Column: Lovers in the twilight time
Raymond Sternberg, 93, left, and Jerri Kane, 88, in the room they share after moving in together at the Jewish Home in Reseda last April 8. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
For Jerri Kane and Ray Sternberg, love defies both age and time, and they celebrate it every chance they get.
Ray Sternberg displays the medals he earned in World War II, including a Purple Heart and Silver Star, on the wall of the room he and Jerri Kane share. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A photo of Ray Sternberg as a young man also hangs in the room he shares with Jerri, who calls Ray her “gentle giant.” (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A collage of photos of Jerri Kane, upper left, as a young woman and other family and friends hangs on the wall of her and Ray’s room at the Jewish Home. Jerri’s daughter, Eileen, is bottom center. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
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Decorations in Ray and Jerri’s room are remnants of the long lives they led before falling in love last year. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Ray Sternberg and Jerri Kane embrace in the library at the Jewish Home in Reseda. Though often inseparable, the couple makes sure to spend time apart -- Ray plays cards at a nearby senior center and Jerri leads tours of the home. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
“I think we fell in like, and from falling in like, it grew to love. And at our age that’s simply spectacular,” 88-year-old Jerri Kane says of her relationship with Ray Sternberg, 93. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)