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<\/p>\nFloyd and Violet Hartwig spent most of their lives together. So, it only made sense that their lives would end together as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey wanted to go together,\u201d daughter Donna Scharton told CBC. \u201cIt was meant to be that way.\u201d
\nThe Harwigs were married for 67 years. They grew up together as children.<\/p>\n
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When they married they had three children of their own. They went on to welcome four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n
The couple passed away together holding hands within five hours of each other.
\nBoth had been declining in health prior to their passing, prompting their children to place them in hospice care together.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mom had dementia for the last several years and around the holidays we noticed she was going down,\u201d Scharton told ABC News.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen, I got a call from the doctor saying \u2018your dad has kidney failure and he has two weeks to live.\u2019 So, we decided to put them in hospice together.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was their hope that they would both pass away in their own home.<\/p>\n
And they did, five hours apart in beds pushed next to one another so they could hold hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe could tell my dad was in a lot more pain,\u201d Scharton said. \u201cWe said \u2018it\u2019s getting close,\u2019 so we pushed the hospital beds together as far as we could.<\/p>\n
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We put their hands together, and my dad died holding my mom\u2019s hand. Mom was not coherent, but we told her that dad had passed away and that he was waiting for her. She died five hours later.\u201d<\/p>\n
The couple\u2019s undeniable bond began when they were both children in Easton, CA.<\/p>\n
They started a romantic relationship after reconnecting at a local dance hall.
\nThey got married in 1947, never said goodbye without kissing each other, and raised their children on a small farm where they grew cotton and raised turkeys.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember them kissing each other goodbye every morning. I remember mom called him Blondie because he had such pretty blonde hair and blue eyes,\u201d Scharton told ABC News.<\/p>\n
Their two children Carol and Kenneth gave them four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n
Violet\u2019s dementia worsened around the holidays.
\nDoctors told her husband that he would have only two weeks to live the following January.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were dedicated to each other,\u201d Scharton said. \u201cEven other people who met them said they had that connection.\u201d<\/p>\n
The family couches were moved to make way for the hospice beds.<\/p>\n
When Floyd passed, Violet\u2019s family told her it was OK to follow him and that her husband would be waiting for her.
\n\u201cWhat we felt was keeping them alive was the will to live, and that they didn\u2019t want to let go of each other,\u201d said Scharton.<\/p>\n
While it was hard for the Harwigs\u2019 family to have both their parents leave them on the same day, they found peace knowing they had each other every step of the way.<\/p>\n