The Salt Lake Tribune
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The Tragedy of Woody and Doreen
In a 21st Century spin on the old Romeo-Juliet shtick, U.S. Immigration authorities have separated a studly 96-year-old Provovian, who has outlived two wives, from his Canadian third wife.

"Woody" Woodward met 73-year-old Canadian Doreen Buttery at a senior center in Provo. They wed this year and headed for Alberta for a honeymoon.

But Doreen didn't have her papers in order to return to the U.S. and was detained at the Canadian border. Woody was forced to take a lonely bus ride back to Provo.

Immigration officials will grill Doreen to make sure her December-very late December marriage is legitimate and not just an attempt to subvert immigration rules. We wouldn't want Doreen to take a job from an American.

Says Woody:

It's not good for a man to be alone.

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