Scheffler Family History
When Ben was sent to Korea with the Air Force, Pat moved back with her parents. She paid them $20.00 a week for expenses. For Christmas 1968, they gave her a plastic lei with her $20.00 bills stapled to it. They saved these for her, knowing she was saving to meet Ben in Hawaii. Pat was so utterly surprised that she was teary eyed.
Ben & Pat, married March 26, 1967. My parents paid for our entire wedding. My mom had started selling clothing Dutch Maid, to make extra money. The wedding was everything we had hoped for. Ben's dad had the rehearsal dinner party at his house the night before. It was great! We got married on Easter Sunday because it was the only day open at 'The Barclay Hotel' for the reception, in Belmer, NJ, and I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it.