Ernestine Cecelia Colin

Erna was one of the sweetest and kindest people I've ever known. She was like a mother to me. Without her love, I would not have made it through very difficult circumstances in my childhood. It was wonderful to reconnect with her years later when I returned to Chicago for graduate school. I will cherish the memories of so many happy times I had with her as a boy: going to Disneyland, hiking to the top of Squaw Peak, swimming in wonderful pools during the hot Phoenix summers, or just...