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80-Year-Old Grocery Bagger Works to Pay Off Late Wife's Medical Bills; Community Steps in to Help | News Channel 3-12

  • Gary Saling, an 80-year-old grocery bagger at Smith's Market in St. George, continues working to manage the outstanding medical expenses following the death of his wife.
  • Saling, who was once an acclaimed architect designing multi-billion-dollar mansions and worked three jobs in his youth, continues working due to owing $80,000 in medical debt.
  • Saling and his wife Carol, an artist diagnosed with dementia in 2017, relocated to southern Utah to access neurological care before she died in 2021, deeply affecting him.
  • Community member Duana Johnson noticed Saling grocery bagging and organized a donation fund, raising about $2,000 so far to help him retire and stop working.
  • Despite his hard work and community support, Saling remains committed to his promise to care for Carol at home, reflecting his enduring love and vow not to place her in a nursing home.
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80-year-old working as grocery bagger to pay off late wife’s medical bills: ‘I took vows’

An 80-year-old man in Utah is working hard as a grocery bagger to pay off his late wife’s medical bills.

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Fox 13 now broke the news in Salt Lake City, United States on Monday, June 2, 2025.
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