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A couple who held hands at breakfast every morning even after 70 years of marriage have died 15 hours apart. Helen Felumlee, of Nashport, died at 92 on April 12. Her husband, 91-year-old Kenneth Felumlee, died the next morning. The couple's eight children say the two had been inseparable since meeting as teenagers, once sharing the bottom of a bunk bed on a ferry rather than sleeping one night apart. They remained deeply in love until the very end, even eating breakfast together while holding hands, said their daughter, Linda Cody. "We knew when one went, the other was going to go," she said. According to Cody, about 12 hours after Helen died, Kenneth looked at his children and said, "Mom's dead." He quickly began to fade and was surrounded by 24 of his closest family members and friends when he died the next morning. "He was ready," Cody said. "He just didn't want to leave her here by herself." Son Dick Felumlee said his parents died of old age, surrounded by family. "At Dad's bed we were singing his favorite hymns, reading scriptures and praying with him," he told The Associated Press in an email. "It was a going away party, and we know he loved it." The pair had known each other for several years when they eloped in Newport, Ky., across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, on Feb. 20, 1944. At two days shy of his 21st birthday, Kenneth — who went by Kenny — was too young to marry in Ohio. "He couldn't wait," son Jim Felumlee said. Kenneth worked as a railroad car inspector and mechanic before becoming a mail carrier for the Nashport Post Office. He was active in his Nashport-Irville United Methodist Church as a Sunday school teacher. Helen stayed at home, not only cooking and cleaning for her own family but also for other families in need in the area. She taught Sunday school, too, but was known more for her greeting card ministry, sending cards for birthdays, sympathy and the holidays to everyone in her community, each with a personal note inside. "She kept Hallmark in business," daughter-in-law Debbie Felumlee joked. When Kenneth retired in 1983 and the children began to leave the house, the Felumlees began to explore their love of travel, visiting almost all 50 states by bus. "He didn't want to fly anywhere because you couldn't see anything as you were going," Jim Felumlee said. Although both experienced declining health in recent years, Cody said, each tried to stay strong for the other. "That's what kept them going," she said. |
據美聯社報道，有一對在結婚70年后仍然每天早餐時手拉手的老夫婦，在15小時內相繼去世。92歲高齡的海倫·費倫李于4月12日逝世，其91歲的丈夫肯尼斯·費倫李也于第二日早上去世。 這對夫婦的8個孩子說，夫妻二人自少年時期就沒有分開過，曾經在渡輪上的雙層床的底部一起度過了數個晚上。 女兒琳達·科迪說，“他們一直非常恩愛，甚至每天早餐時還拉著手。我們知道一旦一方去世，另一方會隨之而去的”。 根據琳達·科迪的介紹，在海倫去世12個小時后，肯尼思看著他的孩子們說，“媽媽走了”。隨著開始快速衰頹，在24名親屬的圍繞下，于次日清晨去世。 科迪說，“他已經準備好了，他只是不想讓她單獨離去”。 他們的兒子迪克·費倫李說，他的父母死于年高。臨終之時有家人陪伴。他在一封給美聯社的郵件中寫道：“就是是去赴一場派對，我們知道那是他愿意去做的事情”。 在這對夫婦相識幾年后，他們于1944年2月20日從辛辛那提跨過俄亥俄河來到肯塔基州的紐波特。在肯尼思21歲生日過后的第3天，他們結婚了，此時的肯尼思尚未達到俄亥俄州的法定結婚年齡。“但是他等不及了”，他的兒子杰姆·費倫李說道。 在成為納什波特郵局的郵遞員之前，肯尼思一直有軌電車的巡視員和機修工。他也是納什波特聯合衛理公會教堂主日學校的老師。海倫則一直在家，除了給自家做家務外，還給本地區有需要的家庭提供服務。她也在主日學校里當老師，但是多數人熟悉她是因為她的賀卡。她會給社區中的每個人送生日卡片、慰問卡和假日卡，并在卡里附有本人便箋。媳婦黛比·費倫李開玩笑說，“她一直為賀曼公司工作”。 1983年肯尼思退休了，這時孩子們開始逐漸離開家庭。費倫李夫婦開始了自己的旅游生活，他們乘坐公交車幾乎游遍了美國的50個州。兒子杰姆說道，“去任何地方他也不愿意乘飛機，因為你不能看到沿途的景致。” 琳達·科迪說，近年來他們的健康狀況日趨不佳，但是還一直在努力維持著。這也是他們離世的原因。 （譯者 Vannie 編輯 丹妮） 掃一掃，關注微博微信
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