Well, maybe I have it backwards. I thought that the father died in 1993 or thereabouts. When we read so much information for so many years, sometimes it is hard to keep it all properly separated.
the mother Claire Schiavo died in 1997
---"Incidentally, the manner in which the Schindler family was made aware that Michael was engaged to another woman while still married to Terri was receiving the obituary of Michael’s mother, Claire Schiavo, when she died in 1997.
In part of the obituary it was stated that Claire Schiavo is survived by Michael Schiavo and his fiancée Jodi Centzone. There was no mention of Michael Schiavo’s wife, Terri.
This happened once again in 2001 when Michael Schiavo's father passed away. While Jodi Centzone was mentioned as Michael’s fiancée, there was no mentioning of Michael’s current wife, Terri.
Note: Michael Schiavo did testify that he was in fact engaged to marry Jodi Centzone once his wife has passed away.
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