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Even as they died, Roger and Betty Colee were still inseparable in a way.
They were in different rooms but located near each other at Flagler Hospital, both struggling after being diagnosed with COVID-19. And when Roger died, Betty followed him in death just five days later.
They were both 83 years old, and the Colees loved being out on the town ― especially to make their rounds at their usual spots such as Chick-fil-A, where employees still remember how Betty liked her eggs, family said. And they loved being together.
“From the time they got out of bed for breakfast. … the only thing my mom did separately without my dad was go get her nails and hair done,” their daughter Cheryl Reese said.