mike rude because she wasn’t able to dance and he shouldn’t have asked. “I told him I couldn’t and he thought I did it just to be smart so he didn’t like me either,” Jodi said. Source: www.bowmanextra.com
