Husband dies on day of wife’s funeral after ‘never spending a night apart’

A hubby has died wrong days of his wife’s passing aft 65 years of marriage.

Bernard O’Malley, a businessman from Southport, died connected the time of his woman Joan’s funeral. The mates were some 88 erstwhile they passed.

Their lad Tim O’Malley, 1 of 4 siblings, said his parents had ne'er spent a nighttime isolated passim their matrimony and they adjacent acceptable up a concern together.

He and 2 of his siblings present work astatine that household business, and helium shared his alleviation that some of his parents had been reunited.

Tim said: ‘After a abbreviated clip successful hospital, my mum, Joan O’Malley, died connected October 11. My dad, Bernard, followed her soon afterwards and passed distant connected October 30.

‘Neither decease was unexpected though it was pugnacious for america each proceeding astir my dada connected the time of mum’s funeral.

‘They were some 88 years aged and had been joined for 65 years.

‘In each that clip they’d ne'er spent a nighttime apart. They’re backmost unneurotic now.’

Bernard and Joan founded the household business, now-called Nationwide Produce plc, successful September 1975.

The concern is 1 of the largest, longest established, and astir divers companies successful the UK.

Tim added: ‘Nationwide Produce PLC began beingness successful September 1975 arsenic Bernard O’Malley & Co. The ‘Co’ was my mum. My dada did each the trading, my mum did the books.

‘The bureau was a tiny country successful a tiny 3 chamber location successful Southport with 4 young kids moving circular – 3 of them present successful the business, myself, Patrick and Anthony.

‘My dada ne'er stopped talking astir the business. First happening helium did would accidental whenever I saw him was “how was the job?”

‘I’ll miss him, I’ll miss his boundless enthusiasm for the concern but supra all, I’ll miss his advice, his pearls of wisdom.’

The concern seemingly turned implicit £311,122 successful its archetypal twelvemonth of trade. Last year, it turned implicit £186m.

Those who knew Bernard and Joan flooded to Facebook to wage tribute.

Alan Smith wrote: ‘Just the nicest radical you could ever meet. Sincere condolences to the household and friends who volition miss them terribly.’

Fraser Gordon added: ‘A man done and done who volition beryllium missed by each who had the pleasance to cognize him.’

And Chrissie Cotgrave commented: ‘He was a beauteous man. Twinkling eyes, a grin for everyone. He volition beryllium missed by each who knew him.’

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