Man, 100, and Woman, 102, Get Married in Retirement Home Where They Met: ‘Lucky to Have Found Each Other’

Littman's granddaughter Sarah Sicherman said the elderly couple were "so lucky to have found each other” and “support” each other

It’s never too late to get married — as one centenarian couple confirmed.

Philadelphia residents Marjorie Fiterman, 102, and Bernie Littman, 100, tied the knot on Sunday, May 19, at the senior living facility where they first met after sparking a relationship nearly a decade ago, according to Fox News.

The couple’s family said they had met at a costume party at the assisted living facility and had their first date coincidentally on the same day one of Littman's great-granddaughters was born.

Littman's granddaughter Sarah Sicherman told Fox News that their family had been “thrilled” to find out that he finally found a companion “to do activities and spend time with."  She added that they were "so lucky to have found each other” and “support” each other, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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But when Littman, who had previously been married for 65 years to a woman named Bernice, indicated to his family that he wanted to get married again, they said it had been a “surprise” as they “assumed they would just live out their days status quo."

Rabbi Adam Wohlberg, who watched the couple’s story over the years, told Fox News that the couple initially hadn’t planned to wed but “eventually” reached the point “where being not just close friends — but husband and wife — felt like the right step to take."

He said at their ceremony, he opted to leave out the normal advice he’d give couples about marriage as they had “already amassed a lifetime of wisdom and experience” and their “attitudes, feelings and opinions” were already well “formulated.”

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"That’s not to suggest that you won’t continue to learn and develop as people,” he added. “But I think it is safe to say each of you, what you know and understand about each other, is exactly what the future holds for you and your partner. And what you have determined you love about each other — well, those things are not about to change."

He said he also told Fiterman, who had previously been married to a man named Morris before his death in 1999, that when Bernie “appeared,” “you realized that someone incredibly special had come into your life."

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Wohlberg said while they crossed paths and fell in love at the senior living facility, they had likely crossed paths decades earlier, as they were both students at the University of Pennsylvania at the same time. Though, they had been studying different degrees in different departments and likely didn’t know each other at the time.

He joked that the pair might even grace “the cover of the alumni magazine’s next edition."

The couple, who have a combined age of 202 years, may even have broken a new Guinness World Record. The previous record holders, according to Fox News, belonged to Doreen and George Kirby of England, who held the record at a combined age of 194 years when they wed on June 13, 2015.

Sicherman told the outlet, "Our application is pending, but we believe it is the Guinness World Record for Oldest Aggregate Age Couple to Marry, by about eight years."

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