Mom lived a hard life & loved her husband greatly. He died in 1972, on her daughters birthday. It was a day, never forgotten. He was MIA & then in 1979 KIA & never to return home, though they lft us with that hope while he was MIA. Mom worked hard to make sure our needs were met, while she still longed for her husbands return. He was her life, a life that would never return to her.