Anna Vicini was never a flower girl as a young girl, but luckily there's no age restriction for this wedding party honor.

Vicini threw white rose petals on the floor of the Riverside Cafe Thursday at the La Salle County Nursing Home as the 104-year-old was whisked down the aisle in her wheelchair by a staff member.

Where Vicini's rose petals stopped stood Larry Zuk, who was looking to the cafe's entrance where Teresa Zuk stood, wearing the same wedding dress she wore 10 years ago when the couple first wed.

The Rev. Duane Kaufman, a retired clergyman from Seneca, told the guests, mostly staff and residents of the nursing home, of the couple's history involving weekly travels on Interstate 80 and single red roses.

Even though Larry was working in Ottawa and Teresa in Michigan, the couple met through work. Larry worked at Libbey Owens Ford, where Teresa would visit once a month to inspect the glass through her job at GenTech.

"I guess I was inspecting more than the glass," Teresa quipped after the ceremony as staff passed by to congratulate their coworkers.

But it was Larry who made the first move.

"Larry stepped up to the plate and asked Teresa for her phone number," Kaufman told the guests.

The Naplate couple dated for four months long distance. Larry drove to Holland, Mich., each weekend to visit Teresa — each time greeting her with a single, red rose.

Eventually, the weekly visits stopped when Larry asked Teresa to move to Ottawa, which Kaufman said was followed by a quick "yes."

After the ceremony, Adrienne Erickson, nursing home administrator, and kitchen staff came from the kitchen to shower rice on the couple, who both work at the nursing home — Larry as a custodian and Teresa as a housekeeper.

In addition to Vicini, the couple's daughter Stacey McPheeters, of Monticello, Ind., also was a member of the wedding party. The couple has a total of four children from previous marriages.

Activity Director Linda Anderson suggested the Zuk's include Vicini in the celebration, since she had never been a flower girl. Teresa asked Vicini a half hour before the ceremony and all Vicini wanted to know was: When do I throw the flowers?

"I enjoyed it," Vicini said. "It was fun."

The Zuks said five nursing home residents helped with the wedding, a few helped with the cake and a two manned the guest book.

Anderson said she told Teresa on Valentine's Day it would be nice if someone married at the nursing home, which gave Teresa and Anderson the idea to renew vows, even though Larry was at first reluctant.

"Both of them are so hard working and loving to the staff," Anderson said.

The location didn't matter so much to Teresa, as the meaning behind their decision to renew their vows.

"Happiness, love, all of the above," she said.