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Separated First By War, Then Sickness, 2 WWII Veterans Are Laid To Rest Together

Hundreds of American World War II veterans are dying each day. Isabell and Preble Staver, a couple married for 71 years, died on the same day last month.
Isabell and Preble Staver in 1965 at the New York World's Fair. The couple served together in World War II and passed away last month on the same day.

Every love story must have an ending. For Isabell and Preble Staver, the end came quietly last month, after more than seven decades of marriage.

The Stavers, who died in Norfolk on Oct. 25, were two of the hundreds of World War II veterans who are dying each day in the United States.

Isabell Whitney and Preble Staver met on a blind date while they were both studying

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