Monday, September 23, 2019

Tom & Delma

Elderly couple married for 62 years die together while holding hands

Their first date of sorts happened when Tom had to “just move his car.”

“They drove around two, three different blocks or whatever and they came back and they parked and he said he reached over and he grabbed her hand and he said, 'I don't know what made me do it.'

Three weeks later, they were married. Two daughters soon followed, then grandchildren and then great-grandchildren. It was a life filled with love and laughter.

Then, in April of this year, Delma fell ill and did not recover. A few days later, Tom too fell ill. “We got him over to the nursing home with Mama. They had pushed their little beds together and Mama was laying right there, facing him. She was asleep and Daddy goes and he reached over there and he grabbed ahold of her hand and he just laid there with her, and it was so sweet,” Nichols said.

 Not long after, Tom died. Delma followed, not even an hour and a half later. Their lives ended the same way their relationship began – holding hands.

Read real life love story from Texas here:

https://www.click2houston.com/news/after-62-years-of-marriage-couple-dies-together-while-holding-hands


2 comments:

bsc said...

Famous "Beatles song Ï want to hold your hand
But Urdu story from Moeen Akhtar marhoom (I think he was the best)

Nurse asked her patient (old and flirting type) Give me your had
Patient says
kia ye hath aap hamesha ka liyay hath men lena chahyi hen?

Zindagi-ki-diary said...

Moin Akhtar was a heavenly unique comedian.