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Posted February 19th, 2008 by minortopics | Permalink

Widowed father of triplets readjusting

The story of Jeff Hagenbuch is a tragic one — he went to being an elated father of triplets, to a grieving widower when his wife, Tina, died during childbirth last December. The Kalamazoo Gazette, has followed up with Jeff and reports that he is “carrying on” and slowly readjusting to life as a single father of 3:

In the weeks and months since Tina Hagenbuch’s death, her husband said he has had to learn to be patient and physically and emotionally demonstrative with his triplets.

“The biggest challenge so far is taking care of them without getting mad or frustrated,” Hagenbuch said.

Tina and Jeff Hagenbuch had been married for 18 months, but together for six years. They met on a blind date.

“I never wanted to get married until I met her,” Hagenbuch said of his late wife, Tina. “She was all about giving me a family.”

Tina Hagenbuch had two daughters, Skye, 22, and Tylar, 16, from a previous marriage, both of whom have stepped in to help out with their stepsisters and stepbrother.

At first when we read this we thought it was an update to this story, which is eerily similar.


Information from: http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008...



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