90 years old twins die within hours of each other on Christmas Day

Granite City, IL. Southwest of Springfield, and WAY down there.

That's a story I just finished reading on my phone. Sad, though.
 
I thought it was nice that they both die hours apart , they were. born on the same day and die on the same day . I find that very beautiful.
 
Sad but glad they are in together from born and then passed away in the same day.
 
Sad for their families to lose both in one day.

I wonder why the one husband had to change the spelling of his last name to re-enlist in the military?
 
whatdidyousay! said:
I thought it was nice that they both die hours apart , they were. born on the same day and die on the same day . I find that very beautiful.
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I agree; leaving with your family is always beautiful. Sounds like they had a wonderful life together.

Laura
 
Reba said:
Sad for their families to lose both in one day.

I wonder why the one husband had to change the spelling of his last name to re-enlist in the military?
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I was wonder that too about the last name. I feel it would had been sadder for one sister to had out lived her beloved sister. The love between them had to been very strong and that is so wonderful to see , they had of had beautiful loving parents .
 
I have relatives who are fraternal twins. They once went on a flight-- during the flight they had some 'mechanical difficulties' (I've forgotten exactly what or what else happened). They both looked at each other- one said well- we came into the world together, we'll go out together.

They also both know that it is probably unlikely that they'll die on the exact same day or within hours/minutes/days. Doesn't mean they love and adore each other any less. Then again they're probably not as endearing as these two-- married brothers and all... doesn't matter to me- they're endearing to me in their own way.

I wonder why the one husband had to change the spelling of his last name to re-enlist in the military?
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I wondered too unless there was either another person by the exact same name who enlisted later but that doesn't make sense as I thought the Social Security number identifies who you are in the military. First time I'd ever seen this outside of maybe some sort of identity theft.
 
DeafDucky said:
I wondered too unless there was either another person by the exact same name who enlisted later but that doesn't make sense as I thought the Social Security number identifies who you are in the military. First time I'd ever seen this outside of maybe some sort of identity theft.
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At the time that they would have been in the military, they weren't using SSN's for identification. They would have had military service numbers. The numbers were converted to SSN's in 1970. I know because I enlisted in 1970, and we had to use both the service number AND the SSN because it was the transitional period. (It was a pain in the neck because we had to stencil both numbers on every item of clothing, memorize both numbers, and use both numbers for every document.)
 
ahh okay thanks for clarifying that Reba. I thought I remembered something about military IDs but wasn't certain (I worked for a short time at DFAS in Denver).
 
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