This memorial website was created in the memory of my beloved Gramma Dee, who was born on January 7, 1926, and passed away on the morning of September 21, 2006 at the age of 80. I will remember her forever. I will remember how she loved her cats, kittens, and dogs; and her Chicago Cubs. I will picture her in my mind playing cards at her kitchen table on Kedzie, and crocheting. I will often talk about spending the night at her house, how she kept candy hidden in her top drawer, comic books in the closet, and her "boyfriend" William Shatner. I will think of her whenever I watch an old Western movie or an old Science Fiction T.V. show (like STAR TREK). I will laugh when I think of the jokes we played on her and how she was always a good sport. I will smile when I reminisce about the many vacations we took. Sometimes she acted kind of crazy, (like in Florida) and sometimes she got angry with me, but always she loved me. I will pass the stories (like the sailors at Navy Pier) on to my nieces and nephews so that they too will keep their Nana alive in their hearts as I will in mine, and as my sisters and cousins will in theirs. (We will continue to puzzle over which was "her deaf ear," it was the left!) She might not have been the best mother in the world, but I wouldn't know that; what I do know is that she was the BEST GRAM in the world and I will always, always, always, LOVE GRAM. I will miss being able to see her whenever I wanted to, but now all I have to do is close my eyes, and I know that as long as we are here, she will live forever in our memories, and in our hearts.
Happy Birthday! / Cynthia Belmares (Grand Daughter )
Well, today is your birthday, and every year on this day for the rest of my life I will remember that. As the day goes on, I'll be talking to you, thinking of you, and know that you are with me. So what will we do today? I know you ...
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Missing You (As UsuaL!) / Cynthia Belmares (Grand Daughter )
Well Gram I'm still thinking of you and missing you. I spend so much time in my yard believing that you are all here with me. I like to think that there is peace in my yard and there is where you all seem to gather for your own sense of p...
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leavin' u alone! / Gina Belmares (grand daughter )
geez gram; your kids are a p.i.t.a!! don't u wish they were just fun lovin' like ur grand kids?!
Mothers day / Gina Belmares (fave grand-daughter )
Happy Mother's Day Gram!! We are having a mother's day brunch today at Cyn's house and we are all thinking of you! (and Auntie Kathy) seeing how you both were my other mom's and 2 of the 3 most important women in my life. In all of our lives! T...
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Crocheting lol / Trisha Novak (Grand-daughter)
Hey Gram
Just finished crocheting my last blanket. I volunteered to make some for animal shelters. And of course the whole time I was making them I was thinking of you. And knowing you were there watching me and listening to me whe...
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Her Legacy to Me My Gramma Dee's legacy to me is this...I will try to take care of and teach those that I love, just as she did for me. When I was sick; she put calomine lotion on my chicken pox, she put eye medicine in my eyes, and rubbed alcohol on me when I had a fever. She cared for me when I was scared, whether it was because I lost my dad, I thought there would be a nuclear war, or I thought aliens were going to invade earth. (I was five, and it was probably her fault I thought this!) She taught me how to write in cursive, to read from comic books, to swim, play chess, play poker, and crochet by the time I was five years old. She showed me that people can change for the better when given a second chance; she did this in the way she loved us, her grandchildren. She laughed with me and she cried with me. She yelled at me, and she prayed with me. We watched baseball together and she listened to my philosophies about life and then told me hers (mine were always better!) She showed me the planets, the stars, and the moon...and taught me to appreciate the heavens. Now when I look up there, I will see her; and I know that she will ALWAYS be with me.
Gram
Gram, there are so many things that you have left behind; both physically, morally, and emotionally. I will think of you whenever I put up the holiday decorations that you made for me, play a game of chess or poker, or hide candy in the top drawer of my bedroom. When I read a comic book or sign my name (you taught me how to write in cursive, remember?) I will hear your laugh whenever I pull a practical joke on someone; I just realized the other day that we thought we were playing jokes on you, when you went along and the joke was on us. Thank you for that. Thank you for showing me that we never have to grow old. I love you for all of the love you gave to me. Not a day will go by that you aren't in my thoughts or in my heart. I will miss you always.
Tributes and Condolences
Gram, there are so many things that you have left behind; both physically, morally, and emotionally. I will think of you whenever I put up the holiday decorations that you made for me, play a game of chess or poker, or hide candy in the top drawer of my bedroom. When I read a comic book or sign my name (you taught me how to write in cursive, remember?) I will hear your laugh whenever I pull a practical joke on someone; I just realized the other day that we thought we were playing jokes on you, when you went along and the joke was on us. Thank you for that. Thank you for showing me that we never have to grow old. I love you for all of the love you gave to me. Not a day will go by that you aren't in my thoughts or in my heart.
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