Couple Married For 68 Years Passed Away Together In A Span Of 33 Hours

Dec 20, 2019 by apost team

A Minnesota man died just over a day after the passing of his wife of 68 years. The two still loved each other deeply and had an unshakable bond. As time went by, the couple began feeling the effects of a long life. Six months ago, 88-year-old Bob was admitted to hospital after he was diagnosed with cancer.

Bob and Corinne Johnson knew each other since childhood. The two grew up in the same farming community of St. Peter, and Corinne’s brother, Harold, was Bob’s best friend. The two got married on October 21, 1951 and settled down at Norseland Eastview Farm. There Bob and Corinne built a life with each other, loving every moment they were together and having seven children.

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Corinne joined him soon after when she began having problems with her heart. Sharing the same room, Bob and Corinne still loved one another deeply despite the problems brought on by their illnesses. In a touching moment, one of the couple’s children filmed their elderly parents sharing a kiss in the hospital ward.

Soon after filming the video, 87-year-old Corinne’s health began to rapidly take a turn for the worst. The octogenarian would pass away on November 24 from congestive heart failure.

In an interview with KARE 11, Bob and Corinne’s son, Bruce, revealed that Bob took Corinne’s death very hard. After telling him of the death of his wife, tears stung Bob’s eyes. As medical personnel pulled a curtain over Corinne’s bed, Bob couldn’t take his eyes off the place where his loving wife took her last breaths.

Astonishingly, Bob died a mere 33 hours after Corinne’s passing. Speaking with KARE 11, Bruce told of how his death came as a shock to the family as, shortly before Corinne passed away, Bob’s cancer doctors said that he would not succumb to his condition for several weeks.

Speaking together at the family kitchen table, Bob and Corinne’s children say that, as their father always put Corinne first, it made the most sense for him to wait until she passed to leave this world.

The couple will have a joint funeral service at Scandian Grove Lutheran Church on Tuesday. The family says that while they grieve for the loss of their parents, they take solace in their amazing relationship and tremendous love.

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