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Lisa in Katy
I think I posted about going to Virginia in November to celebrate my grandmother's 100th birthday. She had been living in a nursing home for about four years, and doing as well as could be expected for a blind and deaf (without her hearing aids) century old person. Her mind wasn't always in the present, she had severe osteoporosis which put her in a wheelchair, and she weighed almost nothing. Well several weeks ago she refused to eat for a few days and the doctor said to expect the end. She rallied and did okay for about a week. Then she did it again, and again rallied. The third time happened last week and on Saturday she passed away at the age of 100 years, 4 months, and 3 days. She outlived her husband by 42 years. I'm sad, but at 100, you know to expect it. In fact, right before she went into the nursing home, we all went to Virginia to visit because the doctor felt like it was a matter of time. Well the "matter of time" turned into almost 4 years!
We will be going to Louisiana on Sunday for the Monday graveside service. It's taking a while because she wanted to be cremated prior to the transport from Virginia to Louisiana to minimize costs. She grew up in a large working class family and was a young married woman during the Depression, so always knew the value of a penny! She was the 3rd from oldest and the oldest girl of 10 children. One brother died in WWII. The other 5 brothers all fought and made it home. Nine of the ten lived at least into their 70's and most got close to 90. My grandmother made it the longest. The youngest sister turned 90 in August and is now the last one.
Pray for my family. Even though it was expected, my mom is taking it kind of hard.
We will be going to Louisiana on Sunday for the Monday graveside service. It's taking a while because she wanted to be cremated prior to the transport from Virginia to Louisiana to minimize costs. She grew up in a large working class family and was a young married woman during the Depression, so always knew the value of a penny! She was the 3rd from oldest and the oldest girl of 10 children. One brother died in WWII. The other 5 brothers all fought and made it home. Nine of the ten lived at least into their 70's and most got close to 90. My grandmother made it the longest. The youngest sister turned 90 in August and is now the last one.
Pray for my family. Even though it was expected, my mom is taking it kind of hard.
