02/19/2026
Throwback Thursday:
Bob and Yolanda's love story sparked at Fort Ritchie on July 27, 1985, when their eyes met across the Finance Office disbursing window. Bob, a soldier relocating from Germany, and Yolanda, a civilian cashier, felt an instant connection—Yolanda declared to her coworkers she'd marry him, while Bob told his sponsor she was his angel. Introduced by mutual friends, they went on their first date that very night and never looked back, tying the knot on February 1, 1986, at Yolanda's church in Boonsboro.
Over the next four decades, their journey took them across the globe— from Maryland to Germany, Texas, and beyond—as Bob served in the Army and Yolanda working as a civilian on base, they built a life together.
They embraced adventures, made lifelong friends, and welcomed their son Dalton in 1994. Through deployments, relocations, and family milestones like Dalton's marriage to Ashley and the birth of granddaughter Arizona in 2023, Bob always put family first, turning down promotions to stay close. Finally settling in Hagerstown, MD, right down the road from where their journey began.
Forty years later, on February 1, 2026, God brought Bob and Yolanda full circle back to Fort Ritchie Chapel—a place that always held a special spot in their hearts—for their dream wedding celebration.
