# What a lovely obituary **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-obituary/546935 "2010-07-16T16:46:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-obituary/546935/1 "2010-07-16T16:46:03Z")
I see my wife and me in that couple. 🙂 [DeMuros were inseparable in life, death](http://www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/2502722,CST-NWS-xdemuro16.article) I love the second to last paragraph: > [@](#): > > They retired in their 60s. True city kids who grew up with the bus and the L, they never had been much for driving. So they would take bus tours and cruises to Alaska and the Caribbean, along the Mississippi River and through the Panama Canal. They loved going to Massachusetts in the fall to watch the leaves change colors. They died within hours of each other. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-obituary/546935/2 "2010-07-16T17:25:29Z")
Thanks for sharing that. Some “ordinary” people are really quite extraordinary, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-obituary/546935/3 "2010-07-17T04:21:38Z")
That’s very touching. I wish that everyone could have such a rich, full life. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-obituary/546935/4 "2010-07-17T11:48:13Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > They died within hours of each other. It was because of this; > [@](#): > > “I had to tell Dad, 'You aren’t going to see Mom again,” their daughter said. He just couldn’t be without her. Excuse me, the AC in the server room seems to be kicking up some dust I’ll be right back… ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-obituary/546935/5 "2010-07-17T18:17:46Z")
What a beautiful story. I’m glad you shared that. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-obituary/546935/6 "2010-07-17T18:21:10Z")
my thought upon reading it was too bad he wasn’t able to stay with her 'till the end. a sweet story, wonderful steadfast couples like that are few and far between. may their memory be eternal. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-obituary/546935/7 "2010-07-17T18:22:07Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Thanks for sharing that. Some “ordinary” people are really quite extraordinary, aren’t they? Who was that journalist that would select people from the phone book randomly, go find them, and make a personal interest news story about their lives. He never had a hard time finding interesting things to talk to them about. People all contain amazing stories and experiences and it’s really cool to hear them talk. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-obituary/546935/8 "2010-07-17T19:59:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Who was that journalist that would select people from the phone book randomly, go find them, and make a personal interest news story about their lives. I don’t know who that was, but a Seattle Times reporter used to highlight obituaries of interesting people, take them out of the obit section and into the Lifestyle section. She did that for my brother, after seeing the humorous obit my son wrote for him. Denny would have liked it. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-obituary/546935/9 "2010-07-17T21:04:08Z")
My grandparents were a lot like that. Grandma had overcome at least a half-dozen injuries and illnesses that really should have killed her. She succumbed to the very next one after my grandfather passed away (about four months later). They were in a car accident when they were in their 80s. They shared a room in intensive care, and talked the nurses into rearranging the furniture so that they could hold hands in their hospital beds. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-obituary/546935/10 "2010-07-17T22:38:39Z")
That was just lovely. Thanks for sharing.