Adventist Couple, Wed 65 Years, Dies Holding Hands

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An Adventist couple married for 65 years died holding hands in a hospital room in Brazil. The couple, Italvino and Diva Possa, were known in life for giving Bible studies and providing clothes to the needy. In death, their devotion to God and each other made news headlines across Brazil.

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[Johann]

Reminds me, I´ve soon been married for 60 years, 51 years to my first and 9 years to my second wife, but that does not count, does it?

[aka]

      na-na Johann, as much as we all are in awe that the two of you enjoyed 51 years together, the door for counting closed as you opened a new door into your second marriage. The calculator counter is at 9 years as of now and we pray it will tick on for much longer as expected.

 

Somewhere in Holland this picture was taken. A Protestant Luthern cemetary bordered a RCC cemetary. The catholic wife died first and got a plot on the border of the boundry of both cemetaries. The man planned his memorial statue just before his decease and it got put up for the sake of expressing undying love which they had believed was eternal.