[Magdalen] sadness

[Ginga Wilder]

Thanks, Jay and Grace.  My mind has thought lots of things since hearing
this news a few hours ago.  Stephen's ashes will be interred in the same
grave as his mother.  They were very close and now will continue to share
the same earth, even as they enter into God's nearer presence essentially
at the same time.  This seems so meet and right.

Ginga

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Oh, Ginga, how tragic! I can't help wondering if, in some mysterious way,
> Stephen "knew" of his mother's death. But what a shock for Catherine.
> Prayers for all of them.
> Grace
>
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Friends,
> > John and I attended the funeral of Pat, a woman we grew up with.  She was
> > full of love and life and she died of ovarian cancer at age 71. Pat had
> two
> > children our children's ages.  Stephen, her son developed full blown
> > schizoprenia in early adulthood.  Catherine, her daughter, took custody
> of
> > Stephen when their mother's condition deteriorated.  He was in a nursing
> > home near where Catherine lives. Catherine chose not to tell Stephen of
> his
> > mother's death until this coming weekend when she could give him more of
> > her focus. Last night, Catherine received a phone call from nursing
> > services at Stehen's residence telling her that he was ill...apparently a
> > stomach illness.  Catherine was still in Summerville following her mom's
> > funeral earlier in the day.  She received another call a short time later
> > saying that Stephen had died.
> >
> > OMG.  There will be an autopsy.  Please pray for Catherine.   Pray for
> > peace for Stephen and for Pat.
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Ginga Wilder
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> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
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> *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
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