ONTARIO, Ohio — You never know when love can sneak up on you— and at what age.

That was certainly the case for a Richland County couple who recently tied the knot as octogenarians.

At the Ohio Health Ontario Health & Fitness Center, you'll find Gisela Shoemaker, 84, and Hans Recih, 88, walking on the track hand-in-hand at least five days a week.

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"Sometimes we come on Saturday, and then, it's McDonald's pancakes," Shoemaker said.

Reich first noticed Shoemaker a few years back at the fitness center.

While he was walking, his eyes were drawn to her on a cardio machine.

"She was always in the front row and I kept looking over, but that's as far as it got," Reich said.

Reich and Shoemaker were born in different parts of Germany. They moved to Northeast Ohio in the 50s a

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