{"id":9310,"date":"2026-09-09T19:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/?p=9310"},"modified":"2026-09-09T19:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:41:20","slug":"they-met-on-a-blind-date-survived-world-war-ii-together-and-after-71-years-of-marriage-they-passed-away-on-the-same-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/?p=9310","title":{"rendered":"They Met on a Blind Date, Survived World War II Together, and After 71 Years of Marriage, They Passed Away on the Same Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/801963859_1784112619453914_7184687461937142503_n_cleanup.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/801963859_1784112619453914_7184687461937142503_n_cleanup.png 576w, https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/801963859_1784112619453914_7184687461937142503_n_cleanup-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isabell and Preble Staver first met on a blind date in Philadelphia, back when they were just two young people beginning to imagine what their futures might look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But their lives soon took an unexpected turn when World War II began. The war separated them, sending Isabell overseas as a Navy nurse while Preble served with the United States Marine Corps. During his service, he earned the Bronze Star for his bravery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the war finally ended, the two found their way back to each other. They reunited, married, and eventually built a family of their own, raising five children together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their daughter Laurie later described her parents as the foundation of their family. Preble was a big, outgoing man with a warm personality, while Isabell was the person who helped bring out his gentler side and taught him the importance of kindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than seven decades after that first blind date, their remarkable journey came to an end in a way that touched everyone who knew them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 25, 2017, after 71 years together, Isabell and Preble both passed away in Norfolk, Virginia, on the very same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were laid to rest together in Virginia Beach during Veterans Day weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After spending more than seven decades side by side, even death seemed unable to keep them apart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isabell and Preble Staver first met on a blind date in Philadelphia, back when they were just two young people beginning to imagine what their futures might&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9312,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9310\/revisions\/9312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}