Photo by Brian Williams/The Ottawa Herald

Joan (Hay) Stone, 68, rural Waverly, and George Stewart, 78, Lawrence, enjoy the shade with Stone’s golden retriever, Zena, at Stone’s home. The couple both attended Latimer School, a one-room school house east of Ottawa on Rock Creek Road. After not seeing each other for about 50 years and sharing nearly a combined 100 years of marriage with their late spouses, they plan to wed in November.