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~Memorials~ It's part of life that our loved ones will pass away. However, that is always a very hard step to take.. to say goodbye to your family and friends. Family
I can't really start this
without remembering my sweet little baby boy Alex that was stillborn at
full term on March 1, 1995. To lose him was devastating to me then, now
& for always. ---------------------------------------------------------------
These are my maternal grandparents, my mother's parents: Stella & Martino. I was still a teenager when they both died, one year apart. My grandma was born in 1908 and died from lung cancer in 1977, which started as breast cancer. My grandpa was born 1907 and died from liver failure in 1978. While I am sad that I did not get to know them better, I still miss them dearly. ---------------------------------------------------------------
While I never met my great-grandmother Carolina, mother of my grandma Stella (above), I heard so much about her I feel like I have known her all my life. She was also quite beautiful!! She was born in 1891 and died in 1939 of what translated from Italian to English would be the 'black plague'? Anyway, it's called Tifo Nero in Italian. ---------------------------------------------------------------
This is my grandpa
Mario (Marianno) father of my dad. He was born in 1900 and died of liver
failure in 1979. He fought in both World Wars. This picture was taken in
1968 and this is how I remember him! ---------------------------------------------------------------
This is my paternal
Grandmother Rina, she lived most of her life in Ivrea, Italy.
This picture was taken on Mother's Day 1998, when she was 94 years old. Rina died
peacefully just a few months before her 102nd birthday in June 2005. --------------------------------------------------------------- Friends
It
was
March
1987
when
this
picture
was
taken.
I
am
here
with
my
friend
Paola,
which
was
my
absolute
best
friend
from
the
time
I
was
15
years
old.
As
teenagers
we
were
so
alike
we
were
practically
twins!
After
I
moved
to
the
U.S.
we
wrote
letters
upon
letters
and
stayed
friends
until...
sigh...
she
died
of
a
brain
tumor
in
late
February
2004
at
the
age
of
37.
If
2004
wouldn't
have
been
a leap
year,
she
would
have
died
the
same
day
as
my
Alex.
Her
death
was
devastating
to
me.
She
had
a
2.5
year
old
little
girl
when
she
passed
away
that
is
now
being
raised
by
her
husband's
mother.
Her
own
daughter
has
the
same
fate
as
her
mother,
as
Paola
herself
was
raised
by
her
grandparents. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Darren
was
without
a
doubt
the
best
friend
I
ever
had.
Gay
guys
make
THE
best
friends!
This
was
the
sad
day
I
found
out
he
was
HIV
positive
at
a
bonfire
at
a
friend's
house.
It
was
May
1994.
He
moved
back
east
at
that
time
and
then
he
got
too
sick
to
keep
in
touch.
He
died
in
October
2004
at
the
age
of
38.
--------------------------------------------------------------- Don't regret growing older...it is a privilege denied to many.
~Silvia's World~ --------------------------------------------------------------- Navigate
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Last Updated: November 25, 2005
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