{"id":4040,"date":"2025-02-20T08:53:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=4040"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:56:12","slug":"a-love-story-at-bolton-clarke-rowes-bay-a-valentines-day-wedding-to-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/a-love-story-at-bolton-clarke-rowes-bay-a-valentines-day-wedding-to-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"A love story at Bolton Clarke Rowes Bay: a Valentine\u2019s Day wedding to remember"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4040\" class=\"elementor elementor-4040\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae84e65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae84e65\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48d5a97\" data-id=\"48d5a97\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77b91a2 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77b91a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>N<strong>eville Grunske and Fely Dawes tied the knot on Valentine&#8217;s Day at Bolton Clarke Rowes Bay Retirement Village in Townsville, Queensland, surrounded by friends, family, and their village community.<\/strong><\/p><p>The couple decided to get married in their retirement village to make the day even more special. \u201cWe wanted to pick a meaningful date, and Valentine\u2019s Day was perfect,\u201d Neville said. \u201cIt\u2019s such a special day for love.\u201d<\/p><p>The celebrant was a familiar face \u2013 the daughter of a close friend and fellow resident. \u201cWe had helped her practice for her celebrant qualifications before, so it felt like a natural choice for her to officiate,\u201d Neville added.<\/p><p>For Neville and Fely, finding love later in life is something to cherish. \u201cIt\u2019s such a rewarding feeling to find someone to share your life with at this stage in our 70s,\u201d Neville said.<\/p><p>Their love story began at a birthday party in Wandoan, a small farming community in Queensland. \u201cI was invited to the party by a farming friend, and Fely was there with her late husband. That\u2019s how we met,\u201d Neville explained. They stayed in touch, and Fely eventually moved from Brisbane to join Neville in Townsville.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee625ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ee625ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture8-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4048\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture8-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture8-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture8-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture8-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture8-585x391.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture8.jpg 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e8aec2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e8aec2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8a06c8\" data-id=\"e8a06c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4dc6592 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4dc6592\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2cde029\" data-id=\"2cde029\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b6290 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43b6290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Six years ago, they found their new home at Bolton Clarke Rowes Bay Retirement Village, where they settled into life together.<\/p><p>Fely fondly remembers Neville\u2019s proposal. \u201cHe proposed to me at the dining table in our unit \u2013 he got down on one knee, and it was so sweet,\u201d she said.<\/p><p>Their wedding was the first held at the village, and it felt like the perfect place to celebrate. \u201cWe feel like this is our family now, and we\u2019re close to so many people here, so inviting everyone to our wedding just made sense,\u201d Neville shared.<\/p><p>The couple\u2019s loved ones travelled far and wide to celebrate with them, including Fely\u2019s son and granddaughter, who flew in from Canada, as well as friends from South Australia and Neville\u2019s family from across the country.<\/p><p>Neville and Fely\u2019s love story is a beautiful reminder that there are wonderful, interesting people in retirement villages \u2013 and perhaps even your future partner.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neville Grunske and Fely Dawes tied the knot on Valentine&#8217;s Day at Bolton Clarke Rowes Bay Retirement Village in Townsville, Queensland, surrounded by friends, family, and their village community. 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