The day has come that Grandma Susie is no longer in pain. She passed late this afternoon. It breaks our hearts but she lived to be 94 years old.
She lived through rickets from lack of nutrition in the Great Depression, hopping trains to get to dances and other events as a kid because she lived far from town. She lived through WWII and forgetting all about her 18th birthday because it was D day.
She was a wife to a career Air Force man and had 3 kids, 3 grandkids and 3 great grandkids. If you knew her, you knew she was feisty, sharped tongued and had a little bit of a mean streak but you never had to guess where you stood with her.
We are so relieved she is at peace and not battling age related dementia and other health issues but we will miss her ornery personality.