Good Bye, Grandma Dutchy

[ravan]

I got the call this morning. My grandmother, who turned 90 this last summer, has died.

It was expected - she was diabetic, had osteoporesis, was a bit negligent on blood sugar management (mostly because she didn't want to be obsessive about it), and had taken a fall a while back and broken her hip. She had started to have internal stomach/GI issues, too. During the last month or so she went from mostly compos mentis to composT mentis. It was swift, once it really started to happen.

I got to see her last summer, while she was still mostly here, and I knew it would be the last time, even as I hoped I was mistaken. She is the family member I most take after, she and my late grandfather (her husband.)

So I hoist a virtual glass in commemoration of my grandmother, and the long, full life she led. She was stubborn, proud, a Silver Haired legislater, a Lion (Lyon?) and a rabble-rousing organiser. She took crap from nobody. My kind of gal, and I'm proud to have her as one of my ancestors.

Comments

[law-witch.livejournal.com]

What a lovely tribute to her strength.

Hugs, my thoughts are with you.

[germankitty]

My sympathies. *hugs*

[weofodthignen]

Hail Grandma Dutchy! And my condolences to you and yours.

M

[ladyqkat.livejournal.com]

Condolences.

I wasn't logged in when I sent the last one, so just delete it.

[redsonja.livejournal.com]

Hugs to you, and honor to your Dis.

[ertla.livejournal.com]

Honour to her memory, and comfort and condolences to you.

[goodnightxandgo.livejournal.com]

*Hugs* she sounded like a great Woman.

[heethen-crone.livejournal.com]

Hail to Grandma Dutchy! She sounds like an awesome lady. condolences to you and your family on your loss.

[treecat]

Congratulations for having such a great Grandmother to know, love, and take after, and sympathies for the loss.

[furzecat.livejournal.com]

Hail Grandma Dutchy!

My sympathies to you and yours.

[wulfmann.livejournal.com]

Hail, Grandma Dutchy!

*hugs*

[jemyl.livejournal.com]

That is a lovely commentary on your grandma's life. She had a wonderful funeral where she was honored by her friends, neighbors, fellow Lions, family and the fire department. I will be sending you some "stuff" from her funeral, including a picture if I can get the right drivers (again) to get the pic out of my elcheapo camera. I will also send you the music that was played. It was christian because she was christian. In fact, to her dieing day as long as she could, she prayed for you, that you would be happy and for all of our family that we would always remember to love one another nomatter how our lifestyles or beliefs clashed.