Strangers Answer Call to Attend Funeral for El Paso Shooting Victim
Without any family of his own, Tony Basco feared he would be the only person attending his wife’s funeral service, so he invited the public to attend.
“The response has been overwhelming,” Perches funeral director Harrison Johnson tells PEOPLE. “I’ve never seen anything like this — the community showing support and love for somebody they don’t even know.” Basco and Reckard were married for more than 22 years, according to reports. While she had three children from a previous relationship, the couple did not have any children of their own. For more than two decades, the pair were inseparable.
“He’s still cries when he talks about her,” Johnson says. “Ms. Margie did everything for him. She was his wife, his business manager, his confidant, and his friend.”
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