Husband and wife pass away 5 hours apart after 67 years of marriage.

They expected that the two of them would die in their own home.

Also, they did, five hours separated in beds pushed close to each other so they could clasp hands.

“We could see my father was in significantly more agony,” Scharton said. “We said ‘it’s drawing near,’ so we pushed the medical clinic beds together to the furthest extent possible.

We set up their hands, and my father passed on holding my mother’s hand. Mother was not rational, however we told her that father had died and that he was hanging tight for her. She kicked the bucket five hours after the fact.”