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ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES: Rockland Love Stories: Max and Niquette

Max Vales (left) sits with his wife, Niquette Vales (right), of 56 years at Ramapo Activity Senior Center.
photo credit: Aileen Miller, Manager of Ramapo Senior Activity Center


Max and Niquette Vales have been married for 56 years.

It's all thanks to her brother.

He went to a picnic, where he met the music-loving guy.

“That same day when my brother got home, he bought a guitar and tried to play. Then one day, Max stopped by my house,” she said. “They were talking, playing guitar and I passed by to go out and he saw me. I saw him too…and then I left.”

From when their eyes first met, he kept returning every day, every afternoon.

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