SALINA, Kan. – A couple in Kansas passed away from COVID-19 just hours apart. “They were just full of love and happiness,” Sharolyn Hoffman, daughter of Bret Stevenson, told KAKE. Sharolyn Hoffman loved her father and his wife Carol. But over Christmas, Bert and Carol came down with COVID-19, KAKE reports. Together in life, Carol and Bert died just two hours apart, Sharolyn capturing this picture as they passed away holding hands together in death.