Centenarian mourns wife of 50 years

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Centenarian mourns wife of 50 years

Despite his strong and robust demeanour for his age, centenarian Sydney Francis remains a shadow of himself as the strength of his existence and life partner is gone forever. “We worked as a team. I do the farming, and she would sell the goods....

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