Harry and Mavis Stevenson during their 50th wedding celebration.
Harry and Mavis Stevenson had been married for 65 years when Mavis passed away on November 3rd. Mavis had been in failing health but Harry was said to be in good physical shape. Just minutes after breaking the news to Harry, the staff at the St Werburgh’s House Care Home in Spondon, Derby, UK found Harry dead.
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He (the couple’s nephew Stephen Cresswell) said: ‘The staff told Harry very gently that she had passed away and said he shed two or three tears. Then they tended to Mavis and the next time they looked over at Harry, he was gone.
‘It was less than ten minutes later. He was lying next to her in a separate bed at the time. They shared a room in the home and the staff had pushed the beds together the night before.
‘They told me he was holding her hand all that final night.’
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