Todd Heisler
The Rocky Mountain News
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The night
before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to
leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last
time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below
the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and
played songs that reminded her of 'Cat,' and one of the Marines
asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. "I
think it would be kind of nice if you! kept doing it," she said. "I
think that's what he would have wanted." |