Granny died.

[Minimalist]

One of my cousins is working on a collection of songs she used to sing, many taught to her by the 1st gen., songs they learned in Ireland in the 1800s. She also used to sing incredibly obscene songs she learned while working as a munitions worker in WWII.

She sounds like she was a hoot, G/S.  My condolences to you but at least you have your memories.

[LadyForCamus]

Born in 1910. Toughest old bird on the planet. Also very private. Lived "alone" proudly until the end.* I bought her usual load of cat food yesterday, (my contribution to her maintenance) then sat at home and looked at it for a while. Cats were spoken for years ago, but the current cat servants can buy their own cat food. It will be a couple of months before I have to buy Fancy Feast again. Somewhere in Ireland people are sad without knowing why.

No point to this, just mental clearance. 

*Her little house was on a cousin's property with a covered walkway between the houses.

Sorry to hear this, Gawdzilla. ❤️

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Thanks to all.

[Angrboda]

I'm sorry for your loss, GS. If the apples don't fall far from the tree, as I'm told, I'm sure she was a remarkable woman.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I'm sorry for your loss, GS.  If the apples don't fall far from the tree, as I'm told, I'm sure she was a remarkable woman.

She was the first of our family born in America. My mother was the first born of the second generation and she had the first child of the third generation. (I was number two after my brother.) 

The Irishness shone through the family. My mother went her entire life thinking her middle name (the one she used) was "Colleen". This was because Granny's first husband, Patrick, never called her anything else. After Mom's death we found her birth certificate and that showed her actual middle name as "Caroline". 

(And I still get the genealogy confused, never was something I was interested enough in to study.)

[Mermaid]

What a gift to have someone in your family from a completely different world. She lived a good long life! Sorry you lost her, it's never easy.
My Dad was born in 1912, and I always considered that a true gift. Think about it, your Granny lived in an era where there were no cars, hardly any vaccines, no penicillin, no air travel, no Alaska or Hawaii...it's crazy.

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Sorry for your loss

One of my cousins died 2 days ago. He was only 36. AIDS got him.

Loss is never easy.

Damn, CL. That's a tragedy. Sorry for your loss.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Thanks, Merperson. She really grew up during WWI. She was a nurse's aide at a VA hospital when she was 17. Met some of the first American casualties from the trenches. She was pen pals with some of them into the '60s. (She kept ever letter she ever received. I helped sort them by name a few years back. The total ran into the thousands.)

[*Deidre*]

Sorry for your loss.

[Lucanus]

Hugs, GS. It's never too late for death. I'm glad she had such a long life, and faced her end with dignity. It is ultimately what I'd wish for myself.

[Mister Agenda]

Sorry you're dealing with the loss of a loved one, GS. She sounds like a truly remarkable woman that it was a privilege to know.