India, June 9 -- Gary Saling, a former top-tier architect, found himself bagging groceries at a supermarket in Utah after mounting medical bills and a vow he made to his dying wife left him financially drained, reported the New York Post.

The 80-year-old started working at Smith's Market in St. George in December 2020, just months after losing his wife, Carol, to two forms of dementia, one of which was the rare and aggressive progressive supranuclear palsy.

A gifted artist, Carol suffered for nearly three and a half years. Through it all, Gary remained 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," he said. "I'd keep her at home and I ...