Husband and wife pass on the same day after 71 blissful years of marriage
“Marriage: Love is the reason. Lifelong friendship is the gift. Kindness is the cause. Til’ death do us part is the length.” – Fawn Weaver
When was the last time that you heard or read a magical love story? A story that made you cry and realize that true love exists.
After being married for 71 long years, this husband and wife remained sweet and caring with each other. Their love for each other remained strong and pure that even death could not tear apart.
All of us want to grow old with the love of our life.
Grow old, live a simple life, and be with your other half.
This story went viral last 2019 when Herbert DeLaigle, 94, and Marilyn Frances DeLaigle, 88, who have been married for 71 long but beautiful years, died on the same day.
Seventy years is no joke, but for Marilyn and Herbert, each day of their married life was fruitful, beautiful, and filled with laughter and love. Maybe, this was the reason why even in death, they couldn’t bear to be apart from each other.
Herbert sadly passed away on a Friday at 2:20 am. At exactly 12 hours, his wife, Marilyn, followed her husband. She passed at 2:20 pm that same day.
Their story seemed like something out of a novel.
Herbert and Frances Delaigle were 16 and 22 when they first met in a cafe in Waynesboro.
“I kept seeing her going in and out, in and out and I had my eyes set on her. And then I finally got up the nerve to ask her if she would go out with me sometime,” Herbert DeLaigle shared in his interview last 2018 with WRDW/WAGT.
Soon, Herbert’s efforts paid off as Marilyn finally agreed to go on a date with him. After a year of dating, Herbert knew that Marilyn was the one for him. He didn’t waste any time and asked her to marry him.
“I asked her will she have me as her husband and she said, of course,” Herbert recalled smiling.
Herbert says the preacher almost didn’t marry them because they were an hour late to the church. After some convincing, the preacher rushed through the service. It was the cheapest wedding to date.
Good thing they were able to convince the preacher to go through the wedding.
“$5 is all I paid for her,” Herbert said while laughing.
Frances says her husband kept her laughing all through life. He still cracks jokes at 93-years-old.
Together, they had six children. They also have 16 grandchildren, and then 25 great-grandchildren, and of course, three great-great-grandchildren.
You can see how much they love each other. The way they look at each other, how holding each other’s hand looks so natural, and of course, that lovely kiss that they shared.
You can just feel how deep and pure their love for each other is.
Their love is one their six kids look up to. Their secret to a long happy marriage is simple.
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Source: ronproject.com, youtube.com, wrdw.com
