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He proposed 60 years ago, then broke her heart. Now they've finally tied the knot

When Ed Sneckenberger broke off his engagement to Priscilla Matheny 60 years ago, she never spoke to him again. Then, the friend request arrived.
Ed and Priscilla married in December, 2022, at the Hagerstown, Md. church where they first met.

Sixty years after he first ended their engagement, Priscilla Matheny got a Facebook friend request from the man who broke her heart. She declined it (queen!) but her romance with Ed Sneckenberger proved to be far from over.

Who are they? It depends on what point in time we're looking at, but the gist is that they're two lovers who seemed fated to be together.

  • Priscilla and Ed first met in 1959 in Hagerstown, Md., through involvement in their church, and took

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