An Iowa couple who was married for 72 years died one hour apart last week in the hospital as they held hands in ICU. Although it is sad that they died, they demonstrated the seriousness of their martial vows. On the day she graduated from high school, Norma Stock accepted Gordon Yeager’s marriage proposal.
The couple got married on May 26, 1939, in State Center.”They’re very old-fashioned. They believed in marriage til death do you part,” said their youngest son Dennis Yeager. I don’t know what happened behind closed doors but this story truly touched me. Do you think current marriages could last this long? Or were the values different for older couples?
