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Fri Jan 5, 2018, 02:18 PM Jan 2018

Elderly woman goes outside to seek husband; both die in extreme cold in Exeter, Ont.: OPP

From https://globalnews.ca/news/3947349/husband-wife-dead-extreme-cold-ontario-opp/

Elderly woman goes outside to seek husband; both die in extreme cold in Exeter, Ont.: OPP
January 5, 2018 5:16 am. Updated: January 5, 2018 10:54 am
By Staff The Canadian Press

EXETER, Ont. – An elderly woman who went to check on her husband on their southwestern Ontario property died outdoors from extreme cold this week, while her spouse was found dead after a medical episode.

Ontario Provincial Police say officers were called to check on the well-being of the couple in the Exeter area around 9 a.m. on Wednesday and found their bodies.

They say the body of 90-year-old Grant Triebner was found just inside an open barn on the property.

An obituary posted on a funeral home website says he died from a massive heart attack.

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Elderly woman goes outside to seek husband; both die in extreme cold in Exeter, Ont.: OPP (Original Post) sl8 Jan 2018 OP
... SamKnause Jan 2018 #1
:-( CentralMass Jan 2018 #2
This is why we have to love each other. Girard442 Jan 2018 #3
well, at least they went together. pansypoo53219 Jan 2018 #4
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