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The couple held hands until the end.

Angels on Earth: Family thankful for nurses who cared for parents who died together from COVID Three central Ohio siblings are mourning the loss of their mother and father who died minutes apart from COVID-19. Author: Lindsey Mills Updated: 4:22 PM EST February 3, 2021 COLUMBUS, Ohio — PJ and Lois Connor loved other people as much as they loved each other. “My dad never met a stranger in his life,” said Patrick Connor, their son who is the chief of the Newa...

Parents to five children, 13 grandchildren, and 28 great-grandchildren they lived a full life of passion, the family said.

By 3 months ago Childhood sweethearts who were inseparable during their 70 years of marriage died of COVID-19 while holding hands in an US hospital, their family told Dick Meek, 89, and Shirley Meek, 87, passed away within minutes of each other on January 16th at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, the family said. "They never had to go through until death do us part," said their daughter Debbie Howell. "They never had to do that because they were together and were ever so gratefu...

This couple married for 70 years were scheduled to get the Covid-19 vaccine, but died from the virus before their appointment elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 Childhood sweethearts who were inseparable during their 70 years of marriage died of Covid-19 while holding hands in an Ohio hospital, their family told CNN. Dick Meek, 89, and Shirley Meek, 87, passed away within minutes of each other on January 16 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, the family said. “They never had to...

  Childhood sweethearts who were inseparable during their 70 years of marriage died of COVID-19 while holding hands in an Ohio hospital, their family told CNN. Dick Meek, 89, and Shirley Meek, 87, passed away within minutes of each other on January 16 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, the family said. "They never had to go through until death do us part," said their daughter Debbie Howell. "They never had to do that because they were together and were ever so grateful." Dic...

This couple married for 70 years were scheduled to get the COVID-19 vaccine but died from the virus before their appointment Childhood sweethearts who were inseparable during their 70 years of marriage died of COVID-19 while holding hands in an Ohio hospital, their family told CNN. Dick Meek, 89, and Shirley Meek, 87, passed away within minutes of each other on January 16 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, the family said. “They never had to go through ‘until death do us par...

US couple married for 70 years dies from coronavirus within minutes of each other January 22, 2021 A US couple who were inseparable during their 70 years of marriage died of COVID-19 while holding hands in an Ohio hospital, their family said. — Courtesy photos WASHINGTON — A US couple who were inseparable during their 70 years of marriage died of COVID-19 while holding hands in an Ohio hospital, their family said. Dick Meek, 89, and Shirley M...

Couple married 70 years scheduled to get Covid-19 vaccine died from virus before appointment By: CNN By Kelsie Smith, CNN     (CNN) -- Childhood sweethearts who were inseparable during their 70 years of marriage died of Covid-19 while holding hands in an Ohio hospital, their family told CNN. Dick Meek, 89, and Shirley Meek, 87, passed away within minutes of each other on January 16 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, the family sai...

Helen Formet lived through the Great Depression, World War II and now the worst pandemic in more than a century. Formet, 100, of Dublin, got her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday as Ohios public rollout of the shot began with residents 80 and over. Formet said she read in The Dispatch about how to get a shot and joked that she felt like a celebrity as she received her shot at Ohio State Universitys Schottenstein Center. "Im just looking forward to feeling secure and not getting it bec...