A couple who were married for 67 years died within days of each other - just after being finally handed long-deserved war medals 70 years late . Margaret Weston , 86 , died just days after her husband Harry , 95 , finally received his two war service medals , seven decades after serving with the Army Catering Corps in Orkney and Shetland . Then , just days after his beloved wife 's sudden death , Mr Weston also passed away . Their only son John , 66 , from Rutland , Leicestershire , said he believes it was because they could n't stand to be apart . Margaret Weston , 86 , died just days after her husband Harry , 95 , finally received his two war service medals , seven decades after serving with the Army Catering Corps in Orkney and Shetland . After the war , Harry returned to his small village of Greetham to work in the family bakery where he met Margaret . The couple leave their son John , two grandchildren and four great grandchildren . He said : 'They were both delighted to receive his medals which , as it turns out he got just in the nick of time . 'Mum 's death was totally unexpected and dad went three days later . They lived for each other . ' Their family believes the news delivered to Mr Weston in Oakham 's Rutland Memorial Hospital was too much to bear and he died three days later , on Saturday , March 7 . Margaret 's sister , Ella Thorpe , 70 , of Bisbrooke , said : 'Margaret 's death was very sudden , she got up at 5am , collapsed and died . It was quite a shock . 'We went in to see Harry and the sister at the hospital , who was marvellous , told him while we sat with him . He took it very badly ; he just crumbled when he knew what had happened . 'He definitely lost the will to live and went downhill fast . 'It was probably the kindest thing , he could never have lived without her , nor she without him . 'They had both been delighted to receive the medals . ' Historian Paul Bland discovered Mr Weston had never received the Defence Medal or the War Medal he was entitled to after service with Army Catering Corps in Orkney and Shetland . Historian Paul Bland discovered Mr Weston had never received the Defence Medal or the War Medal he was entitled to after service with Army Catering Corps in Orkney and Shetland . Mr Weston enlisted into the Sherwood Foresters in January , 1940 and served in Scotland with the Army Catering Corps , working with four other cooks , preparing meals three times a day for a battalion of more than 700 soldiers . His uncle and father both served in the First World War and it was when Mr Bland was researching their contribution when he discovered the missing medals . He wrote to the Ministry of Defence and requested that he be united with the medals , and to the couple 's delight they arrived quickly . Mr Bland said : 'Harry was really surprised to get them after all that time , but he was very happy and Margaret was delighted . ' I 'm very pleased he got his medals before he passed away . '
eve Weston , however , passed away just weeks after her husband Harry , died . The couple were inseparable and she said they ' lived for each other ' Mr Weston died shortly after finally receiving his war pension - 70 years late .