Tear jerker of a story but beautiful too.............
Posted: February 2, 2009 2:14 pm
After 62 years together, death came 6 hours apart
She was dying, so he would, too
By JOSH FARLEY
THE (KITSAP) SUN
KINGSTON -- Death, like everything in their 62-year marriage, was something the Mosers faced together.
Eighty-four-year-old Robert, whose health had declined steadily in recent years, always expected to go first. His 80-year-old wife, Darlene, had been his steady caretaker at the Seatter Road home they built with their own hands.
That is, until December, when a cancer gave her precious few weeks of life to live.
When Robert learned that Darlene was terminally ill, he grumbled: "I'm terminal, too."
Rest of the Article.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/398 ... ource=mypi
She was dying, so he would, too
By JOSH FARLEY
THE (KITSAP) SUN
KINGSTON -- Death, like everything in their 62-year marriage, was something the Mosers faced together.
Eighty-four-year-old Robert, whose health had declined steadily in recent years, always expected to go first. His 80-year-old wife, Darlene, had been his steady caretaker at the Seatter Road home they built with their own hands.
That is, until December, when a cancer gave her precious few weeks of life to live.
When Robert learned that Darlene was terminally ill, he grumbled: "I'm terminal, too."
Rest of the Article.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/398 ... ource=mypi