Longest married couple
“As long as you remember the person who loved you, and whom you still love, then you're making love endure.” ― Guillaume Musso
Ann was 17, born to Syrian immigrants. John was 21, and the
two grew up in the same neighborhood. The two became friends in high school
when he would pick her up and take her to their Connecticut school. Ann’s
parents nearly thwarted the blossoming romance. Her father had planned to
arrange a marriage for her to someone 20 years her senior.
Refusing to give up on love, John and Ann ran away to New
York City. Ann’s father was depressed by this incident, but family member
consoled him by saying young love wouldn’t last. The lovebirds eloped in 1932 and watched the
world going through incredible transformations, from the Great depression to
World War II, from the golden age of radio to TV to iPhone.
On November 24, 2013. John and Ann celebrated their 81st
wedding anniversary. The couple has created quite the brood. Their five
children bore them 14 grandchildren. John, 102 and Ann ,98 are the longest
married couple in the United States of America.
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