Some people are so in love that they can even die of heartbreak. You hear cases all the time about a husband or wife dying within days of their spouse. That was the case for Raymond and Velva Breuer who were married for 77 years.
But these two lovebirds were also buried together in the same casket.
“Dad told the nurses before he passed, that if they went close together, that they should be buried together in the same casket,” son Bobby Breuer said, according to Inside Edition.
Before her death, Velva told her family that she just couldn’t live without out him when her husband passed.
“And I believe she meant it,” her son-in-law Steve Hardin said. “She just basically gave up.”
When Velva’s husband died on Aug. 4, she was clutching his hand tight and she followed him to the grave within 30 hours of his death. They were both 97-years-old. They also had a joint obituary.
“They were very blessed their entire lives,” Bobby Breuer said. “They had health issues but they overcame us. They were blessed and we were blessed because they were so fortunate.”
They both grew up close by to each other in Dawson Township in rural Phelps County, Missouri, according to FOX 59.
They both graduated from Bland High School and married on Jan. 27, 1940. Raymond worked for the Ford Motor Company in St. Louis while Velva was a homemaker. He retired from his job in 1978, according to the couple’s obituary in the Columbia Daily Tribune.
After Raymond retired, the couple moved to North Carolina where Raymond served as a preacher for the Yarne Church of Christ for a decade.
“They were good people,” said Hardin. “They had a strong faith in God. They were just down-to-earth, blue-collar people.”
Raymond served as a volunteer firefighter and was a college professor. He was also president of a local Gem and Mineral Society.
In 1994, the couple moved back to Missouri where they became active members of the Hallsville Church of Christ. It was there that Raymond served as an elder for several years, as he was fond of studying and teaching the Bible. In 2013, they moved to Boone Landing Retirement Community in Columbia where Raymond started a Thursday evening class called “Bible Study With Ray.”
Their families noted that they were grateful to the staff at Boone Landing Retirement Community, Phoenix Home Care and Hospice, as well as Hospice Compassus for all their love and care shown to Raymond and Velva during their final days on Earth. The couple is survived by their two sons Bobby and Thomas, daughter Donna, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.
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