A lot has happened in the last 75 years: the first television show, the moon landing, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and even the start of the internet.

Dean and Mary Goodwin have lived through it all —- as a married couple. The pair married in 1937, and recently celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. While the Goodwins will say that being married for three quarters of a century is no small feat, they also argue that a large part of the success of their relationship is due to their active part in their community.

“The contributions you make to your community and family and your country help to make a fullness to your life. I think that says it all,” Mary Goodwin said.

The couple volunteers at St. James United Methodist Church and with the Mayor’s beautification committee. They are the selected Grand Marshalls of the upcoming Miamisburg Holiday Parade and were recently given the Office of the Mayor Award. Mrs. Goodwin stays involved in the Miamisburg youth center and is a member of the board at the Baum opera house. She also founded and stays active in the Miamisburg spring festival.

Mr. Goodwin has been a proud member of the American Legion for 67 years, and accepted a part in an honor flight, a program where war veterans are flown out to Washington D.C. to see the war memorials.

The Goodwins’ activities don’t stop in the community. Mary and Dean, aged 94 and 93 respectively, live comfortably and independently in their own home in Miamisburg, where they take care of mostly everything, aside from the landscaping.

“What’s unique about [our marriage] is that we still live on our own and take care of each other. Between the two of us we do our own laundry and everything,” said Mary Goodwin.

In their younger years, the Goodwins were high school sweethearts at Union High School in College Corner, Ohio. After graduating, they were married the very next year. Now, over seven decades later, they are the only surviving members of the class of 1936.

“We have a reunion every day,” said Dean Goodwin with a chuckle.