(Fred Fox, the bride’s older brother, who lives in Los Angeles, could not attend but sent along best wishes to his little sister.).
“This is like an early birthday gift,” Ms. Mokotoff said before joining hands with Mr. Mann.
Both are widowed from previous marriages, and they have seven children, 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren between them.
As a 23-year-old in 1941, she married Reuben Mokotoff, a cardiologist from Manhattan, where they lived until 1952.
She then persuaded him to relocate his practice to Middletown, where Ms. Mokotoff would become a wildly popular and well-regarded figure.
Shortly thereafter, the couple and their guests resurfaced at John’s Harvest Inn, a nearby restaurant where the reception was held.
“So from here on out, it’s just the two of us, together, for the remaining days of our lives. »
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