Days after celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, an Arizona couple died from COVID-19 just seconds apart, holding hands. According to their family, Sally and Manny Montaño were inseparable.”Just that love that they had for each other— that’s all I knew,” their son, Manuel Montaño, told KNXV. “And I mean, that’s what I strive for.” Manuel Montaño said his parents both had underlying health conditions and were hospitalized in early January after they both got COVID-19. They were on ventilators for weeks. “We requested to have them in the same room and they had their beds close to each other,” Manuel Montaño said. “So that kind of helped them a little bit ’cause they said his vitals went up when he realized she was there.”Manny and Sally Montaño passed away on Jan. 28. They were 71 and 68 years old, respectively. Their family says the couple died in a way they would have wanted: together.Manuel Montaño and his wife, Debra, said their family has found letters and cards the couple wrote to each other over the years that showed their love for one another. “(Manny) wasn’t a talkative person. He didn’t say more than was necessary at any given time,” Debra Montaño said. “So to see his heart on his sleeve like it was on those letters, it was very touching. It showed how deep he truly loved his family and how they were everything to him.”The Montaño family said Manny and Sally got COVID-19 even though they took the proper precautions and caution others to be careful. “Family is so important,” Debra Montaño said. “You gotta keep them close. You gotta love them unconditionally.”
Days after celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, an Arizona couple died from COVID-19 just seconds apart, holding hands.
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According to their family, Sally and Manny Montaño were inseparable.
“Just that love that they had for each other— that’s all I knew,” their son, Manuel Montaño, told KNXV. “And I mean, that’s what I strive for.”
Manuel Montaño said his parents both had underlying health conditions and were hospitalized in early January after they both got COVID-19. They were on ventilators for weeks.
“We requested to have them in the same room and they had their beds close to each other,” Manuel Montaño said. “So that kind of helped them a little bit ’cause they said his vitals went up when he realized she was there.”
Manny and Sally Montaño passed away on Jan. 28. They were 71 and 68 years old, respectively.
Their family says the couple died in a way they would have wanted: together.
Manuel Montaño and his wife, Debra, said their family has found letters and cards the couple wrote to each other over the years that showed their love for one another.
“(Manny) wasn’t a talkative person. He didn’t say more than was necessary at any given time,” Debra Montaño said. “So to see his heart on his sleeve like it was on those letters, it was very touching. It showed how deep he truly loved his family and how they were everything to him.”
The Montaño family said Manny and Sally got COVID-19 even though they took the proper precautions and caution others to be careful.
“Family is so important,” Debra Montaño said. “You gotta keep them close. You gotta love them unconditionally.”
