'The Lord called them': Iowa husband and wife die hours apart

KCCI 8 NEWS AT SIX NEW AT SIX. THEIR MARRIAGE WAS BASED ON FAITH AND LOVE TO THEIR FINAL DAY TOGETHER. OH,HI TS IS A HEART JUST TOUCHES YOUR HEART THISTORY S ON TUESDAY, JIM AND WANDA WILL TOOK THEIR LAST BREATHS AT A NURSING HOME IN GARNER. KCCI’S MARCUS MCINTOSH TALKED WITH ONE OF THE COUPLES THREE CHILDREN WHO TELLS HIM WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE LORD’S PLAN. STACY STEPHEN DEFINITELY HITS IN THE HEART CANDY INSULAR SAYS TUESDAY. VERY DIFFICULT DAY FORER H AND HER FAMILY BUT ADMITS IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE PERFECT WAY FOR HER PARENTS TO PASS. IT’S BEEN GOOD. CANDY INKS WAS TUESDAY STARTED. WELL BEFORE SUNRISE. THEY CALLED IT FROM THE NURSING. HOME ABOUT 4 AM AM AND SAID THAT SHE HAD PASSED SHE AND HER SISTER WENT TO THE NURSING HOME IN GARNER TO BE WITH. OTHER WHO SHARED A ROOM WITH HIS WIFE WHEN HE FNDOU OUT WANDA WHO HAD BATTLED ALZHEIMER’S FOR YEARS HAD PASSED AWAY. HE FOLDED HIS HANDS WITH BOTH OF US ON EITHER SIDE OF HIS BED, DAN HE SAI TD,HANK YOU JESUS. THANK YOU FOR TAKING HER AND WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ME NOW TO? HOURS LATER JIM WOLD WHO WAS FAILING PHYSICALLY GOT HIS WISH ABOUT SENEV O’CLOCK. I GOT THE CALL THAT HE HAD ALSO. PASSED CANDY SSAY IT IS PAINFUL TO LOSE BOTH HER PARENTS ON THE SAME DATE, BUT SHE GETS COMFORT FROM THE FACTER H PARENTS MARRIAGE WAS BASED ON LOVE AND FAITH GUIDED BY THE MAN ABOVE THEY ARE VERY LUCKY AND FORTUNATE THAT HE ALLOWED THEM BOTH TO GO THE SAME DAY. MY DAD WOULDN’T HAVE WANTED TO BE HERE WITHOUT HER. SO IT WAS A BLESSING CANDY HOST TIED TO THE MEMORIES OF HER PARENTS WHO WEER MARRIED FOR 73 YEAR MSEMORIES OF WHEN THEY MET RETOLD ON FAMILY VIDEOOR F THEIR 70TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WAS THE LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT WHEN YOU GU METYS I TNKHI IT WAS MY PART. AT LEA IST DON’T KNOW ABOUT HER. YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS I KNOW STORIES OF HER FATHER WHO HAD LIED ABOUT HIS AGE TO JOINHE T NAVY NOT THE OYNL TIME HE WOULD BE LESS THAN TRUTHFUL ABOUTOW H OLD HEAS W. MY MOM WAS 96 WHICH SHE DIDN’T LIKE SHE FELT SHE ROBBED THE CRADLE AND DAD LIED ABOUT HIS AGE. CANDY SAYS SHE WILL REALLY FLEE THE LOSS OF HER PARENTS ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS TUESDAY. JULY 20TH WLIL ALWAYS BE SAD, BUT THE DAY WILL ALSO BE SPECIAL. I JTUS FEEL THAT IT WAS DEFINITELY THEIR TIME AND THE LORD CALLED THEM AND HE CALLED EMTH IN A BEAUTIFUL WAY AND SO I JUST HANG ON TO THAT. JIM AND WANNA HOLDUR O SURVIVED BY THREE CHILDREN 10 GRANDKIDS AND 24 GREAT GRANDKIDS. THEY WLIL BE L

July 20, 2021, is a day the Wold family will never forget.Candy Engstler said her Tuesday morning started very early. "They called me from the nursing home about 4 a.m. and said she had passed," said Jim and Wanda Wold's daughter Candy Engstler.She and her sister then went to the nursing home in Garner to be there when his father was told his wife, their mother, had passed away."He folded his hands with both of us on either side and said 'thank you, Jesus. Thank you for taking her and would you please take me,'" Engstler said.Hours later he got his wish."About 7 (a.m.) I got the call he also passed," Engstler said.Engstler said her mother battled Alzheimer's for years and her father was fighting physical issues. Losing her 96-year-old mother and 94-year-old father on the same day was hard, but Engstler is comforted by the fact her parents' 73-year marriage was based on love and faith.She can't help but think a higher power played a role."He allowed them both to go on the same day. I feel it was their time. The Lord called them and he called them in a beautiful way so I will just hang onto that," Engstler said.

GARNER, Iowa —

July 20, 2021, is a day the Wold family will never forget.

Candy Engstler said her Tuesday morning started very early.

"They called me from the nursing home about 4 a.m. and said she had passed," said Jim and Wanda Wold's daughter Candy Engstler.

She and her sister then went to the nursing home in Garner to be there when his father was told his wife, their mother, had passed away.

"He folded his hands with both of us on either side and said 'thank you, Jesus. Thank you for taking her and would you please take me,'" Engstler said.

Hours later he got his wish.

"About 7 (a.m.) I got the call he also passed," Engstler said.

Engstler said her mother battled Alzheimer's for years and her father was fighting physical issues. Losing her 96-year-old mother and 94-year-old father on the same day was hard, but Engstler is comforted by the fact her parents' 73-year marriage was based on love and faith.

She can't help but think a higher power played a role.

"He allowed them both to go on the same day. I feel it was their time. The Lord called them and he called them in a beautiful way so I will just hang onto that," Engstler said.

'The Lord called them': Iowa husband and wife die hours apart

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