Until recently Alexander, 95, was healthy and playing golf every day, their son, Richard Toczko told the news station.
"He must have fallen. He broke his hip," Toczko said. He told KGTV that his father never fully recovered and his health began fading quickly.
Unwilling to keep their parents apart, they had hospice bring Alexander's bed into the couple's home and place it beside his wife.
On June 17, Alexander passed away.
"And he died in her arms, which is exactly what he wanted," Toczko-Cushman told KGTV. "I went in there and told my mother he was gone; she hugged him and she said, 'See this is what you wanted. You died in my arms, and I love you. I love you, wait for me, I'll be there soon.'"
Within 24 hours, Jeanette passed away.
