My family laid my mother to rest at the Southern Nevada Veteran's Memorial this week. She exited the Marine Corps in 1956 after marrying my father, Alan. The reason for her honorable discharge was "convenience of the Government: marriage" with a recommendation for re-enlistment. She then went on to raise children for 48 years: six of her own and two of my brother's. She is survived by my father, her husband of 67 years, and a large family. We had a funeral at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Las Vegas, a memorial at the Chapel at the VA, and finally said the Our Father together at her gravesite during a monsoon-level rainstorm that soaked us all to the core. She lived to the good old age of 86 and was only parted from her husband in death. Faithful in life to God, Christ, and her husband until the end, she is an example for the rest of us. May she rest in peace. #veteran #marinecorps