NEWBERG, Ore. — Seventy-five years ago, Tom and Pat Hanthorn made a decision that would define the rest of their lives together: whatever came next, they’d do it side by side.
That approach has carried them through a Navy deployment, a 40-acre farm, three children, a cross-border RV caravan, and decades of Arizona winters — and it’s still the answer their daughter gives when asked what kept the marriage going this long.
“For them, doing things together” was what made it work, said Heidi Cuddeford, the couple’s daughter. “I guess the saying holds true for them — those that play together, stay together.”…