They got married when he was just 17 and she was 16– and everyone said it wouldn’t last. Now 86 years later, the Nebraska couple holds the record of America’s oldest, longest living married couple. Over the years, the couple’s unbreakable bond enabled them to build a big, beautiful family, made up of three children, six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. Their secret is focusing on “togetherness.”