Another of the Greatest Generation is passing.

Gerald · 10-16-11, 10:54 AM

My thoughts are with you and the family,Magic!

Schroeder · 10-16-11, 12:54 PM

I'm sorry to hear this magic. My thoughts are with you and your family.

Growler · 10-16-11, 05:13 PM

Magic, thank you for sharing your memories with us, and at such a difficult time; through you, we are all that bit more wiser for her story, memories which we now all carry forward.

I have no words of comfort to offer, only my own sympathies and condolences; be sure to take care of yourself through all this, as well.

CaptainHaplo · 10-16-11, 05:22 PM

May her soul find shelter in the Hand of the Creator, and may you and yours be comforted by the memories and joys you shared with such a wonderful person.

Jimbuna · 10-16-11, 06:55 PM

I'm very sorry to learn of this Magic....always remember those good times....my thoughst are with you and your family.

AVGWarhawk · 10-16-11, 07:12 PM

Sorry to hear that Magic. 98 years! She has experienced things first hand we only read about in books. May she find peace as well as you.

magic452 · 10-17-11, 03:08 AM

Thank you all for your kind words they do help.
Just talking about her helped a great deal, thank you all for listening.

Magic

CCIP · 10-17-11, 04:01 AM

Taking care of a close relative in their final years, days and hours is one of the hardest things to do, but it's also one of the best and most important things you will ever do in life. With a life like this and someone being there with her until the very end, I think your mother will really find her well-earned peace. And I hope that you too will look back and take pride and comfort in being with her to the end.

My condolences and take care of yourself!

magic452 · 11-12-11, 01:13 AM

When I originally posted this it look like mom wouldn't last the night let alone the next day, but she was a tough as steel and did bounce back to almost what she was before. But for the last week she slowly slipped and this morning she did not wake up. She died peacefully and comfortable.

A one in a million mom died on a once in a century day 11/11/11 and Veterans Day as well. Given her work in WWII and the fact she lost a brother in that war it is most fitting she went today.

I just re read all your kind post here and they are as comforting today as they were than.

Thank you all.

Magic

10-16-11, 10:54 AM	#1
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	My thoughts are with you and the family,Magic! __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I'm sorry to hear this magic. My thoughts are with you and your family. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

10-16-11, 05:13 PM	#3
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Magic, thank you for sharing your memories with us, and at such a difficult time; through you, we are all that bit more wiser for her story, memories which we now all carry forward. I have no words of comfort to offer, only my own sympathies and condolences; be sure to take care of yourself through all this, as well. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

10-16-11, 05:22 PM	#4
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	May her soul find shelter in the Hand of the Creator, and may you and yours be comforted by the memories and joys you shared with such a wonderful person. __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

10-16-11, 06:55 PM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'm very sorry to learn of this Magic....always remember those good times....my thoughst are with you and your family. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,274 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear that Magic. 98 years! She has experienced things first hand we only read about in books. May she find peace as well as you. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

10-17-11, 03:08 AM	#7
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Thank you all for your kind words they do help. Just talking about her helped a great deal, thank you all for listening. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

10-17-11, 04:01 AM	#8
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Taking care of a close relative in their final years, days and hours is one of the hardest things to do, but it's also one of the best and most important things you will ever do in life. With a life like this and someone being there with her until the very end, I think your mother will really find her well-earned peace. And I hope that you too will look back and take pride and comfort in being with her to the end. My condolences and take care of yourself! __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

11-12-11, 01:13 AM	#9
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	When I originally posted this it look like mom wouldn't last the night let alone the next day, but she was a tough as steel and did bounce back to almost what she was before. But for the last week she slowly slipped and this morning she did not wake up. She died peacefully and comfortable. A one in a million mom died on a once in a century day 11/11/11 and Veterans Day as well. Given her work in WWII and the fact she lost a brother in that war it is most fitting she went today. I just re read all your kind post here and they are as comforting today as they were than. Thank you all. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l