“She was the love of my life”: Pennsylvania couple, divorced for almost 50 years, will remarry

Last update:December 07, 2024, 3:26 p.m. IST

The report states that Fay and Robert’s love story began in the early 1950s, when the two met through family.

An elderly couple is preparing to remarry in Lancaster County. (Representative image)

Making a romantic story for the ages, a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania couple who divorced in 1975 are remarrying after nearly 50 years. Aged 89 and 94 respectively, Fay Gable and Robert Wenrich have decided to get married. They will get married in Denver, Pennsylvania, surrounded by their close family, on December 8. Some of them have witnessed their journey through decades: the marriage of their children and the birth of 14 great-grandchildren, as well as a pair of twin great-great-great-grandchildren. grandchildren.

“They are like two teenagers in love. They do everything together,” their youngest daughter, Carol Smith, said in an interview with Lancaster Online. Fay Gable and Robert Wenrich were first married in November 1951 and had four children, but later chose to divorce for personal reasons.

The report states that Fay and Robert’s story began in the early 1950s, when the two met through family. Robert was Fay’s older brother’s best friend. Fay remembers him once telling his brothers that he would marry her one day. This marked the beginning of a passionate romantic relationship that later resulted in marriage and lifelong companionship, building a family that would later support them through thick and thin.

Despite the joy of the early years, Fay and Robert divorced in 1975. After that, they both moved on in life. Each remarried and spent many years with their respective spouses until their spouses died. Throughout this period, Fay and Robert remained on good terms and often attended family reunions together, laying the groundwork for their eventual reunion.

The following years became a time of reflection on past lives and relationships for Fay and Robert. Carol continued to tell the news portal that her father was emotional about Fay: “She was the first love of my life. I never thought I would get her back. And now that I’ve done it, I’m not wasting any time. »

Speaking about the new start of his life at his age, Robert concluded: “I think we’ll be good now for the next couple of years.”