Widowed Persons Service

Widowed Persons Service is an American organization designed to provide support for widows and widowers by people who have themselves lost a spouse.

AARP established Widowed Persons Service in 1973.{{cite book|last=Hogstel|first=Mildred O.|title=Gerontology: Nursing Care of the Older Adult|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vYonq_bsoSwC&pg=PA518|accessdate=29 May 2013|date=2001-01-01|publisher=Delmar Thomson Learning|isbn=9780766807297|pages=518–}}{{cite book|last=Wagner|first=Lisa S.|title=Aging and Diversity: An Active Learning Experience|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HOwoWe_lr3sC&pg=PA372|accessdate=29 May 2013|date=2013-03-07|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781135928292|pages=372–}}{{cite book|last=Bereavement|first=Committee for the Study of Health Consequences of the Stress of|title=Bereavement: Reactions, Consequences, and Care|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-8RwDWbwdIC&pg=PA244|accessdate=29 May 2013|date=1984-01-01|publisher=National Academies Press|isbn=9780309034388|pages=244–}} As of 1998, WPS had a network of around 300 chapters.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xy1QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u1YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6295,2946383&dq=aarp+widowed-persons-service&hl=en|title=Widowed Persons Service helps ease the pain|last=Stelp|first=Linda|date=March 19, 1998|work=Kingman Daily Miner|page=14|accessdate=29 May 2013}}