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A devoted elderly couple who couldn't bare to live without each other killed themselves after learning the husband didn't have long to live, an inquest heard.
Howard, 80, and Jacqueline Titterton, 78, meticulously planned their suicide pact and left several jointly signed letters for friends, police and their solicitor.
In one, the couple wrote: "Neither one of us wishes to live without the other," reports North Wales Live.
They said they had enjoyed "a great life" and both agreed what they should do, with neither putting pressure on the other.
Their inquest heard they left a key with their next-door neighbours for the police to enter their home.
They also put labels on items with the names of people who were to receive them.
David Pojur, assistant coroner for North Wales East and Central, recorded conclusions of suicide after hearing details about the couple who were found dead in their home in St Asaph, Wales.
Mr Titterton a retired research and development officer with glass manufacturers Pilkington, had been diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer and was receiving palliative care at home, where his wife - a former nurse - was able to help care for him.
On the morning of their demise, Cllr Thomas, a next door neighbor, found an envelope through his door containing Sh65, 0000 (£500) and a note indicating that they had killed themselves.
"I wondered if I was reading what I was," he said.
Mrs Thomas called 999, as the couple had asked, and when officers arrived they found Mr Titterton lying in an empty bath covered by a blanket and a dressing gown, and his wife was on the bed.
Home Office pathologist Dr Brian Rodgers said Mrs Titterton died of suffocation and her husband’s death was consistent with the same cause.
The inquest heard both had died a short time apart, and Mrs Titterton had apparently put the blanket and dressing gown over her husband.
Among those who received letters on the day on which the bodies were found was Anthony Jones, a close friend from their childhood days, with whom they had spent numerous holidays.
He said the Tittertons, who had no children, enjoyed travelling, especially cruises, and shared the same hobbies of music and photography.
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