Yeah, I hated what they did to Roy and Lian. A waste of another relationship status with very few parales in comics. However, it's not the same situation. Cheshire was still around, just a wanted mass murder who couldn't be around her family. I don't think there are any widowed fathers among the super-hero cominity of either big publishers. IMHO, it sure would be a never covered trauma, with all its different potential storylines.
Peace