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Article: The love letter; When Bob West died almost two years ago, he left behind a letter for his beloved wife of 54 years. Mary West finally located it a few months ago.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- August 16, 1998
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Where could that letter be? Mary West kept asking herself.
Bob West, her husband, had told her decades ago that he had written something for her to read after his death. He died at home in Minneapolis on Dec. 27, 1996, at the age of 85, and Mary West searched and searched but couldn't find Bob's letter. She came across carbon copies of many others of his letters to friends and family, but not the letter.
Their daughter, Bonnie West, suggested to her mother that "read-this-after-I'm-gone" letters sometimes reveal secrets that are best never known. Mary looked her right in the eyes and said, "Bob would never hurt my feelings." He was marvelous, Mary said; ...