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90-year-old couple reunites after wife recovers from COVID-19

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Married couple reunited after weeks in quarantine
Hoffman Family
ByAllie Yang and Eric Noll
June 12, 2020, 10:50 PM

Joyce and Don Hoffman had been apart for a month after she came down with COVID-19 on May 1.

It's the longest they'd ever been apart during their 67-year marriage.

Don and Joyce Hoffman were separated for a month when she got COVID-19.
Hoffman Family

Thankfully, Joyce only suffered minor symptoms. Their assisted living facility in Indianapolis celebrated her "graduation" from their coronavirus unit Thursday.

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Lines of staff gathered to cheer Joyce on – and and surprised Don, who didn’t know he’d be reunited with his wife.

Don and Joyce Hoffman have been married since July 1952.
Hoffman Family

"You look so wonderful ... so beautiful," Don told his wife when they were finally reunited. The two held hands and staff helped lift Joyce so they could embrace.

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"How can you be so cute?" Joyce replied.

They are both now 90 years old and have two children and four grandchildren together.

Don and Joyce Hoffman were separated for a month when she got COVID-19.
Hoffman Family

Their granddaughter Melynne Klaus, told ABC News they're back together and doing well.

"After 67 years of marriage this was excruciating for them," Klaus said. "However, I am so happy to share that yesterday they were reunited and cannot stop holding hands."

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