Marcus and Madelyn Yensen
Posted on 04/26/2015 2:32:03 PM PDT by Kartographer
A funeral service has been set for a Salt Lake City couple who died within a few hours of each other after being married for 74 years.
Madelyn Yensen died April 7 after suffering a seizure, while her husband, Marcus, died of heart failure about five hours later the same day. She was 94, and he was 95.
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Sweet in a sad way.
God bless them.
I have to say that I am impressed that some people actually stuck it out for the long stretch.
The article just made me cry. I especially loved the part when the daughter whispered in her father’s ear that “Mom has died” and is waiting for him. She felt her Father could “let go” since he didn’t want to leave the Mother. Just a beautiful story, Kartographer.
It’s great that they got to grow old together.
Wow, this really struck a chord with me. I was blessed with the most wonderful in-laws ever. They had been married 64 years when my father-in-law passed away. At his funeral, my mother-in-law was heard to say at his casket, I’ll see you soon, dear. None of us knew that she was concealing her own serious health problems while taking care of him in his declining days. My dear mother-in-law passed away 15 days later. God bless and keep them both.
Flippin’ beautiful.
Very beautiful story. Just enough time for his wife to powder her nose, and freshen up, and there he was!
RIP.
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