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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Formally and traditionally, she is and always will be Mrs. John Smith - unless of course she marries again.[/quote]

No, just no. Use her actual first name and whatever last name she used. Women are not their husbands’ property![/quote]
I'm not my husband's property, but I'm very happy to be  Mrs. HIS FIRST NAME    OUR LAST NAME[/quote]

I would address it to Aunt Bernice Smith, personally. This is a moment to be familiar, not to be weirdly formal.[/quote]

I love that you'd write "Aunt" on the envelope going in the mail. Reminds me of when I tried to send my grandma a card and my parents didn't catch that I addressed it to "Grandma" AND left the apartment number off the address. It came  back to us with a note from a mailman clearly having a trying time, that said, "There  are a LOT of grandmas in this building - which one!?" [/quote]

Of course I'd write aunt on the card. That's who she is to me. I would also give her name - HER name, not her husband's name - and address, so it can reach her.

I address cards to my parents as Mom and Dad Smith, too. I am not suggesting everyone do exactly as I do, but I can't fathom in a hundred million years addressing a relative as Mrs. Husband's Name. I can't imagine addressing anyone that way - I am 49, this seems just wildly old fashioned to me - but especially not someone who is my blood.[/quote]

On the card, or the envelope?

I always use last names on envelopes.  If' I'm sending a birthday card to my 2 year old nephew I write "Larlo Higgenbotham" and "Hildegarde Merriweather" for the return address even though inside I'll write "Pumpkin" and "Love, Auntie Hilda".  [/quote]

New poster and I’ve done this to my close aunts as a kid and even as an adult.  If handwriting it’s to Aunt First name Last name.

To OP, address the card the way you normally would.  If you normally call her Mrs. Husband name Last name then do that.  My MIL is older and sometimes addresses cards like that. [/quote]

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