NY WWII Vet Marries For 1st Time At 99; Bride's 86
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Gilbert Herrick says he never got married because he never met the right woman – until he turned 98.
Now 99, the World War II veteran and retired postal worker from western New York recently married 86-year-old Virginia Hartman, a widow who raised five children.
Gilbert tells the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester that their first encounter was in 2010 in a hall at Monroe Community Hospital, the nursing home where they both live. After that, he started visiting her every day.
Gilbert says they wanted to share a room, but the facility's rules don't allow it unless a couple is married. Hartman asked him if he wanted to tie the knot, he said yes and they were married on June 6 with Hartman's extended family on hand.
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06/23/11 11:01 AM ET Associated Press