{"id":16456,"date":"2019-12-05T15:59:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T15:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=291150"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:16:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:16:52","slug":"inseparable-couples-dies-33-hours-apart-after-68-years-of-marriage-they-went-on-their-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/inseparable-couples-dies-33-hours-apart-after-68-years-of-marriage-they-went-on-their-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Inseparable Couples Dies 33 Hours Apart After 68 Years Of Marriage: \u2018They Went On Their Terms\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corinne and Robert Johnson were married for 68 years and did just about everything together. They were inseparable.<\/span>So when Corinne died on November 24, 2019, no one was truly surprised that Robert followed her 33 hours later.<\/span>The pair\u2019s children noted to KARE 11<\/a>, \u201cThey went on their terms,\u201d before adding that their father was known for always letting others go ahead of him through doorways and in lines.<\/span>Their son, Brent, said, \u201cSo it was only fitting that, in the end, he waited for mother to go first and then he passed away.\u201d<\/span>Sadly, Corinne died due to congestive heart failure, and Robert lost his battle with cancer after her death.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/KARE 11<\/span>
\n<\/span>But their daughter, Lora, explained<\/a> that \u201cI think we all fretted about what would happen when one of them went and how would the other one survive and their plan was to not have us worry about that. How could anything be better than that?\u201d<\/span>Robert and Corinne met one another as children and actually grew up next door to each other on neighboring farms. Robert, who went by the nickname Bob, was actually the best friend of Corinne\u2019s brother, Harold.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/KARE 11<\/span>The two married on October 20, 1951, and ended up settling down together at their own farm.<\/span>Bob\u2019s obituary says, \u201cRobert\u2019s hands were evidence he was a hard worker on the farm but he always made time to be there for his seven children.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/KARE 11<\/span>\u201cHe would milk the cows at all hours of the night in order to go to his children\u2019s sporting events. He and his wife put thousands of miles on their car to watch their kids participate.\u201d<\/span>Bob and Corinne had seven children in all, 14 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/KARE 11<\/span>
\n<\/span>They lived on the same farm for nearly their entire marriage, moving only six months ago when Bob\u2019s cancer had progressed beyond home care. He was admitted to the hospital, and Corinne ended up joining him shortly after with her own her health issues.<\/span>The loss of Corinne on November 24 was devastating for Bob.<\/span>\u201cWhen mom passed, they pulled the curtain between the two beds, he just stared at the curtain,\u201d said their daughter, Beth.<\/span>Their son, Bruce, a cancer doctor, added, \u201cI sort of thought he looked like he could go for weeks.\u201d<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/KARE 11<\/span>Bruce went on to explain that the couple were just the same person. \u201cOne plus one equals one. Together, they were one person.\u201d<\/span>Their daughter, Lora, added, \u201cI think we all know that they\u2019re in a better place.\u201d<\/span>Learn more in this video.<\/span>Proper BCS greatergood_ctg_abovevideo<\/span><\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Corinne and Robert Johnson were married for 68 years and did just about everything together. They were inseparable.So when Corinne died on November 24, 2019, no one was truly surprised that Robert followed her 33 hours later.The pair\u2019s children noted to KARE 11, \u201cThey went on their terms,\u201d before adding that their father was known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45704,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16456\/revisions\/45704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}