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Centenarian couple, married 82 years, celebrate birthdays

Duranord Veillard and his wife, Jeanne Veillard, are photographed Thursday in Spring Valley, N.Y. (Associated Press)
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SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. – A husband and wife thought to be one of the oldest married couples in New York have celebrated their birthdays – and their combined ages will be 212.

The Journal News reports Duranord Veillard turned 108 on Saturday. His wife, Jeanne Veillard, won’t turn 105 until May.

The couple celebrated Saturday at the Spring Valley home they share with their daughter.

Veillard is a native of Haiti who was a judge there. He and his wife moved to the United States in 1968, raising five children while he worked as a hospital laboratory technician.

The Veillards have been married 82 years.