Carol Stream Couples Celebrate 1,000 Combined Years Of Marriage

CHICAGO (CBS) — A Valentine’s Day lunch in the western suburbs Friday afternoon celebrated more than 1,000 years’ worth of marriage.

Belmont Village, an assisted living facility for seniors in Carol Stream, hosted a Valentine’s lunch for all 17 couples living there; complete with flowers, a piano player, and sparkling cider.

Each couple has been married for at least 48 years.

Bobbi Johnson sat across from her husband of 54 years.

“His boss told his father that he had a cute girl working for him in the bookstore, and so Jerry came by to check me out,” she said.