Chinese woman, 103, dies after 80-year wait for husband who worked abroad
Centenarian never gave up hope of finding her absent husband whose last letter to her was in 1952, family say she was ‘at peace’ when she passed
A 103-year-old woman in China has died after waiting for the return of her husband for more than eight decades.
Du Huzhen died at home in Guizhou province, in southwestern China, on March 8, according to an obituary by her family which did not detail a cause of death.
Before her death, the centenarian held an old pillow cover in her hand which she used when she got married in 1940, said her family, the Shanghai Morning Post reported.
Du was three years older than her husband Huang Junfu.
Soon after their marriage, Huang joined the Kuomintang army and left to fight in battles across the country.
In 1943, Du found Huang and stayed with him as he did his military service until she fell pregnant and returned home.