Dementia Jill du Toit Elderly 90-year-old couple sing each other back to health!
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Despite the rumours that are making the rounds, 83-year-old Jill wants everyone to know that there is no truth in the story that they are getting married because she is pregnant.

 

Johannesburg, South Africa (16 September 2020) – Their hands may tell the story of rich decades well-lived, but when Geoff Gearing (86) asked Jill du Toit (83) to marry him, their hearts fluttered like teenagers’.

Geoff popped the question on 5 September, in England, where they have been staying since the coronavirus pandemic broke out, preventing Jill from returning to her home at Rand Aid’s Thornhill Manor retirement village in Modderfontein, Johannesburg.

England is Geoff’s home, but for the past six years, the pair have been switching between South Africa and England and enjoying many holidays at exciting destinations in between.

Jill has been a resident of Thornhill Manor since 2003 and quickly gained the nickname ‘Galloping Granny’ because she was always on the move, loved running and was quite the jet setter. Geoff is a triathlon champion and intends competing in the World Triathlon Championship event, age group 85+, next year. He was meant to compete this year, but the coronavirus pandemic put paid to those plans.

Love in the time of COVID - Galloping Granny is no runaway bride!
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Fellow Thornhill Manor residents Brian and Dawn Burls have been friends with Jill for the past 25 years and say Geoff is the ideal partner for her because he is able to match her abundant energy and active lifestyle.

“May they be blessed with joy, happiness and good health in their future life together,” says the Burls.

Jill had this to say on her upcoming nuptials: “Despite the rumours that are making the rounds, there is no truth in the story that I am getting married because I am pregnant.”

“She has assured us that having been with Geoff for six years, if it hasn’t happened by now, it will never happen but she offers hope to all the single ladies. If they wait long enough at Heathrow Airport, a suitable man will walk past, catch their eye and, as they say, the rest will be history,” says Thornhill Manor manager Esme Erasmus.


Sources: Jill du Toit 
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