Bob and Kay Sarver had been married for more than 74 years when they died, hours apart.
Husband and wife Bob and Kay Sarver, who were married in 1937 and ran a mom-and-pop grocery store in Kirkland, Washington, died less than a day apart, according to the news obituary written by Jeff Hodson for the Seattle Times.
Family said the Sarvers, who met in high school, did everything together and seemed to be joined at the hip.
Kay, 93, had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly called Lou Gehrig’s disease, and was in hospice care. She could no longer speak or swallow but could still write, when Bob, 92, died July 12, 2011.
When told of his passing, she wrote: “I want to see Dad.”
Her son prepared to take her to see the body.
“No,” she made it clear. “I want to be with him right now.”
Before the next dawn, at 4:25 a.m., Kay Sarver died.
Their ashes were mixed together. Some were put in a square, sealed wooden urn, which was interred in a wall Friday at Tahoma National Cemetery in Covington. The rest will be spread among their favorite places.
“We can’t separate them now,” said … the couple’s daughter.
UPDATE: After Legacy and the Seattle Times shared the Sarvers’ story, strangers shared condolences and tributes in the Bob and Kay’s Guest Book.
“What a beautiful story,” wrote Anne Doody of Sinclair, Maine. “That we should all be that lucky to have found a true kindred spirit in life and after…”
“Thanks to the Sarver family for sharing such an inspiring story,” wrote one reader. And Theresa Rodriguez of St. Louis, Missouri, had these words of sympathy for the Sarver family:
“Wow what an amazing love they had. Few ever find this. They are once again together and watching over your all. God Bless you.”
This brief Guest Book message says it all: “What a beautiful legacy. A truly blessed family.”
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