Endless love of Veyangoda grandparents

A bond of sansara for six decades .....
withers forever not feeling sorrow of death


An amazing incident where an aged couple who had even commemorated  their 61st wedding anniversary  passed away without their knowledge on the same day within the space of a few hours is reported from Paththalagedera area in Veyangoda.

It was Mr. P.A. Solomon Singho (89) and Mrs. R.A. Somawathi (85) resident at Sri Dharmarama Mawatha, Paththalagedera, Veyangoda who thus went on their last journey after a long innings in the game of life. 

While Mr. Solomon had died on the evening of January 8th after suffering from a minor ailment, nobody had informed about his death to his wife. During that period his wife too had been under treatment for a minor illness. The fact that she was unaware of her husband's death, also passed away within two hours is indeed an amazing incident.

Mr. Solomon who spent a life devoid of meat, fish, cigarettes and intoxicants from his young days is popular among everybody as a person who lived an exemplary life.

Mr. Solomon who served the Railway Department had got married to Somawathi, a resident of Waduruwa about 61 years before in the midst of everyone's blessings. This couple who spent a religious and quiet life have been blessed with 8 children. Five of them happen to be daughters. Somawathi in fact was a good housewife, thereby becoming a good strength to her husband.

This couple who lived together used to go about in each other's company. The two of them could not even live without seeing seeing each other. If the husband was to go alone somewhere, which was rare, he would make it a habit of holding his wife's hand and obtain her blessings. Both of them were of the custom of inquiring into the wellbeing of their children and that of their nephews and nieces, thus leading a satisfactory married existence.

The incident that this married couple who lead a successful conjugal life of over 6 decades had passed away within the space of two or three hours by bestowing a generation of worthy children after begetting 8 children was a shock to the relatives, children and the neighbours.

The dead bodies of both husband and wife were kept in the same hall and arrangements are presently taking place to conduct their final rites at one and the same place.

Because the death of both husband and wife took place on the same day, without each other knowing about it, it was really a fortunate occurence where none of them was called upon to feel a sense of sorrow about each other.     
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