‘Til Death Do Us Part: Elderly Couple Dies Holding Hands
- Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:39am by
Liz Klimas
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Gordon, 94, and Norma Yeager, 90, of Des Moines, Iowa, were married for 72 years. According to a local report, from high school onward they wanted to be together forever. On Earth, they got about as close to “forever” as any human couple could ask for, and last week they died an hour apart while holding hands with each other.
(Photo: Yeager Family via KCCI)
Watch the local KCCI-TV report from Kansas City, Iowa:
KCCI reports the couple’s son, Dennis Yeage, as saying the couple was in a car accident last Wednesday, which put them in intensive care. Nurses did not separate the couple. Gordon died first but, as Dennis says in the news clip, Gordon’s heart monitor was still registering a beat. This is because the monitor was picking up Norma‘s heart beat through Gordon’s hand. Norma died an hour later:
“Staying together for 72 years is good, I‘d say that’s exceptional,” said daughter Donna Sheets.
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“Neither one of them would’ve wanted to be without each other. I couldn’t figure out how it was going to work,” said Donna Sheets. “We were very blessed, honestly, that they went this way.”
(Photo: Yeager Family via KCCI)
KCCI reports that the couple was buried holding hands in their casket on Monday.
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Comments (127)
poverty.sucks
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:45amCommon trait of Happy People is having someone to Love!
Are you Saved? If you were to die today, would you go to Heaven?
http://www.PeaceWithGod.Jesus.Net
Report Post »hud
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:58amTomorrow will answer the above question. My question? what are the odds of this happening?
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:21amIt’s always 50/50, HUD.
Report Post »imreddog
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:36amPoverty.sucks – Please study your Bible. No man has or will he ever go to Heaven. New Jerusalem is the destination for the saved… but they are few. Scripture to back up my statement.
John 3:13
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
Islesfordian
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:26pmImredog,
You misunderstand the Scriptural teaching about heaven. There will be a new heaven and a new earth and the two will become united. God will establish his dwelling in the new Jerusalem.
Besides, Paul knew a man who was caught up to “the third heaven”.
Report Post »lawrencepaulhill
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:35pm2 Kings 2:11
11 And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
The New Jerusalem is “in heaven”. It comes “down from heaven”. So if there are inhabitants in the New Jerusalem now, they are in heaven, for all intents and purposes.
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:05pm@HUD………… “A coincidence miracle from which God wishes to remain anonymos”…..
Report Post »This was Gods love on full display…..Some christians don’t believe that married couples and family will be reunited in heaven…..I don’t believe that, and I think this is proof, these 2 went through the pearly gates together…..
motonutt
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:41pm@IMREDDOG….Please explain to me 2 Kings 2:11 ….thanks.
Report Post »nealb4zodd
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 2:53pmI’m a Christian- A Mormon, to be exact, so to answer your question based on the loose qualifications of simply accepting Christ as my personal lord and savior- -yes. of course. Not a day goes by I do not drop to my knees in prayer thanking my father-inheaven for sending his son. – and i try to follow Christ’s teachings. – - — but there is also something to be said about Enduring to the end. – -if tomorrow i curse God and his angels and becom a hurtful-hateful man and become someone Christ doesnt want me to be, becoming a “Son of perdition” – -heaven as you know it would NOT be mine. – -but fo sake of argument. . yes. We are all heirs – join heirs with God. – Simply put, each day can be heaven and a joy if we love and serve one another. This couple was a great example of love.
Report Post »mcdonnal
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 5:29pmI lost my wife of 59 years in March. I am devastated. We met at 16 married at 18. I know that if anyone is in Heaven, she is. I have been trying to make up for many faults and making amends in the hope that I will be accepted also. I pray that if God accepts me, she will also, the sooner the better.
Report Post »AlmostaCowboy
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 5:52pmI would. Saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Thanks for asking. :-)
Report Post »Bearfoot
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:12pmMcDonnel,
I am so sorry for your loss. Can I contribute this, to comfort you for the future;
John 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead up and makes them alive, so the Son also makes those alive whom he wants to. 22 For the Father judges no one at all, but he has committed all the judging to the Son, 23 in order that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He that does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Most truly I say to YOU, He that hears my word and believes him that sent me has everlasting life, and he does not come into judgment but has passed over from death to life.
