Aunt Marilyn passed away on Wednesday, April 27th early in the afternoon. Her battle with congestive heart failure was over and she was at peace. I was able to spend 3 hours with her and other family members the night before she passed away. Those moments will always be embedded in my mind, especially when she opened her eyes really wide when my cousin told her that I had just walked in. It was special just to hold her hand or help her eat ice cream (her favorite)that evening. This coming Saturday will be a celebration of her life. She planned most of the church service and picked out hymns, etc. It will be a funeral fitting her personality. Her obituary appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer today.
Mom has her up and down moments, but I know that the services will be hard on her as well as the rest of the family. Family was very, very important to Aunt Marilyn. She was our matriarch and she will be missed.
