Dan Lundquist, 70, and Stephanie Mumford Brown, 71, who wrote a chapter in the book "Gray Love" on dating after 60, met on the online dating app Bumble and decided to tie the knot after three years as a couple.
Barefoot bride Stephanie Mumford Brown, 71, shares a playful moment with husband Dan Lundquist, 70, who is still miffed he wore white crew socks with his Topsiders on their wedding day in July.
After their 60-second wedding in the backyard of their Saratoga County farmhouse on July 12, groom Dan Lundquist, 70, bride Stephanie Mumford Brown, 71, with witness Lisa Schwarzbaum and officiant Jennifer Brown.
NORTHUMBERLAND — Stephanie Mumford Brown and Dan Lundquist say they have found a deeper shade of gray love — a senior marriage.
On a Friday afternoon in July, Brown, 71, and Lundquist, 70, tied the knot in the backyard of their Saratoga County farmhouse. The bride’s sister, Jennifer Brown, officiated and the bride’s close friend, Lisa Schwarzbaum, a film critic, was the witness.
The bride, an avid golfer, went barefoot and wore her favorite golf skort. The groom donned a white button-down shirt, pink shorts and Topsiders — with white crew socks, a fashion faux pas he now regrets. They skipped the rings.
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“By the powers vested in me by the town of Northumberland, I present you married,” the bride’s sister said.
The bride and groom hugged and kissed but did not exchange vows. All signed the marriage license (the town clerk had waived the $25 paperwork fee). And that was that.
“It was casual, short and sweet. It felt so Dan and Stephanie to me,” Lundquist said.
“We got married primarily for........