A dinner celebration, attended by family and friends, took place at J.R. Maxwell’s in Bath on Feb. 18, 2012.
Leona worked at First Federal Savings in Bath for more than 25 years, while Herschel was a mailman in Bath for 45 years. The couple are now enjoying their retirement.
Their children are Dana Libby and Laura Libby Jones of Bath, and Carole Libby Tetrault of Abbott. A son, Donny Libby, died in 2009 at age 59.
The couple, who were married on Feb. 18, 1942, have four grandchildren, two greatgrandchildren, and two greatgreat grandchildren.
Herschel and Leona Henderson first met at a Morse High School basketball game in February 1940. Herschel’s good friend, Leon Pennell, and then girlfriend, Cora Durant, were planning on giving Herschel a ride home after the game. At the end of the game, Leon told Herschel that Leona also needed a ride home to North Bath, where she lived on Henderson’s dairy farm. The only problem was they would have to sit in the rumble seat of Leon’s 1931 Model A roadster. It was a cold February night, but they never felt the cold.
The 72- year love affair began in the rumble seat of their best friend’s Model A.
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