Report Post »25 “Most truly I say to YOU, The hour is coming, and it is now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who have given heed will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted also to the Son to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to do judging, because Son of man he is. 28 Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment. 30 I cannot do a single thing of my own initiative; just as I hear, I judge; and the judgment that I render is righteous, because I seek, not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Protoham
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:33amBrizz
Where did you get the information about how the accident happened. I don’t see it in the story. Maybe it was not his fault. Maybe he was hit by a kid going 100mph. But I don’t know.
Report Post »Brizz
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 2:12pm@PROTOHAM
Report Post »The link,
http://www.kcci.com/news/29528191/detail.html
was on Drudge Wednesday afternoon before the Blaze posted it.
Another link:
http://www.thebornepost.com/2011/10/20/extraordinary-love-story-couple-of-72-years-marriage-died-holding-hands-an-hour-apart/
Wasn’t trying to be a bummer, it truly is a sad story.
gwwwa
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:39amDon’t mean to break up the love fest here but how were they buried holding hands? Caskets are generally pretty form fitting. So were the buried in a giant casket that they use for the fat people? Did they cut holes in two caskets and stick their arms through? Nah don’t worry about it it’s a good story.
Report Post »Brizz
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:57amYeah, this could’ve been one of many other stories that provide proof that seniors should have their drivers licenses revoked before they kill someone else and/or themselves.
Report Post »and.to.the.Republic
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:10amBRIZZ – you are a JERK! Can‘t wait to see how people will treat you when you’re old. If you can’t be kind about two elderly people – SHUT UP.
BRIZZ Comments: “Yeah, this could’ve been one of many other stories that provide proof that seniors should have their drivers licenses revoked before they kill someone else and/or themselves.”
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:12amMaybe you could have gotten their hearts, they may have been old, but at least you’d have one.
Report Post »and.to.the.Republic
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:21amGWWWA is a jerk too, but at least he isn’t suggesting taking away the rights of citizens just because they are old. You guys need to learn to be kind and empathetic.
Report Post »Brizz
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:24amSo its okay that he pulled out in front of another driver who now has to live with the fact that he killed two people for the rest of his life?! My grandfather, 81, has macular degeneration. He sneaks out to drive my, recently deceased, grandmother‘s car to feel like he’s with her. The fact that he loves her does not make it right! It has been hard for everyone in my family. Think about it before you start calling me a jerk.
Report Post »ByDawnsEarlyLight
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:28amseriously Brizz? you mean no younger or middle age people have ever pulled out in traffic without yielding and caused an accident?? Really? lets keep our thoughts and prayers to the poor woman still in the hospital and her husband and family.
Report Post »and.to.the.Republic
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:32amYou’re mixing issues. If someone fails a driver test, they shouldn’t drive. That has nothing to do with age. If someone is stealing a car and driving when they shouldn’t be — revoking the licenses of all elderly won’t solve that problem. You must identify the real problem in your situation and not apply restriction on ALL elderly just because you have an unfortunate family event. Maybe you should think about that before you call for people’s rights to be revoked. They may come back to bite you one day.
Report Post »wynnsjammer
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:38amWouldn’t it be easier if you just ignored Gwaaa and Brizz, obviously they’re here for nothing else but to stir up “Trouble” and it seems everyone is falling into there “Trap” which is a “Pointless” trap.
Report Post »Brizz
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:53amMaybe I should have been more clear. Of course it should be based on ability to pass a driving test. The fact remains that accident rates for drivers over the age of 65 higher than for any other group except teens. I have lived in Florida, and know multiple seniors who have paid the attendant at the DMV to renew their license. Don’t get me wrong, the issue is ultimately about safety, not about taking driving “priviliges” away from seniors simply for being old. That is absolutely ridiculous. And its called the Blaze for a reason, the truth should not be causing trouble.
Report Post »wilson66
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:30pmi’m not sure how accurate that statement is, that they were buried holding hands. this is from another site, and is what i’ve read in a couple different articles: “Gordon and Norma Yeager also held hands in their casket during their funeral this week, according to the KCCI report. They will be cremated and have their ashes mixed together, their family said.”
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 2:26pmWhy do you care?
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 2:30pmSo BRIZZ did it ever occur to you to hide his keys?
When my mom and dad was in a nursing home, their car was stored in the parking lot as my brother didn’t have room at his home and did not want to store it at a storage unit. My brother also took the keys so he couldn’t get into the car.
