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Classified Death Notices D 7 PICK 3 Winning number Wednesday was 317. EXTRA Winning number Wednesday was 1208878. LOTTO 6/ 49 Winning numbers Wednesday were 2, 5, 12, 22, 44, 48. Bonus number was 10.. WESTERN 6/ 49 Winning number Wednesday were 19, 28, 31, 37, 46, 48. Bonus number was 15. INSIDE DEATHS LOTTERIES CANADA POST SALES AGREEMENT NO. 0563595 Recycled newsprint is used in the production of the newspaper. Please recycle. L AST Saturday, Vina Vesinger put on a wedding dress for the fourth time. The 87- year- old Winnipeg bride walked down the aisle with her 84- year- old groom, Norman Sanders. " God was good to me, he gave me wonderful husbands," said the bride who has survived three previous spouses. " I was treated like gold, they couldn't do enough for me. They're loveable and adore me; that's what I like." The love expressed by the octogenarians ( people in their 80s) at the altar will be necessary, say marriage counsellors, because people marrying in the latter stage of life can face unique challenges. Those could include failing physical health, the merger of different retirement incomes and family members who are leery about accepting a new parent or grandparents. But, for Vesinger and Sanders, their wedding day was a time for celebration, not a time to anticipate possible relationship challenges. " We'll be living together, happily ever after," said the proud groom. " It's all about love, and you can get married at any age." Both Sanders and Vesinger want to live until they're at least 100. " Nobody thinks that I'm 87 because I don't act like it, I like dancing even though we both have arthritis," she said. " I'll be able to settle down, but he better spoil me." Both Sanders and Vesinger lost their previous spouses to cancer and heart disease. They were friends for years before marrying at Sir Sam Steele Legion on Salter Street. " We chose the Legion because that's where we met. We both have walkers and there aren't any stairs," said Sanders. Although some families are not immediately enthusiastic when their parents and grandparents remarry, this was not the case with Vesinger and Sanders. Her nine children and his five children came from across Canada to mark the special day. Vesinger's daughter was the maid of honour, and Sanders' son was the best man. " My family said ' She picks up good men', but I told them ' I don't, they pick me up,' " said the bride. " But you can make any marriage work if you want to." According to Statistics Canada data for 2008, the average age for a widowed woman to remarry was 63 and 72 for men. Although senior couples don't have pressures such as jobs or raising children, marriage presents different challenges for newlyweds who are into their retirement years. " We're wired to connect; that doesn't change," said Carolyn Bergen, marriage counsellor and director of Bergen & Associates Counselling. " They think they have the whole relationship thing figured out and then something surprises them. They all have relationship history, or baggage." Financially, it can be difficult to adjust to a new partner's lifestyle, budget and retirement plan. Couples struggle to support one another when their health begins to fail, which is common among seniors. Family members can have a difficult time adjusting to the marriage, sometimes feeling loyalty to the spouse being replaced, sometimes resenting a reallocation of assets. " It can be hard watching a parent or a grandparent fall in love with a different partner," Bergen said, who has counselled senior couples in her private practice since 1999. She said one of the most common challenges is a lack of communication. " That one special person's opinion is so important," Bergen said. " They come in when something breaks the connection like when they don't feel heard, loved, or worthy." Linda Churchill, of Crescentwood Counselling Services in Winnipeg, said many senior couples who seek counselling are continuing to work on their first marriage. " They have a strong sense of loyalty and that marriage is forever," said Churchill. " Even if they're unhappy they stick with it in Hell or high water." One of the biggest marital issues Churchill sees among senior couples is retirement. " Some couples aren't sure how to negotiate differences or how to be friends because they don't have a job to preoccupy them," she said. " During retirement they're suddenly trying to figure out how to be together." " People are people whether they're a young couple or not. Senior couples are grappling with different issues like getting older, illness, mortality, the death of friends," she said. " Every couple is unique, but senior couples don't have it any easier." elizabeth. fraser@ freepress. mb. ca Weddings for the ages OCTOGENARIAN marriages in Manitoba, in which at least one of the parties was between the ages of 80 to 89, are fairly rare. . 2009: 7 . 2010: 4 . 2011: 14 . 2012: 8 . 2013: 5 ( so far) - source: Statistics Canada Golden years, golden bands for newlyweds Octogenarians marry at legion JESSICA BURTNICK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Legionnaires and octogenarians Norm Sanders, 84, and Vina Vesinger, 87, tied the knot Saturday at Sir Sam Steele Legion on Salter Street where they first met on the dance floor. This marriage is Visinger's fourth. She was first married at 18. By Elizabeth Fraser NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. - An iconic photograph of a child breaking from his mother's grasp nearly 73 years ago to reach for his uniformed father marching off to war is to be cast as a bronze memorial. Artists Veronica and Edwin Dam de Nogales have been selected to create a memorial based on the photograph Wait For Me, Daddy, taken by Vancouver Province photographer Claude P. Dettloff on Oct. 1, 1940, as the British Columbia Regiment marches down a hill on 8th Street in New Westminster. Just weeks after the picture was taken, the photo was featured in Life Magazine and has since become the second- most requested picture in Canada's National Archives. The boy in the photograph was fiveyear- old Warren " Whitey" Bernard, reaching for his father Jack as the regiment shipped out to a secret destination after months of preparation after Canada's declaration of war against the German on September 10, 1939. The destination lay three hours away, Nanaimo, where the regiment continued to prepare for its role in the Second World War until it shipped out to France and the Netherlands. Private Jack Bernard survived the fighting and returned to New Westminster, where Detloff photographed the reunion. Eventually, Jack and Bernice divorced. Whitey became the mayor of Tofino and is looking forward to seeing the bronze memorial. The cast rendition of the shot will be placed in New Westminster's Hyack Square, in almost the exact spot where the picture was taken near the intersection of 8th and Columbia streets. - The Canadian Press Boy's reach to be bronzed CANADIAN PRESS ARCHIVES The photo " Wait for me, Daddy" A_ 02_ Jul- 25- 13_ FP_ 01. indd A2 7/ 24/ 13 11: 00: 07 PM ;