--- title: Husband Passes Away, Sends His Wife Flowers Every Valentine's Day description: One woman got a huge surprise this Valentine’s Day when she received a bouquet of flowers from her husband who had recently passed away. canonical: https://time.com/3711433/flowers-valentines-day-jim-golay-dead/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-17T03:27:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:55.159Z og:title: Deceased Husband Sends Wife Flowers Every Valentine's Day og:description: He plotted with the local florist to remind her that she will always be loved. og:url: https://time.com/3711433/flowers-valentines-day-jim-golay-dead/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53a4b4a935a3da6a/69877f8a06f2c154e1333fe9/roses-valentines-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Close up of bouquet of roses og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Deceased Husband Sends Wife Flowers Every Valentine's Day twitter:description: He plotted with the local florist to remind her that she will always be loved. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53a4b4a935a3da6a/69877f8a06f2c154e1333fe9/roses-valentines-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Husband Passed Away But Arranged to Send His Wife Flowers Every Valentine's Day ## Video: First Grade Valentines [Watch (HLS stream): First Grade Valentines](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dxn3NutC.m3u8) (2:35)  _Published 2010-02-10. Out of the mouths of babes, love is explained. Brooklyn first graders write and read their valentines and describe the meaning of Valentines Day_ by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Feb 17, 2015 3:27 AM UTC  Close up of bouquet of roses Close up of bouquet of rosesJamie Grill—Tetra images RF/Getty Images by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Feb 17, 2015 3:27 AM UTC A devoted husband took romance to an ethereal level on Valentine’s Day by sending his wife a bouquet of flowers from beyond the grave. Jim Golay, from Casper, Wyo., was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor almost exactly one year ago. He wanted to make Valentine’s Day special for his wife but he knew he wasn’t going to be around for much longer, reports KCWY13. So before he died, Golay hatched a plan with the local florists to send Shelley Golay a bouquet of flowers each Valentine’s Day for the rest of her life, just to remind her how much he loved her. “He’s such an amazing man and he just can love beyond boundaries,” Shelley Golay said. “There is no boundaries with him, even in death. He’s just amazing.” The flowers arrived two days before Valentine’s Day. When Shelley saw they were from her deceased husband, she phoned the florists and found out about his eternal Valentine’s Day plan. \[[_KCWY13_](http://www.kcwy13.com/home/headlines/Husband-Sends-Valentines-Flowers-to-Wife-After-Death-292009551.html)\] _Read next:_ [_Watch a Husband Surprise His Wife With the One Thing She Always Wanted_](http://time.com/3692555/husband-surprises-wife-with-england-dream-vacation/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3711433/flowers-valentines-day-jim-golay-dead/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3711433/flowers-valentines-day-jim-golay-dead/"},"headline":"This Husband Passed Away But Arranged to Send His Wife Flowers Every Valentine's Day","datePublished":"2015-02-17T03:27:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:55.159Z","description":"Now that is true love","url":"https://time.com/3711433/flowers-valentines-day-jim-golay-dead/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Death","Valentine's Day","Romance","Flowers","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53a4b4a935a3da6a/69877f8a06f2c154e1333fe9/roses-valentines-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53a4b4a935a3da6a/69877f8a06f2c154e1333fe9/roses-valentines-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Close up of bouquet of roses","caption":"Close up of bouquet of roses","creditText":"Jamie Grill—Tetra images RF/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3711433/flowers-valentines-day-jim-golay-dead/","name":"This Husband Passed Away But Arranged to Send His Wife Flowers Every Valentine's Day"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"First Grade Valentines","description":"Out of the mouths of babes, love is explained. 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