Report Post »Brizz
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 3:44pm@COFEMALE
Report Post »His vision has faded, but he is still sharp as a tack. Nobody thought this would’ve happened until we got a call from the neighbors. Now my aunt has the keys and she put the Club on the stearing wheel. It was very difficult indeed. We know its more than just the passing of his loving wife, it is his independence slipping away.
68Truthseeker
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:36amTrump Still Wants Obama’s Birth Certificate Analyzed 10-18-2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEeZFhDG4_E
Report Post »schroeder123
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:26amYes !
Report Post »jerryod1627
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:40amThat’s the best idea that I have heard in a while!
Report Post »saranda
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:57amCould Trump get any stupider? What happened to the “team” of people he had in Hawaii checking this out? This guy will say or do anything to keep his name in the press, and anyone that takes him seriously needs to shake their head very aggressively.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:33amThat is my “FEEL GOOD” story of the day! Thanks. :)
Report Post »lcovar
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 2:34pm(That is my “FEEL GOOD” story of the day! Thanks. :))
Report Post »Same here; but it seems to me that not too many people appreciate a nice story anymore. If they don’t turn it into politics, they turn it into religion, bible etc…
MidwestMomof3
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:30am“Watch the local KCCI-TV report from Kansas City, Iowa”
I didn’t realize the MO/KS border where KC is located moved this far north!
Report Post »Forward
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:09amDon’t worry, no towns have moved. This is the result of imperialistic Iowans storming through the plains, annexing previously Missouran or Kansan territory. You ain‘t seen nothin’ if you haven’t seen the columns of Iowan troops bent on domination of the Great Plains.
Report Post »Champ
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:44amYa, KCCI, is in Des Moines, not Kansas City (Missouri? wrong state even) . And the couple was not from Des Moines, they lived in a rural area between State Center and Marshalltown. No, that’s not close enough to Des Moines to be a suburb. I know these things because
1. I live just outside of Des Moines (Van Meter) and have lived in the area all my life.
2. I’ve work in Marshalltown for the last 5 years. Yes, I know, its a long drive, but I’m happy to have a good job in this economy right now, I can deal with the ridiculous commute.
Not that big of a deal, but its sad to see The Blaze post such incorrect information – hurts their reputation.
Report Post »reddreads
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 3:12pmOh good, I’m not the only Iowan who said “where the hell is KC,Iowa?” Sure, I only live in Boone and don’t get out much lately ($55 to fill up last week), but I can’t be that far behind in my current events. :)
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:29amGod bless that couple. millions of us Americans rejoice in the LOVE they had for each other.
( cannot help but notice how hateful and vehemently the obamamorons jumped on that family’s own little miracle, the obamatrolls are that upset that America rejoices that couple was so beloved.)
Report Post »cayenne523
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:26amWOW just WOW
Report Post »wrshpn
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:20amIve only been married 27 years, but that’s exactly how I would like to go out too! …and these two shall become one.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:18amSo touching, my father died after 57 years of marraige, mother lasted 5 more years but she mentioned daddy everyday. She told me she was mad at him for leaving her. She had decided whan she was 12 that she would marry dad and said she never regretted thru good times and bad.
OMG
Report Post »Gary Fishaholic
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:17amGod bless them.
Report Post »lcovar
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 2:36pmAmen!
Report Post »TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:16am“Gordon’s heart monitor was still registering a beat. This is because the monitor was picking up Norma‘s heart beat through Gordon’s hand”
I’m sorry all you romantics but this is BS. When my father passed away I was at his side and his heart monitor continued to register signals for two hours after his death. The heart quits pumping but the electrical signal output doesn’t shut off like a switch. Sorry but that’s how we all die.
Report Post »demiglaze
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:39amyour point dip wad?
………….
If i gave you a dish of ice cream..you would say “Oh its going to melt ,I hate that”
Please crawl back in your Spider hole ..There you go…close the little lid..now don’t come back out till you hear laughter ..then you can pop back out and try to turn that laughter to screams of fright
TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:48amHere is the point Demi,, when they post something that is “news” do YOU expect it to be true or interpreted. I think it’s wonderful they were married as long as they were, and I hope my marriage is as blessed. But the part about his heartbeat being picked up through their hands is BS. That is my comment. As far as yours, you seem to be very familiar with life under a rock.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:04amWow. Negative much?
