On their 70th anniversary, Helen and Gene Vik of Anchorage have advice for young couples: Life is short, so have fun and carve out time to talk about your day.
Gene and Helen Vik sit in the sunroom at their home in Anchorage on Thursday, March 31, 2022. The couple is celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary on April 5.
Gene, 94, arrived in Anchorage in 1947 with the military, while Helen, 90, drove up the Alaska Highway with her friends four years later. They met in Anchorage in the fall of 1951. Even though Gene missed their second date due to a bear hunt, they were engaged by February the following year. Eventually, Gene was ready to come home. He wasn’t worried Helen had found someone else either, Gene said with a sly grin.
Hours before Helen gave birth to their second daughter, she was picking blueberries, Gene recalled. Now, the Anchorage School District Education CenterGene worked at Ketchikan Spruce Mills, a lumber company once located at the Port of Alaska, and went on to own Superior Millworks, a window and door company. Helen worked on the economic development commission for the state and was an administrative assistant at Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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