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Old 03-26-2008, 08:04 PM
TSteven TSteven is offline
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Originally Posted by alum View Post
GEN Alum's grandmother lost her husband nearly 3 decades ago when H was a cadet. She is still addressed as Mrs. John Doe vs Mrs. Jane Doe. We were also taught that the 2nd version was only for divorced women, never for widows.
Well, that is what I had heard too. So you may be right. However, I want to say that I was corrected on this before. And even looked it up and it was confirmed. That as a widow, she *may* now be referred to as Mrs. Jane Doe. Both are "correct".
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