Couple marries at 88 and 87
LEWISTON, Maine — A Maine couple has proven that true love knows no age limits.
Eighty-eight-year-old Paul Walker married his longtime sweetheart, 87-year-old Ann Thayer, in a Lewiston rehabilitation center Tuesday in front of a small group of family and friends.
Seated during the ceremony, the two leaned toward each other to kiss not just once but three times after being pronounced husband and wife at the Marshwood Center, where Walker is undergoing rehabilitation.
“I don’t think I’ve seen a bride and groom kiss three times,” rehab center administrator Sheri Nadell told the Sun Journal newspaper after the ceremony.
Walker, of Lewiston, and Thayer, of Auburn, met at an Auburn church and had dated 17 years. Thayer said the idea of a wedding was broached with some gentle teasing at Central Maine Medical Center last week.
