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Kansas couple married for 67 years die hours apart
TROY, Kan. – Residents of a northeast Kansas town are mourning the deaths just hours apart of an elderly couple who were married 67 years. Arnita Yingling died in her sleep early Saturday at the family's home in Troy. She was 93. Six hours later her 95-year-old husband, Lyle, died at a nursing home in the nearby town of Wathena.
At their funeral Wednesday, friends and relatives described the two as inseparable. Some found comfort knowing neither would have to live without the other.
The Yinglings were married in 1941. Both were born on northeast Kansas farms and were active in Troy as members of their church and civic organizations.
----I wonder if it is possible to actually die from a broken heart. Or at least from the loss of your life companion. You would believe that if you just fell in love; you feel like as if you are floating all the time, everything cheers you up, you feel so full of life that nothing can cause you pain, or make you feel awful or sad or mad... Then you get married and suddenly your new motto is 'love is overrated' since many other things fall into the equation: kids, career, different wants and goals, responsibilities to other family members, in laws, differences in upbringing, even the way you squeeze your toothpaste tube may be different and may become a source of irritation. After 67 years, do you think that you will still feel the same way you did as when you found out he loves you?
Heck, the bigger question for me is if my husband and I will be able to live past 80..
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