Blaine Alexander

Jake loved taking his son to the racetrack.

Cars had always been his thing since he was a little boy.

His sister remembers a time Jake took the family Ford out for a spin when he was six years old.

He had gotten in the car.

in the driveway and I guess he knocked it out of gear.

So this man knocked on the door and told my mom, um, I believe that's your car across the street.

And it rolled out of the driveway?

Oh gosh.

But Jake acted like it was great.

He was, you know, at the steering wheel doing his little thing and had no idea that he had done something wrong.

Jake was the youngest of six and the only boy.

You all must have doted on him like crazy.

We used to tease and say that he had six mothers, five sisters and his real mother.

Jake went from a childhood surrounded by women to a marriage of 26 years.

When that marriage ended in divorce, Jake found himself without a woman in his life for the first time.

He joined an online dating service and soon met Susan.

She was 48, Jake 51.

What was it about Jake that caught your eye?

had fun she was a nurse um you know she was a good person he was interested in her so he was really going on about her yes just a few months into the relationship jake's health took a sudden turn he had a heart attack susan moved in with jake as he was recovering and she says very soon after he suggested they get married

I said, are you serious?