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marjorie rosenthal
August 30, 2003
dear stephen, wendy, nancy and richard--it was with great sadness that i read the news about your mother-- my boss at lhj, co-worker at fc and friend. (you may remember me as marjy magidson.)i was so fortunate to work in the company of someone so creative...and someone who appreciated and encouraged creativity in others. i remember the journal years: piles of fabrics in nora's office, the collection of hand paperweights on the little round table, young smith children serving as occasional models, and the day when your mother gathered her staff and announced that we no longer had to call her "miss o'leary" as had been the lhj custom for decades, but we could now call her "nora". dear nora...we had the best time together at family circle where i wrote the copy for her beautiful special issues. i would sit in her office and present the pages to her, and she would study the words over her lunch of blueberry yogurt. we shared many laughs and special times over the years... nora hosted a backyard party at 308 in my honor prior to my wedding...my sister and i joined the o'smiths for a christmas brunch...your parents traveled to washington for my wedding...when wendy was pregnant with ian, i told nora my own happy mother-to-be news and your mom said "that's wonderful...now i can be grandmother to two!" nora was the very model of a modern working mother... she took pride in each of her children...starting each day at the journal with a cup of coffee in the hall--and a report on the smith children. i hope that these reflections from an old friend will bring you solace at this difficult time. i know that a lifetime of your own sweet memories will comfort you. my sister jane, your parents' longtime neighbor, joins me and my husband steve in sending our love and heartfelt sympathy to you and your families. marjorie rosenthal
Michael Nebeker
August 25, 2003
Nora was the most wonderful mother-in-law a guy could have ever hoped for. Our family will miss her earthly presence sorely.
Michael
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