Serving Our Seniors Magazine: Jan - Mar 2022

Valentines Day is February 14, 2022. A time to celebrate love. We hope you will enjoy the three stories of three local couples and how they found the one they love. Today, they are still very much in love and the proud parents to four adult children. Two of whom are married. They have two grandchildren. When I asked what is responsible for making their love last, Cam said, “We weren’t just boyfriend and girlfriend – were also best friends… And continue to be.” They also credit their Christian faith for their strong marriage. Pat said having their last child when they were in their 40’s was also responsible for keeping their marriage relationship alive. At this stage, couples are starting to experience the empty nest. For Cam and Pat, expecting a baby gave them a new beginning, which brought them even closer. “There isn’t one magic secret,” said Cam. “Being best friends was the glue in our marriage. We clung to each other and our families – not parties and socializing. If you are so blessed to find the right person, hold on to him/her with all of your might!” ITSUKO AND JON SCHULTZ Itsuko and Jon Schultz are both age 76 and residents of Perkins Township. How they met is an unusual story. Jon joined the Navy in August of 1964. After 12 weeks of Boot Camp at Great Lakes Training Center, Jon completed training as an Aviation Electronics Technician in Memphis, Tennessee. For two and a half years he was part of a flight crew that few Passive Electronic Counter Measures in the Viet Nam War. “We usually spent about one month in Viet Nam and one month in Japan,” he said. After being honorably discharged in August 1968, he returned to Sandusky to look for a job. He responded to an ad in the Cleveland Plain Dealer seeking qualified veterans to upgrade aircraft. The work was in Japan. He met all of the qualifications and was soon working for Lear Siegler. “I already had friends in Japan so it was a perfect fit,” Jon said. While in Japan, Jon recalled being invited to a friend’s dinner party which is where he met his wife-to-be, Itusko. He said, “I spoke a little Japanese and she didn’t speak English. I felt an immediate connection.” While at the dinner party he mustered up the courage to ask her out for a date. 7