An elderly couple in South Dakota, Henry and Jeanette De Langehave died just 20 minutes apart each other after 63 years of marriage. Their funeralheld yesterday.
Jeanette, 87, suffered from Alzheimer's disease and had required nursing homecare since 2011, reports KSFY.Her husband, Henry, 86, was battling prostate cancer but still managed to visitthe love of his life every day.
"Dad visited mom once a day, twice, or maybe threetimes a day," the couple's son, Lee De Lange, told the TV station."It was very sweet."
"The VA was doing as much as they could until about 7-8weeks ago. Said there isn't more they could do," Lee said.
Soon enough, Henry and Jeanette were back together, thistime at an area nursing home where they were able to share a room.
"The doctor said your dad's pulse is worse. I wonder if he'll gofirst," Lee recalled. "About five minutes later, he said, 'I thinkyour mom will go very soon.' It was 5:05 p.m. at that point."
At 5:10, Jeanette died peacefully as her children read toher and her husband from the Bible. After Jeanette was gone, the couple'sson, Keith De Lange, turned to his father and told him he could stop fightingif he wanted to.
"My brother Keith said to my dad, 'Mom's gone to heaven.You don't have to fight anymore, you can go too if you want,' " Leerecalled.
Then, Henry opened his eyes and looked over at his belovedwife and laid back down. Five to ten minutes after that, Lee said, his fatherwas gone. He had died at 5:30, just 20 minutes after Jeanette.
"We're calling it a beautiful act of God's providentiallove and mercy," Lee said. "You don't pray for it because it seemsmean but you couldn't ask for anything more beautiful."
Source: KSFY
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