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:15amFluff stories SHOULD NOT be scrutinized like NEWS stories.
Report Post »They are not there to inform us of current events. They are there as a gift to the reader.
As such, they are appropriately editorialized.
I, for one, am JUST FINE with that.
4truth2all
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:18amYo Mr Right:
Report Post »Just MAYBE what they said is also true…..Mr. Doc Notsoright
EqualJustice
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:02pmTheLeftMadeMeRight – WHAT A BUZZ KILL.. seriously. WHO REALLY CARES? It’s a great story and a very ROMANTIC ONE, regardless of WHY his heart monitor kept showing a beat. CENTURIES OF DEVOTED LOVE AND TWO HEARTS THAT BEAT AS ONE …
Report Post »that’s the story I want to remember! :)
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:12amA wonderful story; true love and faith holding togeather until the end itself. Now they are with the Lord for all the time to come. Lord above let the family be comforted in this time of loss, and let the great and good and loving memories be brought to the forth and sustain them with joy.
Report Post »LarryofArabia
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:11amThat is the true power of God. He has blessed those two in a way most cannot know. He is so merciful. Truely Love your spouse and you will be blessed. I know this first hand. Be glad in the day. Be glad in each other.
Report Post »dgremark12
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:11amDon’t see that to often any more!
Report Post »65Mustang
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:06amA marriage of that duration will never happen again, not in today’s society. I’m glad they passed together, they could not have survived without each other.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:15amSpeak for yourself. My wife and I have been married 20 years this last September, and we show no signs of ending that I’m aware of. Hell brother, the longer we stay married the more likely we are to stay married, you grow more comfortable with each other over the years. I can’t imagine getting used to a whole new woman and getting her acclimated to my quirky artsy fartsy individuality, again.
As a point to the article: I’ve spent years telling grandma and grandpa not to arm wrestle at their age due to high blood pressure and heart attack concerns, but would they listen? Nooooo! :)
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:59amSpeak for yourself. My wife & I only need another 32 years to catch up with them.
Report Post »marvlus
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:32am39 years for my wife and me. Loving life together more than ever, especially with our nine grandchildren!
Report Post »kkrogulski
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:01amYup, I have to agree with the other commentators on this one. My husband and I only have 17 years but we were married young. Still in our thirties, 5 children, 2 grandchildren and not a chance we are breaking up – till death do us part. To hard to train a new one and I kinda like him.
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:04amWhat a magnificent love story, I pray they are holding hands in Heaven with our Lord
Report Post »Dahart
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:01amThis story brought tears to my eye….god love them.
I feel very blessed to married to my husband for 20 years now.
Report Post »ObserverOnTheHill
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:56amThat’s what is meant by “soul mates”
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:17amI hate to sound old fashioned dinosaur-ish, but I’ve always found the term “soul mate” absurd.
I prefer things like “everlasting love” or “eternal love” and so on. “Soul mate” makes absolutely no sense at all when you really start to dissect it.
Sorry, fuddy duddy moment there. :)
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:15amI also don’t like the term soul mate because it implies that there is only ONE person that could be our intended marriage partner. This may be true from an eternal predestinarian view where the future is already set from the beginning, but it tends to make some people wonder whether they have met their “soul mate” and they set up huge expectations that keep them from committing to any relationship on the idea that a soul mate wouldn’t be a difficult person to live with, when the truth is that we ALL have problems. There are no perfect men and no perfect women. Any mate you find will come with sin and baggage and will require work and grace to keep as a spouse.
There is only ONE that we are MEANT to be with. That is God.
Report Post »leonardoverse
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:56amI wouldn’t say the marriage has ended. They’re just now getting started.
Report Post »malcolm030
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:12amI could not have said it any better.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:16amThere is no marrying in heaven. We will be like the angels, according to Jesus. That’s because we will all be part of the Bride of Christ. The greater marriage trumps the lesser ones. Marriage here is meant to reflect the life in heaven.
Report Post »RT4
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:23amYou right, for better and worst far and beyond the earth, eternal life.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:28amI’ve often wondered about “till death do us part”. Does that mean you are single again once you pass into Heaven? If so, I’d imagine that the dating prospects up there are tremendous, what, with all of the people from throughout time up there (the good ones I mean).
