100 Year Old Couple Celebrate Valentines With Daily ‘I Love You’
Feb. 14 2012, Published 12:30 p.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
A 100-year-old couple have proven that love has no expiration date as they celebrate a century of life each and almost 71 years of marriage this Valentine's Day.
But Grayce and Clarence Dwyer, of Madison, New Jersey, don’t need Hallmark to tell them when to express their devotion to each other, reported ABCNews.com.
Every day they start each conversation with, “I love you,” to which the other replies, “I love you more.”
The mobile century-old couple still live in their own home together and get around easily with the help of an aide and a pair of walkers, but when the time comes to “go home,” the religious couple plan to do it together, as Grayce has promised to follow Clarence “Like the tail of a kite,” to heaven.
Both born to Irish immigrant families, they lost their fathers in the 1917 flu epidemic on the exact same day, and were raised by young, widowed mothers. After meeting at a dance in Brooklyn, Grayce and Clarence felt an instant bond and were married in 19