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Anniversaries and town hall boss: Mayor Michael Müller brought congratulations from the city to Theodor and Theres Sturm.
© Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
Theres and Theodor Sturm have been inseparable for 65 years.
A love story that started at school.
Geretsried
- In their partner look - with black trousers and a blue striped shirt - the couple opens the door as the mayor stands in front of it with flowers and a certificate.
Michael Müller congratulates Theres and Theodor Sturm on their iron wedding anniversary, i.e. their 65th marriage anniversary.
The spark jumped while dancing
The happy couple, both born in 1938, met when they were 17 in their home town of Rötz in the Upper Palatinate.
“At first I didn’t like him at school,” says Theres and laughs.
One day while dancing, the spark jumped.
Wedding 1959: Theres and Theodor Sturm.
© Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
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The couple has five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren
While Theres worked as a seamstress, Theodor completed an apprenticeship as a furrier before enlisting in the Bundeswehr.
When he was transferred to Wetzlar in Hesse, the two married in 1959 and lived there together.
“Back then you weren’t allowed to live together before you got married,” explains the celebratory woman.
After the marriage, the couple had three daughters.
The eldest, Beate, died the year after she was born.
Jutta and Sonja were born in 1962 and 1968.
The Sturm couple now has a large family with five grandchildren and even two great-grandchildren.
After Theodor Sturm left the Bundeswehr as a senior sergeant after 12 years, he reoriented himself professionally.
As secretary of the Catholic Workers' Movement (KAB), he was responsible for the south of the Munich diocese.
That's why the couple moved to Geretsried in 1970.
Wife as “support in the background”
Theodor Sturm worked a lot and was at home little.
His wife looked after him with the household and children.
“She was my support in the background.
Whenever I wasn't at home, she answered the calls for me and kept me informed," he remembers.
There was little vacation.
If so, they went on the KAB's vacation trips, which the secretary helped organize.
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“The most important thing is that you like each other”
When he retired in 1988, a new phase of life began for the two of them.
“He suddenly had time and was home.
I didn’t know that at all,” says the native of Upper Palatinate.
They then cycled a lot, for example on the KAB's regular cycle pilgrimage to Altötting.
At the age of 78, the duo even went on a 700-kilometer bike ride from Hamburg to Fulda.
Theres Sturm also supported her daughters with childcare.
After almost 70 years together, the two are still happy.
When asked whether there is a recipe for 65 successful years of marriage, Theres Sturms' tip is to admit your own mistakes and always work towards the goal of staying together.
Her husband just says: “The most important thing is that you like each other.”
By Marie Kronawitter
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