BBC: Couple, aged 87 and 97, marry in north London care home

Henry Kerr and Valerie Berkowitz Kerr speak of their courtship

At the age of 97, Henry Kerr has married 87-year-old Valerie Berkowitz after wooing her for four years.

The pair, who met at a residential home in Golders Green, north London, tied the knot in a ceremony at the home on Sunday followed by high tea for 80 guests.

Mr Kerr said when he asked the now Mrs Berkowitz Kerr to marry him she “burst into a hysterical laugh”.

She agreed after Mr Kerr said he would not ask her again.

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Posted in * Culture-Watch, Aging / the Elderly, Marriage & Family

2 comments on “BBC: Couple, aged 87 and 97, marry in north London care home

  1. Terry Tee says:

    Thank you Kendall. That made my day. Notice the gentleman’s reference to feeling uncomfortable living together without marriage, even at their advanced years. What a wonderful example to younger couples. BTW to US readers: the lady’s accent is strongly South African (or Rhodesian – in fact it sounds the latter to me).

  2. Ad Orientem says:

    Many years to them!