They Were Together For 40 Years. The Coronavirus Killed Them Two Days Apart.
Malcolm and Sharon Bamford met in 1976, through a friend of his and one of her sisters. They dated for several years, and loved going to discos in their hometown of Swansea, South Wales — it was the '70s after all.
Above all else they loved being grandparents. Their sons had said they didn't want children but their eldest changed his mind and had a baby last year. Sharon cried tears of joy when she found out Craig and his partner were expecting, and they both doted on their grandson, Nahum, who was born last summer.But then at the end of March, Sharon fell ill. Ten days later her condition deteriorated and she was admitted to intensive care at the Morriston Hospital in Swansea on March 30.
“The joy they had when they became grandparents I think sums them up,” Malcolm and Sharon’s daughter-in-law, Victoria Morgan told BuzzFeed News. “Sharon’s life was her family,” Morgan said. The knowledge Nahum will grow up without remembering his grandparents is very difficult for her to process. Morgan and her partner plan to make a memory box of photos and other keepsakes for their son so they can share his grandparents with him when he’s older.“The last nine months for them with Nahum have been incredible,” Morgan said. “Smiler was Malcolm's nickname for Nahum because he was always smiling.
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