Super story, and what a marriage they seemed to have.
They were married for just under 70 years when Mother died. Daddy lived until he was 90. Daddy sent Christmas cards to several of his war buddies. I remember only a couple of years before Daddy died, he got one from the last one who was alive.
He told Daddy he had gone blind and probably would not live to send another Christmas card. Sure enough, that was the last one Daddy got. He was in a nursing home himself so Daddy might not have had a good enough memory to reply to it even if Welsh (his buddy) had sent one.
I have said it before and probably will always be able to say that Mother was the best person I ever knew. Then I also remember that Daddy’s work was what allowed Mother to show that incredible love to her family.