After seven decades of Valentine’s Days, a Northeast Ohio couple says there’s no real secret to a lasting love. In their case, Marty and Jean Linn found a common interest was key to a successful marriage.
“Camping really kept us together because we both liked to do it. He did all the driving and I did the maps and figured out what the meals were going to be,” said Jean Linn, 92.
In retirement, the couple traveled often in an RV. When their son was a child, they would pack up the family and a small pop-up camper for shorter trips during Marty’s breaks from work as a Cleveland firefighter.
“There was a bed on each side and a canvas thrown over the top and we went to Canada and every place in that,” recalled Marty Linn, 94.
These days, the pace of life is slower than in years past. The Linns recently moved into an assisted living community at Brookdale Westlake Village after decades in their Rocky River home. Several years into their nineties, the memories of their lifetime together aren’t as clear as they once were.