@obrien_kat She's a wonderful and kind person from what I see!
I want to say my thoughts are with you, Kat. I'm glad you and your family be able to celebrate her life the right way.
@obrien_kat She's a wonderful and kind person from what I see!
I want to say my thoughts are with you, Kat. I'm glad you and your family be able to celebrate her life the right way.
One story told last night by the director of Project Concern, a food pantry she volunteered at: a few years ago, she told him she had to stop volunteering for health reasons (cancer treatment plus Parkinson’s). 14 months later, one morning he arrived and she was there. She had never turned in her key. He knew she was not one for fuss or sentimentality, so simply asked what she was doing. She said, peeling potatoes. And that was that, she volunteered a few days a week until the week she died.
When we would have big family gatherings at holidays on my grandma’s farm, she would be up hours before anybody else, corral the kids to get ready for trips to the library or fitness center or swimming pool in town (sometimes in her convertible). If I said I was bored, she told me that “boring people get bored, so I must be boring” (I learned from that and am almost never bored).
(In pics, I’m the older kid looking mischievous)
#family #life #death
Celebrating the life of my Aunt Eileen, my dad’s oldest sister and also my godmother.
https://www.pkfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Eileen-Elizabeth-Obrien?obId=30567883
A public school English teacher for 40+ years, almost all in Milwaukee; she was an active volunteer, supporter of community & school programs, worked in security & as Director of Drivers at Summerfest; and an avid traveler, visiting countries from China to Switzerland to Egypt & often visiting NYC for Broadway shows.
#life #death
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