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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 12:03 PM
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My Oma died
98 years old. One of the few remaining Sudetendeutscher from Eibenberg (Tisova). The single strongest woman I ever met: resisted the Nazis in her home town (who set up a POW camp there) at great peril to herself and my newly-minted Mom while her husband was listed as missing in action on the Crimean Peninsula.

She was the last grandparent I had and I'm going to miss her furiously.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 12:05 PM
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1. I'm sorry, Squatch.
What a great long life she had. :hug:
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 12:07 PM
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3. And what a great life she gave me.
I'll never forget the time she and her 2 sisters sat around one evening about 10 years ago, doing shots of Becherovka. She really loved life.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 12:06 PM
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2. I'm so sorry, Squatch.
:hug: :pals: Your Oma was a great lady!
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 12:21 PM
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4. Sorry for your loss, Squatch.
Sounds like she was a great lady and one tough customer too!

Bake
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 12:40 PM
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5. So sorry for your loss.
:hug: :hug:
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 12:43 PM
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6. So sorry for your loss. What a remarkable woman!
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 01:13 PM
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7. *hugs*
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MissB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 01:15 PM
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8. I am so sorry for your loss.
It is painful to lose a grandparent, especially your last one. She sounds like a wonderful woman. You were lucky to have such a relative.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 01:51 PM
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9. Thanks for the kind words, everybody!
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 02:47 PM
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10. Sorry for your loss Squatch
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