Christina Elizabeth Cunningham Postema

Stephen, as your former neighbor, I am so very sorry for your loss. I'm thinking of you, your kids and your and Chrissy's extended family.

I haven´t seen you or your family nearly enough throughout the years. We´ve seen each other at the odd family event snd not much more. I´m so sorry to hear about Christina. She fought a long, intense fight. She was a very special person, and your written summary of her life was very poignant. I especially appreciated your sharing her responding to the statement "`I need a book´" with "Yes, yes you do." So much is contained, in so few words. It says, the responder is witty, efficient...

Thank you Steve for a fitting and moving tribute to Chrissy, none other than we would have expected. To know Chrissy was to love her, and to know both of you was to see what love could be. Like all her and your friends, my heart breaks at her loss. With deepest sympathies,

I remember her wonderful influence on my children. They were among the many students she reached at Abbot elementary. She remembered them even years later. She is missed. Thank you for caring about my children. Rest in peace.

The Postema family sticks in my memory--of maybe 12,000 students (my son's math after my teaching of nearly 35 years in Ann Arbor), and it is Ben who was my lovely student at Community High School some years ago. Ben, you were a wonderful student, and I remember not only you but your folks with whom I had parent conferences. I'm so sorry for this terrible loss for all of you. Reading about your amazing mom fills my heart with joy for all those she touched and taught and pain for you and...

Our hearts go out to you at this difficult time. What an amazing life she had as a mom, a teacher, and a wife, as well as all the other roles she filled in our community. Thank you for sharing her life in your obituary. Peace to all of you.