Comments on: Althea Mae Koerth (1923-2011)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

So sorry for your loss, she sounds amazing!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

We were sorry to hear about your grammy, Maggie. She does sound awesome! Thank you for sharing and our thoughts are with you. Love, Rachel and Austin.

By: Squid6

Squid6 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My condolences Maggie, Thank you for sharing your memories of her, it brought back long forgotten memories of my great-grandmother and the wonderful things she did for us as children.

By: Theremina

Theremina — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing these memories of your grandmother with us, Maggie. They are inspiring and heartwarming. My condolences to you and your family.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wow, I’m all choked up and teary. You can tell she was something special from the photo alone. There’s a real spark of life in that pretty face! Condolences to you and your family.

By: paulehoffman

paulehoffman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You are fortunate to have a wonderful Althea who was not named after the Grateful Dead song. Glad you had a lovely life with her!

By: cousin229

cousin229 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Maggie thank you for sharing your loss with us.
I am a grandmother and I hope that my grandchildren
will remember me one day with love as you remember yours.
I will be trying my best to make it possible.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

What a beautiful tribute to a beautiful person.
I am deeply sorry for your loss. It sounds like you have some wonderful memories of her and those will carry you through…

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Please accept my condolences. You were lucky to have such a wonderful grandma.

By: Tavie

Tavie — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My condolences to you and your family, Maggie, and thank you for sharing your memories of this remarkable woman with us.

By: Lars

Lars — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry for your loss, Maggie.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

She sounds like a great person.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Grandparents are the most incredible and inventive people. I’m sorry for your loss but touched that you immortalized her. She sounds like an amazing woman.

By: Pellegrinch

Pellegrinch — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I feel your loss, Maggie. My Grandmommy was just like that, and it felt like when I was with her, her whole attention was on me no matter what else she was doing. She also knew everybody’s favorite and would make it for their visits. She taught me all my needle skills and baking, and more than anyone else it felt like she loved me unconditionally. All these years after losing her I still find things I want to show her and share with her, and I find her still living within me. I hope you find the same with your Grammy.

By: The Life Of Bryan

The Life Of Bryan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I saw this picture posted on BoingBoing not too long ago, didnâ€™t I? The reason I remember is that it struck me then (and now) how much she resembled my mother, who died this past summer. We might bake some bread this afternoon; youâ€™ve ensured that Iâ€™ll be thinking of your grandmother when I butter it.

By: General Specific

General Specific — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

She sounds like a great woman. My condolences to you and your family, Maggie.

By: ameta4

ameta4 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

So sorry for your loss Maggie. Take care.

By: Fuzzy

Fuzzy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I just created an account to log in and tell you that this made me cry, Maggie. What a excellent and kind Grammy to have had, and to remember.

By: KatoKitty

KatoKitty — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My deepest condolences Maggie.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m so sorry about Grammy. Your post made me cry. Sounds like she was pretty awesome.

By: Bloo

Bloo — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry to hear this, Maggie; but in reading all you wrote I feel she also had a hand in teaching you how to deal with this, too.

By: Boondocker

Boondocker — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My condolences, Maggie. This is a great tribute to your Grandmother. You’re so lucky to have had so much time and so many good experiences with a grandparent.

By: Tynam

Tynam — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m sorry for your loss, Maggie, and thank you for sharing this. My own grandparents died too young, and I wish I had known them better.

To Althea, grandmother. I never met you; clearly the loss was mine.
To Flo, who taught me card games and ran the first women’s hairdressers in her city and was charming to all, no matter what.
To Henry, who showed me chess and logic and stamps and music and why we drive the scenic route, and never showed me how the sweets vanished from the bag (which they did whenever I doubted). Thereby I learned that magic was real, that magic was not real, that magic was not mine, that magic could be learned and controlled and be mine.
To Trudy, who showed me grace, and how to construct the vanishing point, and gave me the origami paper, and always had the right biscuits.

I will miss you all.

By: osmo

osmo — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sry for your loss.

My dad was kinda like that. Someone who didn’t get the attention they should have gotten if the world was a little more right side up. An inventor whos house was always filled with junk, who involved me and my brother in the inventions. Like his laser communication thing or the infamous experiment that started with him asking me “do you know how to make explosives?” when I was ten.

Its so stupid that people pass on by who could have given something huge to so many but is lost to most of us because they wheren’t born rich or lucky or both.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Maggie, so sorry for your loss, your post moved me to tears. This was a lovely tribute to your grandmother – she sounds like an amazing woman. Wishing you comfort and peace during this difficult time.

By: Vnend

Vnend — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Condolences to you and your family. She will be missed by all who knew her, I’m sure. Thank you for tell all of us about her.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m sincerely sorry for your loss, Maggie.
It’s so good that you were in time to talk to her one last time. I lost my maternal grandma almost two years ago (can’t believe it’s been that long now that I think of it!!!) but by the time she died she had advanced Alzheimer’s, so I’m not sure when was the last time I actually talked to *her*.
Grandparents can have such an intense, amazing influence on their grandkids; and if I get to be one – I’d love to be remembered the way you remember your grandma. Thanks for sharing this with us.

By: aussia

aussia — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Your granny sounds a lot like mine… and I am adamant that cool grannies should never die. So, I am sorry for your loss.

By: RobertBigelow

RobertBigelow — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Awesome grammys like yours help keep the world from falling in on itself. ^..^~

By: yoshiboshi

yoshiboshi — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m so sorry to hear about your loss. Sending hugs from Vancouver, BC!