“They are role models for everybody who wants a good relationship,” said Kris Scharoun-DeForge's sister.
Paul and Kris Scharoun-DeForge at their wedding on Aug. 13, 1993. By Kellie B. Gormly April 30 at 8:00 AM Some people who saw Paul and Kris Scharoun-DeForge from a distance felt pity for them. Others discouraged them from getting married. But the couple, both of whom were born with Down syndrome, believed they were the luckiest people in the world.
The story of Paul and his wife, Kris, 59 — which has been chronicled by various media outlets over the years — is a tale that reaches far beyond people with disabilities. Each of their parents had a deep faith in their children and ignored the advice, which turned out to be a smart and critical decision, for they both grew up to live extraordinary and productive lives.
“He made me laugh,” she said. “I looked into his eyes and saw my future, and that’s when I proposed to him. … He said yes.” Paul and Kris give a toast at Kris's sister's wedding. The Scharoun-DeForges lived together in a state-supported apartment community for people with disabilities, where they shared a master bedroom and where staff members would sleep in a second bedroom.
“When he would see Kris, he would just look at her, and you knew there was that recognition,” Scharoun said. Her spouse, Susan Hynds, wrote and delivered the eulogy.
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