Milestone: Bob, Linda Davis celebrate 54th anniversary
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Bob and Linda Davis celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary on Dec. 22.
Longtime Sequim residents, the couple first moved to Gardiner to help care for Bob’s parents, Harold and Edith Davis, before they settled in Sequim in 1974.
They met in San Diego in the spring of 1966 and are forever grateful for that broken transistor radio that brought them together. As the story goes: Bob was fixing the radio in his car in the parking lot one day when Linda walked by with her friends. The radio, with volume on full blast, suddenly worked just as Linda passed by, and the DJ said, “Hey!” Linda turned around and saw Bob and smiled and said “Hey” back to a man who she thought was yelling hello at her.
Though the radio never worked again, they have been going strong from that magical moment and telling their love story to their kids and grandchildren ever since, family members said.
They have five daughters — Julie, Angela, Rebekah, Candace and Cindy — and five grandchildren.
The population of Sequim in 1974 was 2,600 and Charles Blake had just offered the town 9 acres on the east side of town for a park to be named in honor of his wife, Caroline “Carrie” Blake.
In 1980, Linda and Bob decided to adopt three girls from an orphanage in Sheikhupura, Pakistan. Julie and Rebekah met their new sisters Angela (Jamila), Candace (Imtiaz) and Cindy (Mumtaz) at SeaTac Airport for the first time.
It is not uncommon to catch moments of Bob and Linda still sneaking a kiss in the kitchen or laughing over a story of them when they were young, family members said.
The couple always told their girls that their voices are powerful. They encouraged them to embrace the small town of Sequim as they had themselves trusted it as a place to raise their family. Their youngest daughter Cindy had the honor of representing Sequim as the 100th Irrigation Festival Queen in 1995.
As one of their dearest friends — and longtime Sequim resident — Linnea Balkan says, “Their marriage and love for each other has been a good example to friends and family!”
Happy 54th wedding anniversary, Bob and Linda!
