Couple Married 72 Years Dies Holding Hands

KCCI* TV ^ | October 19, 2011 | KCCI8

[SkyDancer]

On the day she graduated from high school, Norma Stock said yes to Gordon Yeager's marriage proposal. The couple got married on May 26, 1939 in State Center.

"They're very old-fashioned. They believed in marriage til death do you part," said son Dennis Yeager.

[EyeGuy]

“They’re very old-fashioned. They believed in marriage til death do you part,” said son Dennis Yeager.”

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That is not “old-fashioned”.

It is a bedrock sensibility on which western civilization was built.

[EyeGuy]

“They’re very old-fashioned. They believed in marriage til death do you part,” said son Dennis Yeager.”

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That is not “old-fashioned”.

It is a magnificently admirable, bedrock sensibility on which western civilization was built.

[ShadowAce]

I hope to reach that milestone.

I've got less than 50 years to go.

[gimme1ibertee]

Still crying.....so beautiful.We should all be so lucky,to have this kind of pure,sweet devotion.

[conservcalgal]

Thank you for the post, what a beautiful love story....

[goodnesswins]

How sweet. I wonder how the guy who did what he could to avoid the car as they ran thru an intersection is doing?

[longtermmemmory]

darn dust in the air...

[SkyDancer]

With all that’s going on in the world I thought that this would show that there’s still love that goes on. Now they’ll have all Eternity together.

[Larry Lucido]

I don’t know. The article doesn’t really say...

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Dennis Yeager said the couple left home last Wednesday to go into town, but they didn’t make it.

At the intersection of Highway 30 and Jessup Avenue just west of Marshalltown, state troopers said Gordon pulled in front of an oncoming car. The Iowa State Patrol crash report said the other driver attempted to avoid the crash but was unable to stop in time.

“I rushed from Des Moines where I was working and saw them in the hospital,” said Dennis Yeager.

[Baynative]

"Dad would be the center of attention, like, 'Weee look at me,' and mom was like 'get him away from me!'

The majority of the couples, my parents included, that I was around growing up in the 50's were just like that. The guys worked hard and liked to let their hair down a little, while the women were the glue. They looked out for everyone and kept the home front in order.

[momtothree]

I think it is beautiful. They went together... Reminds me of an elderly gentleman that lived in our neighborhood when I was a kid. His wife died and everyday he would take his chair, a thermos of coffee and go to the cemetery. People in the neighborhood tried to get him to come for coffee, lunch but he always refused. He said he needed to be with his wife. She was only buried a few weeks and they found him deceased... by her headstone. He had died of a heart attack. My Mom liked to say that he died from a broken heart but was now at peace. The things you remember.....

[Kartographer]

Hub: "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in." From the 2003 Movie 'Secondhand Lions'

[Marty]

What happened to the other driver? Gotta say, that while I admire a lifelong love story, it bothers me that we had a couple of very elderly people driving and that it appears that the accident was their fault. Was the other driver injured?

[Lmo56]

Too bad it was a car crash - woulda been much more poignant if it had been from natural causes.

[Kartographer]

"Was the other driver injured?

Why do you know a good lawyer?

[Marty]

No, I just know some elderly people who probably should not be driving but continue to do so. To celebrate an elderly couple dying together in a car accident that was their fault and making no comment on the condition of the other driver just seems wrong to me.

Yes, accidents happen, but there are times when they can be prevented and should be.

[liberalh8ter]

Secondhand Lions is an absolute treasure. It didn’t get the attention it deserves for its wonderful storyline and great acting.

[tflabo]

Maybe I can make it to 72.......virgins that is, eheheheheheh! Allahu Akbar..... oh wait, I’m an infidel.
Never mind!

[Kartographer]

"No"

Oh...Okay, then are you a good lawyer?