Winona resident John Sturm carried three chairs from the equipment storage room at the Winona YMCA on Friday and placed them in the back row of the aerobics room before an exercise class started.

One chair was for a friend. One was for him. The other was for his wife.

Rose Sturm carried over hand weights and placed one set under her seat and the other set under her husbands.

It was a familiar routine for the couple. Rose, 84, and John, 82, have been married 63 years. They met as sophomores in high school in Illinois after Rose sat down at the same table as John.

Shed been there five minutes and you would have thought wed known each other for a long time, John said.

He asked her to a football game something he knew the young tomboy would be into. She said yes and then changed her mind.

But her mom made her go.

From then on, John said, as he lifted his hands and entwined his fingers, it grew.

Their young love bloomed and soon John was walking Rose home from school a two mile and three-and-a-half-block journey despite the fact he lived only a few blocks from the high school.

On Friday, they again walked side-by-side, participating in a YMCA Silver Sneakers class, which they go to at least three times a week.

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