The Crossing Portrait Series: crossingCSchneidNS0007

Juanita and Art Larson, shown at their home in Gilcrest, have endured a lot during more than 60 years of marriage. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer in the 1950s, and on Dec. 14, 1961, their son, Steve, was killed when a Union Pacific passenger train smashed into his school bus. Their daughter, Alice, was critically injured but recovered.

Juanita and Art Larson, shown at their home in Gilcrest, have endured a lot during more than 60 years of marriage. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer in the 1950s, and on Dec. 14, 1961, their son, Steve, was killed when a Union Pacific passenger train smashed into his school bus. Their daughter, Alice, was critically injured but recovered.