He's afforded the courtesy and respect due the OFFICE (though, of course, he damn well does NOT deserve it and has not EARNED it honestly), but she is NOTHING.
He wasn't saluting the wife. His hand went up after she passed him.
He was saluting the wee wee-O as he exited the hearse from the other side. Notice his head going up the stairs.
Someone needs to do a freeze shot at 0:14.
I'm on dial up so the vid loads slowly. At 0:14 I had no idea what I was looking at. It looked like a gigantic face looking back at us from the doorway, with two hair tentacles.
ps:I'm glad that the wife ran up the stairs!