Marriage and Family
Ed met his future wife, College of Saint Benedict student Elizabeth Anne (Betty) Reiten, on a blind date in 1943. The couple’s marital plans were delayed by Ed’s military service, but after years of separation and the exchange of hundreds of letters, (now kept by the Saint John's Archives) Betty and Ed finally wed on September 10th, 1947 at St. Lawrence O’Toole’s Catholic Church in Michigan, North Dakota. Ed and Betty had nine children: Anne, Paula, Steven, Susanna, Michael, Mary Beth, Rebecca, Peter, and John.