Colleen Zettel stood in front of her fireplace facing the minister, a little astonished at how she got to this point.
Zettel and her groom, John “Jack” Kerr, had both previously had happy and long marriages. When death did them part from their first spouses, they kept up with friends and spent time with family. They were content.
Maria Iqbal is a Toronto Star journalist andjournalism in aging fellow who is part of The Third Act project, apartnership between the Toronto Star, the National Institute onAgeing (NIA) and Toronto Metropolitan University to producemeaningful stories on aging. Reach her via email: [email protected]or follow her on X: @maria9860
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