Retired architect, 80, forced to bag groceries as medical bills, promise to dying wife leave him broke
US News By David Propper Published June 8, 2025, 7:21 p.m. ET Today Video Headlines Ad Loading 00:00 / 00:50 A former big shot architect was forced to bag groceries after mounting medical bills and a promise he made to his dying wife left him broke. Utah resident Gary Saling, 80, has spent years working four days a week at Smith’s Market in St. George – though a well-deserved retirement might be on the horizon thanks to the generosity of others. The senior citizen started the job in December 2020 about six months after the death of his wife, Carol, from two forms of dementia – including the rare, aggressive Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. 3 Gary Saling has been working as a bagger for years. FOX His spouse, who was an artist, suffered for about three and a half years, but he was always by her side. “I promised myself, God, her, her brother, her son and daughter, (her stepsons), I promised them I would not put her in a nursing home,” Saling told The Post on...