I've lost my job, now what?

Well it happened, our company was taken over by new owners who in their infinite wisdom started cutting costs. Keep in mind neither of the two new owners know nothing about the nuts and bolts of the business. I was working approx 55 hrs per week after my neighbor and owner passed away a year ago Easter. There were two people in the office, one of them being me, who kept the ship afloat and actually increased the profits of the business. The owners wife had no knowledge of the business or it's inner workings. So she contacted a business broker and sold it. My dilemma is I just turned 71 years old. I don't feel any different than I did at 30 or 40 and I still have the drive and desire to become a productive working stiff. As I look at all my accomplishments from the inside, I see a pretty talented guy who has a lot to offer. But as I apply for different positions, without saying it my age has become an obstacle that is very hard to overcome. What employers are missing is the work ethic of the boomer generation, we didn't set around playing video games, or starring mindlessly at a 3 x 5 inch lcd screen on a cell phone. Our parents were for the most part survivors of the depression era in some form and worked very hard for everything they had, which in turn trickled down to us in the fact that if we wanted anything meaningful we had to go out and get it ourselves. I am the eternal optimist and feel that somehow someway I will land back on my feet and pick up where I left off.