Marriage on 100th Birthday

"I love the sparkle in your eyes and the beautiful smile you have when we are together. I want to be by your side to watch you celebrate many more birthdays."

In 1983, friends set Forest Lunsway and Rose Pollard up at a party, hoping the two would dance together. Forest had been widowed twice.  Rose had lost her spouse, due to a long and painful illness. And she had no interest of remarrying. She just wanted companionship.

Despite, both living at a distance of 64 kilometers. They made an effort to meet each other on regular basis.  It was a slow courtship. For the next 20 years, Forest would drive the full distance to take Rose on a date and then drive home afterward that same night.

In 2003, Forest moved in with Rose in Capistrano Beach. Then he proposed Rose. But Rose didn’t take him seriously. By then Forest was 90 and Rose was 80. She jokingly agreed to marry him when he turned 100. For Forest it wasn’t joke, and as his 100^th birthday approached. She decided to take him up on his offer. The couple was married at their local Community Center on Forest’s 100^th Birthday.

Love Story of Forest Lunsway and Rose Pollard Reviewed By Israel Hembrom.