Harper battled cancer for years. Her husband recently said:
“I have been told by doctors to put Val in Hospice care and I can’t [because of our 40 years of shared commitment to each other] and I won’t because of the amazing good deeds she has graced us with while she’s been here on earth.. We will continue going forward as long as the powers above allow us, I will do my very best in making Val as comfortable as possible.”