Collection: People
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Seattle, WA
Date: Jul 2, 2006
Date Uploaded: Jul 18, 2006
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This is Grandma Nora, who died on October 20, 2008.
Grandma was 91 and lived independently, even still driving until she got sick a couple of months earlier. A real fighter, she beat breast cancer - twice. And in this era of video games, she was a Life Master bridge player.
Grandma and Grandpa lived a full life, living in Laos, Iran, Haiti and Korea for Grandpa's job with the State Dept. No, he wasn't a spy - he helped countries with their customs services. Grandma worked wherever they went, as a teacher, a clerk, or whatever she could find to stay busy. They loved traveling the world and cruising, passions I share. They were married 64 years before Grandpa died in 2000.
They were classy, like 1950s movies classy: they had cocktails every night, dressed up for dinner, and patronized the ballet, opera, and theater. They were also both very smart, and I fondly remember several heated debates.
After 30+ years in Hollywood, Florida, Grandma moved to Seattle soon after Grandpa died, to be near my mom and stepdad. By coincidence, I was going out there anyway for a conference after she'd been sick for several weeks, so I went early to help my mom out. I'm very glad I took the nonstop, because I was able to spend a couple of hours with her, giving her a card from my daughters that made her smile. While my mom and I were chatting, she had a stroke, and died a few hours later.
She's survived by 2 siblings (including her older brother!), 3 kids, 5 grandkids, and 7 great-grandkids, the oldest of whom is 11. We're very lucky that she got to know all of them. |
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