Post by Frank Creed on Oct 28, 2008 1:16:18 GMT -5
The below message is from my little sister, Lydia informing me that our maternal grandmother went home this spring past.
Lydia and I endured mental and physical abuse as kids, but both our Grandmother and our Mother's Brother treated us very lovingly.
They has issues, however. Grandma and He had cut ties with all the rest of the family. Then, when I was about thirty, he cut ties with us. He and our grandmother were alone on a southern Wisconsin farm, where I suspect he didn't want us to see him spiral into severe alcoholism.
He didn't even try to contact us for the funeral.
Now he is very alone.
Cause & effect.
Lydia--
She'll get a stone.
Still processing this.
Faith,
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Hey there.
I've been meaning to tell you that in August, I went to Brookfield Zoo and on the way home, stopped by Oakcrest Cemetery. I figured that Grandma must have died seeing as how she was 90-something. I saw that yes, it appeared that she had been buried. There was no headstone, however. So a few days later, I called the cemetery office and got the girl to tell me when she was buried. I believe she died March 11, and was buried on the 24th. Something like that. Maybe her death date was closer to the burial date--I know it seems like a lot of time between the two dates--but I recall that it was a somewhat long time between. Probably because she died in WI, and had to be transported and all. I can't recall the name of the funeral home, but it was the same one they had used for Grandpa. I do have this info written down somewhere--just don't know where.
Anyway, thought you'd want to know. I was a bit perturbed--but not surprised--that she had no headstone. I figured it was Dennis being cheap, because I don't think it would take that long to get one, but maybe I'm wrong on that. I plan to visit again before winter, so I'll see if there's a headstone yet. If not, I was considering purchasing one myself--although I know they're pricey. Maybe I can make payments? But it's important to me because I really loved Grandma. She was nicer to me than mom was, and taught me to cook and garden. Plus, aside from respect, for genealogical research sake for future family members, she should have a stone.
As I said, just a FYI.
Lyd