The marriage of Walter Cronkite Betsy and lasted nearly 65 years. Betsy died a few weeks away from their 65th wedding anniversary
Here is information on their marriage, their life together, their children, and
Born: ..
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr:. November 4, 1916 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was raised in Houston, Texas
Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Maxwell :. Towards. 1915.
Mort:
Walter: Seriously ill with cerebrovascular disease, Walter Cronkite died July 17, 09 at the age of 92 years
Betsy March 15, 05 at the age of 89 of cancer complications. She died in their apartment in Manhattan. His funeral was held at St. Bartholomew's Church
How Walter and Betsy Met :.
Walter and Betsy met in 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri while both worked at KCMO radio station. Betsy was an advertising writer.
Walter said in a PBS video, "She was one of the nicest people I've ever seen in my life. ... I l saw it for the first time ... to come into the hallway ... and I fell in love before I knew his name or what she did, or if I know if I would ever see her again in the life ... I was paralyzed want to meet a lady ... she worked there a week before I showed up ... She was so precious that I did not dare make any mismove. "
in a few months to know each other, Walter and Betsy considered to have a secret marriage, in Independence, Missouri on their lunch break, but changed their minds while sitting in the parking
ceremony and wedding date :.
When planning their wedding, their mother realized that Betsy and Walter were in the same school class on Sunday when they were five years old.
Betsy was 45 minutes late for their wedding. They married March 30, 1940, at the Episcopal Church Grace and Holy Trinity.
Betsy was a Bible, she had received as a child when she "graduated" from the Lindwood Presbyterian Church Sunday school class. They had a big wedding and the organist played "I really love you" quite some time waiting for Betsy to get to the ceremony
Children :.
Betsy and Walter lives have been enriched by their three children and several grandchildren
- Nancy Elizabeth Cronkite: .. Nancy was born November 8, 1948 at the hospital St. Luke
- Mary Kathleen "Kathy" Cronkite: Kathy was born September 5, 1950 in Washington, DC, an actress, she married Bill Ikard in 1980. she has two son, William and Jack
- Walter Leland III "Chip" Cronkite :. Chip married an actress Deborah Rush. They have two son, Walter Cronkite IV and Peter
Religion :.
Episcopalian
Interests:
many Walter interests include sailing, tennis, reading, dancing, and driving
Professions: .
Walter :. Journalist, the war correspondent, television news presenter the columnist, special, blogger for The Huffington Post and author
Betsy :. wife of the editor of the Kansas City Journal-Post in the early 1940s
Books by and about Walter Cronkite:
the life of a journalist
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite: His Life & Times
by Doug James
South by Southeast
Walter Cronkite
North by Northeast
Walter Cronkite
Residence:
home Walter and Betsy had an apartment in New York City. They also maintained a summer home on Martha's Vineyard
Walter Relationship Joanna Simon :.
In January 06 Walter Cronkite spoke of his relationship with Joanna Simon in the NY Post, the company "We maintain, as the old phrase used to be. I do not make moves immediately. I think not whether it is good. My wife has been spent less than a year. I'll wait until last year, at least. "
Joanna's sister, Carly Simon, was born October 20, 1940 in New York, New York. She and Walter live in the same building and had another for years. An opera singer mezzo-soprano, Joanna is also a real estate broker.
Joanna husband, Gerald Walker, died in 04 from complications of a stroke. He was an articles editor for the New York Times Magazine and the author of Cruise
Quotes About Love and Marriage :.
Walter, losing Betsy: "Terrible, it was terrible even today, and it was several months now you just wear it and I tear up a little, terribly you know when you are.. so close that long and got along as well as we did, we rarely had a serious argument that we could have -. could discuss what movie we wanted to see and what the game we wanted to go, where we have go for a vacation but that did not usually last very long because we were much the same spirit all the time "
Source :. Larry King Show
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