Sentence:  Survivors <WSD>are</WSD> his widow , Alice ; a son , William , Seattle , Wash. ; three sisters , Mrs. Eugene Horstman , Los Angeles , Mrs. Lucy Brett Andrew , New York City , and Mrs. Beatrice Kiefferm , New York City , and five grandchildren . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  represent, as of a character on stage