A Tale of Love Everlasting

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missingrosie Hillsborough, NC(Zone 7b) Oct 20, 2011

I know we aren't supposed to discuss current events --but I don't think this is. If not allowed --please excuse.

I read this in the news this morning and wanted to share it.

For one Iowa couple, true love lasted until the very end.

Married 72 years, Norma, 90, and Gordon Yeager, 94, passed away in the hospital holding hands last week, one hour apart.

The couple was hospitalized after a car accident just outside of Marshalltown, Iowa. They were given a shared room in the ICU where they held hands in adjacent beds.

At 3:38 pm last Wednesday, Gordon's breathing stopped. Though he had passed, his heart monitor continued to register a beat.

The nurse told Gordon and Norma's son, Dennis Yeager, that the monitor was beeping "because they're holding hands, and [Norma's heart beat] is going through them," Dennis recalled in an interview with Des Moines' KCCI news station. "Her heart was beating through him."

Norma passed at 4:38 pm, exactly one hour later.

Gordon and Norma's children say they're glad the couple passed this way. "They just loved being together," says Dennis. "He always said, 'I can't go until she does because I gotta stay here for her.' And she would say the same thing."

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digger9083 Dahlonega, GA Oct 20, 2011

I read that too and thought , what a wonderful life they shared . We all should be so fortunate

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missingrosie Hillsborough, NC(Zone 7b) Oct 21, 2011

Yes. I thought so too.

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