Posted by Tim Holloway on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 18:25:03 :
My Mom died this afternoon, aged 82. She was living alone in Florida untiml a month ago. She had suffered a rapid decline since January and we moved her back up to Vermont a month ago. Found out last week that she was all full of cancer, probably had been for a couple of years. Funny thing is her blood work didnt show any signs of it.
Her Mother was a head nurse in Florida during WW2. When ships were torpedoed right off the coast, her hospital would be filled with the oil covered survivors. My Mom would go in with her Mother and help clean the oil from these men. She described the smell, and it was not nice.
Well, she is in a better place now, and back with my Dad.
I will miss her.
Tim
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