text: TIFFIN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio couple that was married for 69 years died eight hours apart in what their son called an unsurprising end to the love story of two people who did everything together. 
   
   Eighty-eight-year-old Gene Warrington and his 86-year-old wife, Pat, died Dec. 27 in Findlay, The Advertiser-Tribune in Tiffin (http://bit.ly/1BysPGQ) reported. 
   
   "You could have almost predicted it," said their son, Phil. "They did everything in their life together. They were never apart." 
   
   Both had been in hospice care. A few days before their deaths, Gene Warrington had been able to visit his wife's room and hold her hand. 
   
   Phil Warrington said his father recognized that Pat was in critical condition and did not have long to live. 
   
   "He said 'life's not going to be fun anymore,'" the son told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "He went back to his room. He laid down and decided to die. He did will himself to die. I'm sure of that." 
   
   Eight hours after Gene died, his wife passed away. 
   
   The couple raised three children and had seven grandchildren and a dozen great-grandchildren. They were nearly inseparable, even in failing health, their son said. 
   
   Gene and Pat met in junior high school and wed secretly as teenagers while he was home from boot camp before leaving for World War II. 
   
   "He told me that when he came back from war, he knew he never wanted to be away from her again," Phil Warrington said. 
   
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   Information from: The Advertiser-Tribune, http://www.advertiser-tribune.com ||||| Throughout their 69-year marriage, Gene and Pat Warrington were always with one another. 
   
   Dec. 27, the pair died eight hours apart, both while in hospice care in Findlay. 
   
   Phil Warrington, the son of Gene and Pat, said his parents had been in hospice with health issues, and the day before their deaths, they spent time together in Pat's room. 
   
   Article Photos PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WARRINGTON FAMILY 
   
   PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WARRINGTON FAMILY 
   
   
   
   "We were able to get them together for about 45 minutes and he held her hand," Warrington said. 
   
   Knowing his wife's condition had become critical, Gene returned to his room and the next day began pulling out his intravenous tubes and was "out of it," Warrington said. 
   
   "He said it wouldn't be fun without her," Warrington said. 
   
   Warrington said his father died and his mother died eight hours after him. 
   
   "You could have almost predicted it," he said. "They did everything in their life together. They were never apart." 
   
   Warrington said the pair met in junior high shool and secretly wed when Pat was 16 and Gene was 18. 
   
   Warrington said the wedding took place while Gene was home from boot camp and before he left for World War II. Warrington said the wedding was kept secret so Pat could graduate high school. 
   
   After Gene returned from war, he graduated from high school in 1947, a year after Pat's graduation. 
   
   "He told me that when he came back from war, he knew he never wanted to be away from her again," Warrington said. 
   
   Gene and Pat had three children, Warrington said, and after retirement, they enjoyed spending time in Florida and had two farms in Hancock County. Warrington said they loved spending time with their seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. 
   
   "They did everything together," Warrington said. "They had been feeding on each other all along."
target: – It's another uncanny story about an elderly couple dying just hours apart: In this case, 88-year-old Gene Warrington died on Dec. 27, and his wife of 69 years, Pat, followed eight hours later, reports the Advertiser-Tribune of Tiffin, Ohio. Both had been in hospice, and son Phil tells AP that Gene visited his 86-year-old wife a few days before their deaths, held her hand, and realized she was near death. "He said, 'Life's not going to be fun anymore.'" Phil Warrington thinks his dad willed himself to die because "they did everything in their life together—they were never apart." (Two sisters who were 90-year-old twins died on Christmas Day.)