I can hear her voice...

Curt’s Aunt Dode, his father’s sister, my aunt for the last 28 years passed away last Saturday. We were with her when she died. I think it was especially hard to see her so quiet because she was so very full of life! Her voice was distinctive, perhaps a bit loud sometimes, but always glad to see you. I can hear her - calling on our birthdays to sing Happy Birthday. I can hear her – Oh, look at you, I haven’t seen you in a hundred years! I can hear her - If she needed anything she’d call, “ Tom, Tom, Tom! Come here!” Dode liked to dance and sing, she liked to play Yahtzee and card games. She loved dolls and Halloween and decorating for Christmas. She loved flowers and Uncle Tom’s garden and making pickles! Dorinne loved her family, her 4 kids, her 9 grandkids, her 19 great grandkids! And also her brother, her sister in law and her 2 nieces, 1 nephew, their spouses(me!) and our kids. I can hear her now and I will miss her so. Farewell Aunt Dode, we love you! February 15, 2013 Aunt Dode - 1930 – 2013 I can hear her voice…