— The widow of a man who was fatally shot outside a Walmart in central Alberta says her husband overcame a 1991 propane explosion that put him in a coma for three months and burned over 84 per cent of his body. Roxine Williams says Jim Williams had been a truck driver, and after he was burned he had to retire. Williams says her husband had gone inside the Red Deer, Alta., store on Dec. 20 to pick up deodorant while she waited in the car. “He loved to go shoot his targets, he loved to go camping, he loved his grandchildren unconditionally, his children unconditionally,” she said. “My husband loved to take my picture first thing Christmas morning with my hair a mess, and me staggering around making a turkey,” laughed Williams.

Source: National Post December 28, 2019 05:48 UTC