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July 3, 2015
Going the Distance: Till death us do part....
.Several weeks ago, Mr Toczko suffered a broken hip in a fall and was left bed-bound. A local hospice delivered a special bed to his home, which staff pushed up next to his beloved wife's bed. As Mr Toczko's condition quickly declined, Mrs Toczko's own health took a turn for the worse. The couple had always said they wished to die 'in their own bed, holding hands, in each other's arms'. And in scenes reminiscent of the 2004 film The Notebook, they passed away while clutching hands earlier this month: Mr Toczko on June 17, as he lay beside his wife; and Mrs Toczko, the next day. The couple's daughter, Aimee Toczko-Cushman, described the moment she told her mother she had lost her husband, who kept a photo of Mrs Toczko at her Holy Communion in his wallet. 'I told my mother he was gone,' she told 10 News. 'She hugged him and she said, "See this is what you wanted. You died in my arms and I love you. I love you, wait for me, I'll be there soon".' The dying embrace of husband and wife who were married for 75 years and died just hours apart as they held hands in bed
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As a youngster married a paltry 60 years, that brought a tear to my eye.
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at July 3, 2015 1:53 PM
Ah, that we could all go to our Maker that way.
Posted by: Jimmy J. at July 3, 2015 7:50 PM
Me too, BillH. And we have only been married for 32 years. 33, if you count the year of living in sin together.
Posted by: Mother Effingby at July 4, 2015 8:57 AM