Hello all,
Thanks for the comments, tips, and help, it is greatly appreciated. We decided to go to the Denver field office and ask them directly. Everybody there, from Security to the Supervisor we spoke too were very helpful and understanding.
For the update, we got an emergency AP letter as a discretionary benefit from the Supervisor and team there at the field office. There are no instructions on the website for this... Basically it was us going there in person, with our A# and documents, and telling them the story of why we are there and what we wanted to do. The process was standard from there for them and flowed quite well. The officer interviewed us and asked us some questions. We filled out another I131 in person and handed over a passport photo for the final letter. The letter did have an expiration date but at least my wife was allowed to travel to her mother's cremation.
Kudos to all of you for the help and all the Denver field office staff we interacted with. Very happy with the result.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thank you!
LStout