ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (KGUN) — Not many couples make it to 80 years of marriage—but Harry and Harriet Kalish aren’t most couples.
Harry, a 100-year-old Navy veteran and Purple Heart recipient, and his wife Harriet, 99, are marking eight decades of marriage on July 29. The Oro Valley couple has built a life defined by love, resilience and quiet dedication—from surviving a war to raising a family and even playing pickleball into their 90s.
They met as teenagers in Illinois—Harry was 16, Harriet just 15—when a group of friends often went bowling together…