Dave and Marilyn met at school. Marilyn was administrative secretary and Dave had the heating and ventilation contract with the school division. He had to go by the office to get to the custodian’s room. She was a recent widow and he a recent widower. She invited him to join a bereavement group she belonged to “because he looked so sad”. They were married in 2004.

Dave grew up in the Brooklands area of Winnipeg and worked all his life in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning business. He spent nearly three years in the Northwest Territories and is proud of his collection of Inuit art. Marilyn grew up in St. James. She and her brother traveled all over Europe with a mother she describes as “a free spirit who taught me a lot”. She went on to work as a teaching assistant and a secretary for much of her life.

They have “a wonderful blended family,” says Marilyn. Their kids all get along. Their dogs, though, did not, so they got Coal, their Labradoodle, shortly after they were married and he has become Dave’s best friend.

Marilyn and Dave have each had a parent with Alzheimer disease and because of her volunteer work with the Alzheimer Society and her co-facilitating a support group of family care givers, Marilyn quickly picked up on the first signs of Dave’s dementia in 2007. “The key to dealing with people with Alzheimer’s”, she says, “is to remember that they are still alive, that they can still do things.”

At first, Dave kept busy with woodworking and restoration projects. “There is nothing Dave can’t do,” adds Marilyn. He continues to meet with the Men’s Club of his church and to attend weekly support group meetings at the Alzheimer Society. He also participates in an adult day program which includes hands-on activities, games and lunch – all because of the importance of being socially active.

Marilyn continues her involvement with the Alzheimer Society, sings in the choir at her church, curls twice a week and has been taking piano lessons for the last few years. “You have to try to activate another side of your brain, “ she explains.

Their life together now requires being a lot more proactive “in order to be one step ahead of the game”. You can sense a very positive energy when you are with them, and something else... “After our spouses died, we thought we were never going to find love again, but we did.” Their happiness fills the room with warmth and laughter.

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Dave grew up in the Brooklands area of Winnipeg and worked all his life in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning business. He spent nearly three years in the Northwest Territories and is proud of his collection of Inuit art. Marilyn grew up in St. James. She and her brother traveled all over Europe with a mother she describes as “a free spirit who taught me a lot”. She went on to work as a teaching assistant and a secretary for much of her life.

They have “a wonderful blended family,” says Marilyn. Their kids all get along. Their dogs, though, did not, so they got Coal, their Labradoodle, shortly after they were married and he has become Dave’s best friend.

Marilyn and Dave have each had a parent with Alzheimer disease and because of her volunteer work with the Alzheimer Society and her co-facilitating a support group of family care givers, Marilyn quickly picked up on the first signs of Dave’s dementia in 2007. “The key to dealing with people with Alzheimer’s”, she says, “is to remember that they are still alive,

At first, Dave kept busy with woodworking and restoration projects. “There is nothing Dave can’t do,” adds Marilyn. He continues to meet with the Men’s Club of his church and to attend weekly support group meetings at the Alzheimer Society. He also participates in an adult day program which includes hands-on activities, games and lunch – all because

Their life together now requires being a lot more proactive “in order to be one step ahead of the game”. You can sense a very positive energy when you are with them, and something else... “After our spouses died, we thought we were never going to find love again, but we did.” Their happiness fills the room with warmth

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