Couple Of 70 Years, Who Never Spent One Night Alone, Die Hours Apart

Helen and Kenneth Felumlee, a couple who held hands at breakfast every morning for seven decades, died one day after the other.

AP Photo/Felumlee family

According to the Zanesville Times Recorder, Kenneth had his leg amputated 2.5 years ago due to circulation problems. Ever since then, Helen became his main caretaker. She continued to look after him until three weeks before her death, when she grew too frail to care for him.

The two hadn't slept apart in 70 years, the family said. Once many years ago the two took an overnight ferry that had bunk-beds, and decided to both sleep on the bottom bunk instead of sleeping apart a single night.

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Couple Of 70 Years, Who Never Spent One Night Alone, Die Hours Apart

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