Heart Touching Story! Husband who kept by his wife's Grave Everyday for 20 Years dies! [PHOTOS]

When Rocky Abalsamo's wife died in 1993, part of him died too. Out of sadness and longing, he would hold vigil by her grave site at St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury all day, every day, rarely eating or drinking and weathering all temperatures and conditions.
Now, over 20 years after his beautiful Julia 'Julita' passed away, Rocky 'Roque' continues to sit next to his beloved, after being buried in the plot next to her.Rocky died on Janaury 22 at Stonehedge Health Care Center in West Roxbury after several months of declining health. He was 97.
They met as teenagers in a cafe in their native Buenos Aires. Rocky was sitting with his back to Julita when he overheard her talking with friends "about the soul, about life, goodness," Even before seeing her face, he decided, "This is for me. I must know her."
He said he fell in love with her "not because she was" – he made the symbol for an hourglass figure with his hands – "but she was," he added, making the gesture again. "She was pure love. Her beauty was a gift apart, a reward."
They shared a first kiss on Sept. 16, 1937, a date he celebrated annually. They married the following April. After their daughter Angela, they had a son, Roque Jr.Rocky worked for three decades as a civil engineer while Julita tended their family. They followed their children to the United States in 1971 and settled in Boston a year later
Rocky and Julita had been married for 55 years when she died in 1993 of complications after heart surgery. Distraught, he began spending his days at St. Joseph Cemetery.
"She is part of me, so here I am whole," he said. "Being here makes me feel better. Not good, but better. I do it for Julita, and for myself."
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