10 couples celebrate more than 500 years of marriage combined

EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) -– Ten Oklahoma couples celebrated more than 500 years of marriage combined.

All the couples live in the Touchmark at Coffee Creek Retirement Community and offered their advice for a successful marriage.

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Combined, 10 couples have been married for 534 years.

The Kramers met on a blind date on Christmas Day in 1949.

"I thought she was the prettiest thing I've ever met. She's been faithful to me, she followed me. I asked her to move eight times," Charles Kramer said.

When they married, the preacher had them say "for whither thou goest, I will go."

"I didn't know thou was going so far and so often," Margaret Ann Kramer said.

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Leaman and Judith Harris met on the shore of Lake Huron of Michigan. They were both in the Air Force.

"I think it's been a roller coaster. There have been highs and lows but, basically, it has been a good ride," Judith said. "I like to say we were both RNs. I was a registered nurse and he was a Radar Navigator on a B-52."

For Ron and Doris Schnuelle, they met through church friends, who had a plane. Their first date was an afternoon flight.

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"They are still saying we owe him for a plane ride," Ron and Doris said.

For Martha Mahl, she first spotted Don on the baseball field.

"He was a man in uniform," Mahl said.

These couples all have their secret to a successful and long marriage.

"You have to have a lot of patience and perseverance," Charles said.

"I think it's compromise. Yes, compromise," Leaman and Judith said.

"It's a companionship," Ron said.

"The real secret to a long marriage is don't die. So far, it's worked," Mahl said.

Friday, these couples celebrated with a wedding cake, cupcakes, savory food items, love and lots of memories.

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