Elderly woman dies in bone-numbing cold trying to find dead husband
EXETER, Ont. — Funeral services are planned for Monday for a devoted elderly couple who died within hours of each other when the man had a heart attack outdoors and his wife froze to death after she went looking for him, according to police and obituary notices.
Family and friends described Grant Triebner, 90, and Ada Triebner, 83, both of near Exeter, Ont., as “two beautiful lights” whose deaths shocked the small southwestern Ontario community, which like much of the country, is caught in the icy grip of an unusual cold snap.
“We so loved listening to Uncle Grant’s wonderful tales of days gone by, his boisterous laugh and to Aunt Ada saying ‘Oh, Grant!’” relatives Rob and Karen Jolly said in a condolence notice. “They very obviously adored each other.”
Provincial police said they were called to a farm on Wednesday where they found the deceased couple. Grant Triebner was found just inside an open barn on the snow-covered property, Const. Jamie Stanley said in a statement.