Yes, so sorry for your loss. May your memories of her remain vibrant and detailed for all of your days.
My best advice with these speakers is to give them tubes and the best of those that you can; yes, this means to disregard the advice to give them big solid state power; I’ve done both; with respect to sound quality, the former far exceeds the latter.
And most importantly, give them the cleanest path between them and their power...magic is then possible.