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با هم پیش به سوی مرگ: ماکسین و دون سیمسون به فاصله 4 ساعت از هم درگذشتند

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همیشه با هم: زوج 62 سال پیش ازدواج کردند

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عشق: دون و ماکسین برای اولین بار همدیگر را در یک سالن بولینگ دیدند

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The family of Don and Maxine said they knew the two would have wanted to be together at the end, and so moved them into a family home in beds side-by-side

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The couple have been inseparable since they first met at a bowling alley in Bakersfield, California
Two weeks ago, Don was at home when he fell, breaking his hip.
He was taken to hospital, but his health continued to decline.
At the same time, the cancer his wife had been fighting for hers started to progress as well.
'I told my sister on the phone, we got one shot to get them together,' Sloan said.
The family that, despite the situation, Don and Maxine would demand to be together, so they were both moved to a spare room in the family's home.
'We kept them together, and had their beds side-by-side,' Sloan said.
'Gram woke up and saw him, and held hands and they knew that they were next to each other.'
It wasn't long after that, holding her husband's hand, Maxine took her last breath.
'I walked them out with her body, walked back in to check on grandpa and he quit breathing as soon as her body left the room,' Sloan told KERO News.

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Ailing: Maxine had been battling cancer for some time, while Don took a fall two weeks ago that broke his hip

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Happy: The pair had spent a long, happy life together and their two sons

▧ 2 تصویر این بخش در دسترس نیستSmitten: Maxine and Don tied the knot a few years after they first met

▧ 2 تصویر این بخش در دسترس نیستThey spent over six decades together and had two sons, who they adopted
'He left with her, and they passed four hours apart from each other.'
'It's just amazing. It really is amazing. It's a true love story.'
Don, a civil engineer in North Dakota, was stationed in Bakersfield, where he met Maxine at a bowling alley.
The two traveled the world together and adopted two songs along the way.

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Settled: The pair met in Bakersfield and decide to raise their family there as well