I don't find this at all unusual. I think once you have lived as a couple you lose the will to go on once you lose your other half. Dot Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jinnye Koons" <jinnyemk@yahoo.com> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] newspaper article WOW, Shirley. My cousin, Johnny had leukemia. Everyone wondered what in the world his wife, Thelma would do without him. She had always been so dependent on him. About 6 months after Johnny found out he had leukemia, Thelma found out that she had 4 different kinds of cancer. She died first, and he died right after midnight the day that she was buried! My husband, David said that Johnny stayed just long enough to do what he had always done, get the family through her death, funeral, and burial and then he went too. We were at two funerals in one week. It was hard on the family in ways. I helped take care of both of them. She needed more care than he did and stayed in the hospital lots. He just mainly needed someone to check on him. He could get up and go when he got blood, but of course, when he needed blood, he'd just sleep a lot. We really do miss them, but it was really romantic in a way. Jinnye "I am too blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed!" --- On Tue, 2/3/09, MARILYN/DON RICKMAN <mdrick@centurytel.net> wrote: From: MARILYN/DON RICKMAN <mdrick@centurytel.net> Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] newspaper article To: down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 1:28 PM What a way to go. Neither one was left behind to mourn the other ones death. It would be hard on the family but oh what a blessing to the couple. I Pray that Don & I could go that was but only the GOOD LORD knows the time & the way for us to go to our HEAVENLY HOME. God's Blessings to each & every one of you, Marilyn YSIC ----- Original Message ----- From: <makekaus@aol.com> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:30 PM Subject: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] newspaper article > Well, I thought I would share this article from Vancouver news today.. > titled: COUPLE DIE TOGETHER AFTER 62 YEARS OF MARRIAGE > 84 yr old Robert expected to go before his wife because of declining > health.. But his 80 yr old wife became terminally ill ..she had only a > few weeks to live . When Robert found out the wife was terminally ill.. > He grumbled "I'm terminal too". The claim drew scoffs from his > family..but he was serious..And as his wife lay beside him in her last > moments on Jan 23 Robert too began to die to the amazement of his > family and hospice caretakers.. Only 6 hrs seperated their deaths. In > the days before their deaths, hospice had a special bed put into the > couples room. Robert in their own bed, held Darlene's hand tight as > she began to die at 2"45 am Jan 23.Not long afterward the nurse came to > check on Robert. Astonishingly, his vital signs began to fail. He > joined his wife only 6 hrs after hers. Robert and Darlene whose > services were Thursday were buried the same way they lived their lives > together. In the same casket. > > Shirley H ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message