N.B. news: Bench stolen from cemetery [Video]

Ever since his wife died eight years ago, Paul Inglis would come once a week for a visit to sit and talk with her.

But now, he can’t do that.

The heavy wood bench attached to the ground was stolen from Alderwood Cemetery in Riverview, N.B., sometime late last month.

“Totally depressing that somebody would steal the bench at the graveyard,” said Inglis.

The 75-year-old, who has Lewy body dementia, used the bench to tell his wife Vita stories about their five grandchildren.

“I was angry that someone would do that and so frustrated,” said Inglis. “When we left, I was sort of in shock for a while.”

The bench was made by an old military buddy from Germany shortly after Vita died of a brain tumour in 2016.

It had a blue jay and edelweiss painted on it for Vita’s German heritage.

The couple met in their late teens when Inglis was stationed in Germany.

Paul Inglis often visits the grave of his late …