Longtime married Erie couple dies within minutes of each other
ERIE, Pa. — Family members say a Pennsylvania couple that had been married for almost 45 years passed away within minutes of each other.
Clair “Cos” Vance had made daily visits to a care center where his 70-year-old wife, Jeanne, lived due to mobility and medical issues. But those visits stopped last week when he developed a flu-like illness and was hospitalized.
As his condition worsened, Jeanne spoke with her 75-year-old husband on the phone. She last spoke to him minutes before he died Sunday night.
One of the couple’s daughters was with her father when he died. She asked her aunts to go to the care center and tell her mother of his death.
But when they arrived at the center, they found Jeanne Vance dead in her room.
The couple will be buried together Friday.
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