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After 101 years of life spanning from a year of The Spanish Flu pandemic to this year of COVID-19, our mom passed away peacefully at home in her bed, as was her wish, on May 1st. To be honest, her quality of life hadn’t been good for a long time. She didn’t have the strength to walk, ate very little, she had some dementia, and she slept most of the time. However, there was a strong will to survive within Mom and she she clung to life, But, as my brother and her primary care giver observed, it was her time and we view her release from “this mortal coil” as a blessing.

Mom and Dad met when they were 16 and, with the exception of his deployment during World War II, they were together and devoted to each other during all those years. Because of their close relationship, when Dad died in late 2006, we figured that Mom would be gone within six months. But she was a lot stronger and more independent than either she or we knew and continued living alone and driving until she was 92.

As most of us are about our mothers, I’m biased. But, she was a humble and, in her own way, an extraordinary woman. I expect that she’ll be visiting me in my dreams and that I’ll be having conversations with her for the rest of my days.

Rest in peace, Mom. Thanks for the great loving example that you set.

After 101 years of life spanning from a year of The Spanish Flu pandemic to this year of COVID-19, our mom passed away peacefully at home in her bed, as was her wish, on May 1st. To be honest, her quality of life hadn’t been good for a long time. She didn’t have the strength to walk, ate very little, she had some dementia, and she slept most of the time. However, there was a strong will to survive within Mom and she she clung to life, But, as my brother and her primary care giver observed, it was her time and we view her release from “this mortal coil” as a blessing.

Mom and Dad met when they were 16 and, with the exception of his deployment during World War II, they were together and devoted to each other during all those years. Because of their close relationship, when Dad died in late 2006, we figured that Mom would be gone within six months. But she was a lot stronger and more independent than either she or we knew and continued living alone and driving until she was 92.

As most of us are about our mothers, I’m biased. But, she was a humble and, in her own way, an extraordinary woman. I expect that she’ll be visiting me in my dreams and that I’ll be having conversations with her for the rest of my days. Rest in peace, Mom. Thanks for the great loving example that you set.