From Russia with Love | Dakota Life

SDPB Radio | By Greg Beesley

Published December 20, 2024 at 7:01 AM CST

A match made in first grade, Ed and Maggie Jerde took the next few decades living very separate lives. Ed, staying in Britton and becoming the town historian. Maggie traveled the world as a Russian interpreter during the Cold War, and returned home for a class reunion, only to fall in love.

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