They lived happily for 64 years and died holding hands on the same day: a love story worthy of admiration
They lived happily for 64 years and died holding hands on the same day: a love story worthy of admiration

Video: They lived happily for 64 years and died holding hands on the same day: a love story worthy of admiration

Video: They lived happily for 64 years and died holding hands on the same day: a love story worthy of admiration
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A touching story of the Vinsteads
A touching story of the Vinsteads

Dolores and Trent Vinstead have lived together for 64 years. They were together when Trent was serving in Korea, when their two children, three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren were born. They literally lived in perfect harmony. Their life may not have been fabulous, but their relationship was really magical and extremely warm and sincere. And even when it was time to leave this life, the couple was never able to part from each other.

Dolores and Trent Vinstead
Dolores and Trent Vinstead

Dolores and Trent Winstead (Dolores, Trent Winstead) began dating shortly before Trent was drafted into the army and sent to war in Korea. The guy regularly wrote long letters to her, telling her how "awfully happy to hear from her." He so badly wanted Dolores to become his wife that he proposed to her when she was brushing her teeth - after all, how can you say "no" with a toothbrush in her mouth? Trent didn't want to risk it.

Dolores and Trent Winstead at a recent holiday
Dolores and Trent Winstead at a recent holiday

They were completely different: Dolores was a calm woman, she liked being at home and cooking. Trent was always on the move, full of ideas, he regularly spent his free time away from home playing golf or fishing. He worked in a factory, she taught literature. When they both retired, the couple often spent evenings at home watching the evening news and attending church on Sundays. He called her "mom" or by her middle name Eileen, kissed her when she was not expecting it, and danced with her at the holidays. "It sounds simple, but it's so cute," says their daughter Cheryl. - "They loved each other, and every day their love was growing stronger."

Dolores and Trent Winstead are dancing at one of their recent weddings
Dolores and Trent Winstead are dancing at one of their recent weddings

Trent was one of those who prefer not to go to the doctors, but to cope with all ailments on their own. "Everything will be all right," he said. But this time he felt so bad that his daughter was still able to persuade him to go to the hospital. It turned out that Trent's kidneys urgently needed dialysis, but it, in turn, severely weakened his heart. The children tried to protect Dolores from bad predictions, but she already saw that her husband was getting worse and worse.

Dolores and Trent Vinstead
Dolores and Trent Vinstead

Dolores spent all days with her husband, even sleeping in the intensive care unit. She was so worried about Trent that in the end one night, too, she felt bad, she began to vomit. However, she flatly refused to leave her husband. So she fell asleep, holding his hand. She had already fallen asleep in this position more than once, so no one suspected anything, only when her daughter tried to wake her mother - and could not, they sounded the alarm. Dolores, who had been completely healthy a few days before, had a cerebral hemorrhage.

Dolores and Trent Winstead on vacation
Dolores and Trent Winstead on vacation

The doctors could not explain how this could happen so quickly and without any preconditions. The children tried to explain to Trent that a tragedy had happened, but he refused to believe it. The nurse put him in a wheelchair and took him to his wife. She was still breathing, but her brain was no longer signaling. Trent cried, shook his wife by the hand and said, "Wake up, Eileen." He turned to the children and said through tears: "Ask God to wake her up, let him perform a miracle." "Who am I going to sit with on the couch with and watch the news in the evening," he added sadly.

Dolores and Trent Winstead spend their retirement days together
Dolores and Trent Winstead spend their retirement days together

Trent was only able to sleep for an hour that evening. When he woke up, he asked, "Is your mom still breathing?" - "Yes, dad, he is breathing," - answered his daughter. Observing the deteriorating condition of both spouses, the hospital staff decided to place both patients in the same room - although this was contrary to all existing hospital rules. They were lying side by side, holding hands, when Dolores suddenly stopped breathing.

Dolores is on duty at her husband's bed
Dolores is on duty at her husband's bed

For several long minutes, the children of Trent and Dolores did not dare to tell their father what had happened. Eventually, Eddie's son walked up to Dad and simply said, "Dad, she's dead." Trent raised his hands to his face, as if blowing a kiss to his wife. “You have to buy her a pink coffin and a pink dress, that's what she wanted,” Trent said.

Dolores and Trent Winstead in the same room
Dolores and Trent Winstead in the same room

From that moment on, the children could only watch how their father's condition was rapidly deteriorating. And just a few hours later, Trent's heart stopped. "I didn't think about it then, but it seems to me that my dad's heart literally broke to smithereens with grief."

Dolores and Trent were buried side by side, Dolores in a pink coffin, Trent in blue just as they wanted. Even death could not separate them, loving hearts literally could not live without each other.

Trent held his wife's hand in the final hours together
Trent held his wife's hand in the final hours together

No less touching is the story of the relationship between the famous Russian poet Sergei Yesenin and Galina Benislavskaya - you can read about this in our article " Sergei Yesenin and Galina Benislavskaya: two lives, two deaths."

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