...memorium...

My grandmother was a short stack of fun, intelligence, sassiness, and grace. She was always there with a pun, a piece of candy, listening ears, a coke, lots of love, etc. I will miss her greatly, but know that she is a lot happier wherever she is now.

As a young girl, she played lots of sports and ran - and won! - city races. She was a small girl with flaming red hair, and she beat those long legged girls! She appeared in a photograph in the June 1935 edition of National Geographic. It was an article about West Pointe, and she was a bridesmaid in her good friends wedding. Her friend was marrying a West Pointe graduate. People recognised her by her hair and beauty after the photo was published.
She attended journalism school briefly at Kansas University.
She worked in the offices of Alf Landen (as a secretary to his secretary I believe) while he was running for president, and made a lasting impression on every one there.
She married my Grandfather, a doctor, and they had a love that most people now never find.
They had two incredible children together, my father, and my aunt.
She used to buy all the chemicals for my dad's crazy science experiments, because he was to young to purchase such toxic materials.
She used to volunteer for the rehab in Kansas City.
One time, she was walking down the street in KCK carrying an umbrella, when a giant gust of wind came and picked her up. She paddled her feet furiously trying to reach the ground, but could not, and all the people on the street could not believe their eyes!
I loved spending the night at my Grandparent's home, because that meant we played Chinese checkers and other games, ate jumbo hot dogs, got our own room with our own TV and candy dish, told stories, ate giant cinnamon buns for breakfast, and had tons of other fun.
My grandmother was the sharpest dresser in the world. Always lovely slacks, skirts, and blouses. Always very high high heels. Her clothes and shoes matched perfectly and she had outfits of every color! She always had on great jewelry, and had a million different brooches/pins - some lovely, some silly. Sometimes for Halloween or other holidays, she would put seasonal stickers on her blouse collar, but it never looked weird.
She used to do needlepoint, and made some really incredible things.
She always had such nice, encouraging, honest things to say in cards and letters. She wrote me letters all through college, and also when we moved here.
Grandma loved to take you out to lunch, and I loved to have lunch with her. When we were kids, she would pick us up in her car and take us wherever we wanted to go - Tippin's, Houlihan's, Annie's Santa Fe, etc. - Sometimes we would run errands with her, and often she would swing by wherever to let us pick out a small present for ourselves.
Grandma knew all kinds of people and all of them absolutely adored her. She has so many stories, and always knew the latest about anyone.
She adored crossword puzzles and was good at them! Always did them in ink. She also devoured books, especially mystery novels. She always found time to read.

There are so many things that I could say about her...The words can't even come close to how awesome she was. She will be missed.