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for Helen Vander Horst
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Johanne Dixon Albright
August 14, 2007
My deepest sympathy to the family on your loss. Helen Vander Horst was a warm, gracious lady who made me feel immediately welcome when I moved to Chattanooga from Philadelphia as a 12 year old. She hosted a lovely tea for me, so I could meet the other girls who were to become my classmates when G.P.S.began the following month. I will always remember that wonderful kindness. She was a very special person, and wish I had kept in touch with her after she left Chattanooga.
Leeba Andrews Curlin
August 6, 2007
August 6, 2007
Dear family,
What sweet memoires I have of your beautiful elegant mother, grandmother when Ella and I were friends at Central High School. I had some delightful moments at your house on Central and would love to know how Helen, John, and Austin and families are doing.
My husband John and I are spending half of our year in Panama next door to one of our daughters. If you should ever come to Panama, please call us. It is hard to belive how many years have passed since those high school days.
I often think of Ella and the conversation we had a few weeks before she suddenly passed away. She was a beautiful person, and I shall always remember her smile and her musical laugh as well as her deep devotion to her family, often leaving a party early to go home and see her father when he had been out of town.
I hope her daughters are doing well. Please know that I pray you have had the comfort of the Lord in the midst of your loss and are filled with a spirit of thankfulness for such a wonderful mother.
Warmly,
Leeba Andrews Curlin
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