Hello to all,
Yesterday I received a call from Yoko, Cindy's dear friend for many years, dating back to Toronto days. As you may know, Cindy had moved to Victoria, B.C. with Yoko who became her caretaker. Sadly, or happily, considering Cindy's considerable suffering, she died peacefully in her sleep between midnight (when Yoko last checked on her) and early morning Tues. Jan. 4th. Yoko said she looked peaceful. Yoko asked me to inform her friends of her passing.
I had sent her a letter in an attempt to say goodbye and express my appreciation for her life. Joe followed up with one of his own a couple of weeks later but Yoko thought she had not received them. I hope she will find them when she goes through Cindy's papers, but Yoko was pretty sure Cindy would have mentioned that she had received a letter from me.
Cindy had made all the necessary arrangements for cremation and everything else. There will be no memorial since her entire family was wiped out in the year previous to her illness. We will have to memorialize her individually. I have struggled with a poem about Cindy for several years off and on. I intend to have another go at it.
Cindy was a remarkable person and will remain vivid to all of us who knew her.
In sadness,
Betty
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