Couple honored for 72 years of marriage

WEST SENECA, N.Y., Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A New York state couple who have been married for 72 years are being honored by the faith-based Worldwide Marriage Encounter organization.

The marriage enrichment organization declared West Seneca residents John Frontera, 96, and Victoria Frontera, 91, as the 2012 New York State honorees of the Longest Married Couple Project, The Buffalo (N.Y.) News reported Wednesday.

Mark Kulyk said the choice was based on nominations from across the state.

"The search started four years ago for the longest married couple in the United States," Kulyk said. "Then we realized we had enough [nominations] for every state."

John, who married Victoria Oct. 28, 1939, quipped the secret to his long and happy marriage was to "have a glass of wine every day."

Victoria said her marriage worked because she "wasn't lazy."

"There's always gonna be some things he doesn't like and something you don't like. There will always be mistakes," she said. "You gotta make a little compromise. Before you know it, it's all gone."