80 Year Old Couple Finds Long Lost Love

Chuck Lewis and Sandy Gutting first met each other in April of 1945. Chuck was only 17 and Sandy was 16. Chuck says it was love at first sight. He first saw her on the Oceanside Pier in San Diego. Gutting was visiting from Los Angeles for a short time. Chuck however lived right in San Diego. The two kept in touch for the summer. They would meet almost every weekend and chuck would make the drive to Los Angeles. Once school started up again it was hard for them to keep in touch and Chuck could no longer make the trip. They were soon torn farther and farther apart. They were in love, but it seems as distance got in the way of that. They both grew up to get married, have a family, and steady jobs. Sandy was a flight attendent who married a passenger she met on the plane. He died of a heart attack only 17 years after they were married. She was left to raise four daughters. When she retrired she moved out to Seattle so she could be closer to family. Chuck joined the Air Force. He then went on to manage a lock making company. Chuck's first marriage lasted only 10 years. He had two daughters with his first wife. His second marriage lasted 18 years. He then retired and moved to Oceanside, California in 1990. They basically forgot about everything, or so it seemed. Chuck says he never forgot about their summer romance. Chuck got Sandy's email in 2007 and the two exchanged information. Sandy made the trip to San Diego and the summer fling was once again ignited. They lived about 1,200 miles away, but they didn't let this become a problem again. They would talk on the phone twice a day, once at 9:00 A.M. and again at 9:00 P.M. They also meet one week out of every month. At night they play games of online scrabble. Chuck says that they don't like to think about what could have been, because all they have left is the future and they are ready to face it together.