She was the strength behind her husband. And he was a World War Two Pearl Harbor survivor.
A 21 gun salute for a
A couple who spent their lives together. Buried on the same day.
The love story of Roy and Juanita Molder began shortly after
CBS47 interviewed
“Kids really are hungry to know these things. I've been to a couple high schools and talked to them and you couldn't ask for a better audience,”
Roy and Juanita would have celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary this August.
They spent their lives together.
And passed away just hours apart.
Juanita died the next day. She was 88.
“They were very fun people very fun people and I think that's what made their relationship work for so long,” said Irma Hurtado who helped care for the couple the last four years.
“They had a great respect for each other, the greatest love I have ever seen in each other,” Hurtado said. “He called her ‘Bright Eyes’ because when they met that's the first thing he told her, ‘Bright Eyes.’”
Friends and family shared their memories of Roy and Juanita Tuesday morning.
Members of the Sanger NJROTC stood by the grave site as
Irma's daughter, Angela, is one of the cadets.
“I know he was proud of me too. Because he would talk to strangers he would just say that's my girl that's my girl I have a cadet at home,” said Angela Lopez.
Husband and wife fulfilling their commitment to one another, to be together for eternity.
Remembrances for Roy and Juanita Molder can be made to