Couple mark 61-year anniversary of chance Christmas encounter on a Greyhound bus
On Christmas Day 1962, Ruth Underwood fell asleep on the shoulder of a stranger on the bus. Now they have been married for 60 years.
The chance encounter occurred on a Greyhound journey from Olympia to Seattle, Washington, while then-18-year-old Ruth was travelling back from her parents’ house after the holidays.
Then-21-year-old Andy Weller was surprised to find the young woman asleep on his shoulder, but had not wanted to be rude and wake her up.
“I looked at her because I saw her exactly 61 years later, on Christmas Day 2023.
