Francis And Rosemary Klontz's Colorful 68-Year Marriage

Published August 16, 2019 at 6:22 AM EDT

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. Congratulations to Francis and Rosemary Klontz, about to celebrate 68 years of color-coordinated marriage. Rosemary told KOVR that her mom bought T-shirts for the young couple back in high school, and they have been matching outfits every day since - and singing...

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ROSEMARY AND FRANCIS KLONTZ: (Singing) How I hope and how I pray we will always be together, long after graduation day. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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