True
Patience Wright's husband died of natural causes. He was much older than her. He died in 1769 after 21 years of marriage.
A late husband is a dead husband. Late means dead in this context.
True
No Reba's Husband Is Not Dead
Her husband, Joseph Wright senior, died in 1769.
No, you should not call a dead husband an ex-husband. He should be referred to as the woman's late husband if they were married at the time of his death.
There does not seem to be a source for 'only the dead know the true meaning of patience.' Douglas MacArthur is credited with 'only the dead have seen the end of war.'
Dead, i guess.
There is no patron saint of patience but if there were it would have to be Saint Monica who prayed for years that her son, Saint Augustine, and her husband be converted. They were!
no
Not
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