The way I remember it is that even a widowed woman's social name remained her husband's (Mrs. Homer Simpson, in this case) even tho Homer himself may have passed on. It was only if she divorced and kept her married surname that she became Mrs. Marge Simpson. These things were much more complicated back then, but the social conventions were a good way to satisfy our ever-present pre-occupations about what our neighbors are up to! Sue Mearns