Margaret Calandra, 84, vividly remembers how she met her late husband, Jerry, more than 60 years ago.
She and her girlfriends were in Brooklyn, New York, trying to go to Far Rockaway Beach in Queens. The vehicle Jerry was in stopped to pick them up.
After the beach trip, Margaret Calandra said, Jerry asked her out on a date. She turned him down. He kept asking, and she finally said yes.
Six months later, they were engaged. Six months after that, they got married.
“He was fun,” she said with a laugh.
The couple stayed together for 63 years. They would have celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary in June. Jerry died on Feb. 4.