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:33am@Islefordian
I’ve never understood “bride of Christ” frankly. I’m not saying this against you, it’s simply a term that has made no sense to me at all that I can recall.
What precisely does one do in Heaven anyway I wonder? Singing praises to God almighty yes, but that’s it, is it? For a self-aware being with intellectual capacity wouldn’t this become insanity producing in short order (sorry, not trying to be sacrilegious). This is one area of my education where I‘m sorely lacking I’m afraid.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:05amAmen
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:47amGhost,
Report Post »Ghost,
The Bride of Christ is a concept right out of Scripture and is integral to the church’s understanding of itself from the beginning. Paul speaks of it in Ephesians 5:25-32. John sees the vision of it in Rev. 19:7-9 and 21:9-27 where the Bride is shown to be the new Jerusalem. And in rev. 22:177 it says, “the Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come’”. So we see this Bride to be like a city built by God in heaven and also to have a personal voice, to be personal. Paul says this Bride is the church, and that Christ “gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her”. Jesus speaks of this marriage with his bride in all the parables involving a wedding feast. This is the wedding between God and his people, who throughout the OT were likened to a beloved, and often unfaithful, woman. God has been preparing for this wedding from the beginning of time. He relates to creation, to his chosen people, Israel and the church, in an intimate personal relationship, one that is best likened to the marriage between a man and woman. In fact, marriage was created to be a model of this eternal divine reality. The imagery is complex because we are invited to be guests at this wedding while at the same time we are invited in Scripture to relate to the bride. That is because we are given visions of a heavenly reality from both our side where we ARE the church relating to God as, and from God’s side where he sees the church, so we see the church as well.
Islesfordian
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:48amThe problem is that the heavenly reality is very hard to see in its entirety because it involves a reality far beyond our experience. Try to really imagine what life would be like without Sin or the need to resist it, without any separation from God, without a life ruled by Time in which decay and death are always the rule. It’s actually harder than we might think, like a 2 dimensional being trying to imagine what 3 dimensional life might be like. So our revelation of it always involves imagery of things we know, a marriage, a city etc. But we must not think the new life is just a continuation of what we know, as if life just continues the same on the other side. That’s why Jesus chastised the Sadducees for their question about divorce, Matthew 22:23-30 , because they knew “neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven”.
“What will we be doing all that time?” Have you really thought out what we would do for ETERNITY even if we remained married? Eternity is a long, long time, so even if you imagine taking or keeping a wife in heaven, what kind of activities will that keep you busy with for eternity? Eventually you are going to accomplish everything you can imagine down here and you will still have more eternity to experience. So no answer I give, nor any alternative you imagine, will solve the mystery of what unending perfect life with God will be like.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:00amGhost, Nobody knows for sure despite that some will tell you they do. I’ve thought about it myself. I like going to church and worshiping but, eternity is a long time. If you believe in God and that he loves you, then don’t worry about it. Whatever it is, it’s going to be grand and there will be no regrets.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:07am@Islesfordian
Thanks for the answer, very instructive.
@Gonzo
Yeah, I know, and clearly any plans in the afterlife that involved Heaven would be perfect by definition (no regrets). My curiosity is ever present though I guess. If my house were burning down and I were standing with my family watch it turn into ash (uncontrolled fire) I’d probably be wondering what kind of accelerant caused such a massive blaze. Strange, I know. I have gallows humor too, which makes it that much more…odd.
Report Post »outofthemire93
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:54amThey remind me of my grandparents who were married for 65 years and used to lay in bed at night holding hands. God’s marriage union He likens to the marriage of the church (the bride of Christ) to Himself. What a little piece of heaven we have on earth is this thing called marriage when we follow His guidelines. What a sweet blessing and example their family has of true committment and love.
Report Post »burr99
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:51amWow! What a beautiful way for a wonderful marrige to end! I can only hope that the same wil happen for us (in quite a few years from now).
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:59amI understand your point and agree with all except the marriage ending.
Report Post »klbrooks123
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:50amGod bless this couple, they are now happy and with Jesus. They are OK.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:50amThanks for that Blaze.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:46amHats off to them for believing in the art of marriage.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:45amOMG, we should all be so lucky as to find a love like that. God bless them and condolences to their family.
Report Post »urrybr
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:01pmDon’t count that out. If family relationships continue after death, I really believe that ALL types of family-related activities will continue, too.
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