Eileen Polley Blumenthal

It is with deep sadness that I learn about Eileen's passing. Eileen will always have my abiding gratitude for taking me into her home when I was an LGBT asylum seeker in the US. She was 89 at the time and I was 26 but I shared with her some of my best memories of the US. The generational divide did nothing to dampen her warmth, compassion and witty humour. Hearty meals were had at Mr Henry's on the corner of 8th and Pennsylvania Avenue. I remember fondly the two Broadway plays we went to see:...

A lovely person - always gracious, kind, and wise. It has been 25 years since I lived in community with her at St. Mark's, but I remember her fondly.