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 "For four days," she later recounted, "I was uncertain if I would remain a wife or become a widow."

The incident was adapted by director Ron Howard into the successful film "Apollo 13" (1995), which popularized the phrase "Houston, we have a problem," even though the astronauts did not exactly say that after the explosion. (Captain Lovell actually said, "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem.")
In the movie, Tom Hanks portrayed Captain Lovell, while Kathleen Quinlan played Mrs. Lovell and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Marilyn Lillie Gerlach, the youngest of five siblings, was born in Milwaukee on July 11, 1930. Her father owned a candy store, and she would occasionally sneak into the store window to enjoy chocolate bunnies.
When she was a 13-year-old freshman at Juneau High School in Milwaukee, she would exchange shy glances with Lovell, who was two years older and worked behind the cafeteria counter to earn free lunch.
As the prom approached, I had to ask a girl to be my date since you had to invite junior girls," Captain Lovell later shared with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "I asked a girl, but when she found out I wasn't going to be prom king, she dropped me immediately. I didn't have anyone else, so I asked Marilyn."
They continued dating throughout high school. While he studied at the University of Wisconsin and she attended Wisconsin State Teachers College in Milwaukee, she later transferred to George Washington University in Washington to be closer to Captain Lovell while he pursued his studies at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.
After his graduation, they got married in 1952. Besides her husband, Mrs. Lovell is survived by their four children: Barbara Harrison, James Lovell III, Susan Lovell, and Jeffrey Lovell; as well as 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Lovell actively participated in the Astronaut Wives Club, an informal group that provided support and guidance to other astronaut wives. However, following the Apollo 13 incident, she prohibited him from going to space again. Captain Lovell pursued a career in the telecommunications industry and managed a restaurant near Chicago.
Their marriage was one of the few among astronauts that endured the pressures of space travel. In April 1970, during the incident with Apollo 13, Mrs. Lovell never lost hope.
"I just knew he would come back," she affirmed.

Marilyn Lovell, the wife of Apollo 13 commander James A. Lovell Jr., passed away at the age of 93. She was known for her strength and resilience during her husband's space missions, embodying the emotional challenges faced by astronauts' wives. Mrs. Lovell supported her husband's career while raising their four children and enduring sexist media coverage. She even hid a pregnancy from him to prioritize his dream of going to the moon. Despite the difficulties, Captain Lovell found ways to show his love and appreciation, such as sending her a mink coat with a card inscribed "To Marilyn — from the Man in the Moon" and naming a lunar mountain after her. Before the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, Mrs. Lovell experienced a series of ominous events, including the number 13 and losing her wedding ring down the drain. However, she kept these concerns to herself, as astronaut wives did not want to worry their husbands before a flight. On April 13, 1970, Mrs. Lovell received a call informing her of an explosion on board Apollo 13. While putting on a brave face for the public, she privately prayed and contemplated life without her husband. Fortunately, all astronauts survived the mission and returned safely.

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