Sometimes, of course, the customer outside her door would just be some unhappy man whose wife had passed away.

The wife passed us a bowl of water, in which we washed our hands.

His wife, Cynthia, sadly passed in the fall of 2012.

His wife had passed away in her sleep ten years ago.

I saw my beloved wife die, and pass into the Beyond.

Here you have a guy whose wife just passed away, and people were asking him questions about his job.

He is a single dad, because his wife has passed away.

Dan's wife has passed away after a long bout with breast cancer.

Since my wife passed away, I don't have many people to talk with.

Husband and wife in turn passed the new style on to others.