When the service was over, he got in his vehicle and he drove back, never attempting to be noticed, never seeking that to know, as my deceased wife used to say, the real measure of generosity is would you do it and no one ever knew you did it.

WHITEHOUSE: Remembering Senator Robert Byrd

His lunch, which he ate on his own in an enormous, empty dining room while reading a book under the absentminded gaze of the elderly maid, and the black-and-white gaze of his deceased wife looking out from photographs in ornate silver frames, was light: soup and a small portion of fish and mashed potatoes, some of which he would allow to go cold.

NEWYORKER: The Insufferable Gaucho

Fifty years later, the elderly Irish wife astounds the recently deceased black couple's grandchildren by claiming the house is really hers and they need to move out.

WSJ: Review: Racism fuels poignant 'Luck Of The Irish'

You know, and my wife's parents are both deceased and her - obviously the pictures of her parents are very dear, so they have been packed, our wedding pictures.

NPR: New Orleans Family Heads North

I. (AP) Relatives of the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it, an uncle said Tuesday.

NPR: Uncle: Family To Claim Boston Bomb Suspect's Body

Deadened with grief four years after the death of his wife, Arthur is dispatched to a remote English village to sort out a deceased woman's estate.

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