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(108,681 posts) Sat Jan 14, 2017, 11:21 PM Jan 2017

True Love Really Lasts A Lifetime: Notebook Couple Dies Just 15 Hours Apart

The remarkable story of Kenneth and Helen Felumlee of Nashport, Ohio, began when the inseparable couple met as teenagers in the early 1940s. The couple raised eight children, even as Kenneth kept several jobs and helped many people in his community. The extraordinary story of their love goes right up to their final moments together as the Felumlees passed away two months after their 70th wedding anniversary. However, that's not the most amazing part of this tale. Together In Life and Death

The couple's children told the Zanesville Times Recorder that Kenneth and Helen simply couldn't live without each other through their entire marriage. When the two had to take an overnight ferry, they slept in the same bunk rather than be separated. This adorable pair always held hands at breakfast, even as both of them faced health challenges.

In 2011, Kenneth had a leg amputated and his wife became his primary caregiver until she was too frail to care for him. At times, the two couldn't sleep together in the same bed so Helen pushed a couch up next to his bed so the two could remain close. Helen stayed by his side until three weeks before she passed away because of her own declining health. As Helen's health deteriorated, her husband took it very hard. She was confined to a hospital bed, and he would hold her hand with his head down because he didn't want to see her hurting.

On April 12, 2014, Helen passed away in her sleep at the couple's home. Kenneth told their eight children 12 hours after she passed that mom died. Just 3 1/2 hours later, Kenneth joined his wife in heaven. Even in death, the Felumlees couldn't be apart from each other for less than 24 hours. Their love stayed true to each other until the end.

FULL story: http://blog.thealzheimerssite.com/cs-love-story/?

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