Marianne Preger-Simon

Marianne did a wonderful interview in the film, 'Cage/Cunningham'. When she laughed, the screen lit up!

Marianne: You were an inspiration, a teacher, a leader, a guide, and a mentor. You shaped the paths of so many others, and used your life-energy on this planet to the full advantage of loved ones near and far. It was a blessing to be close to you in the 1970's and 80's and part of the co-counseling community in which you mentored so many others. In these last few decades you were also a model for conscious aging and service as your life circle became smaller out of the passing of others, and...

For Matt and Juliana - May your mother's memory be eternal. It sounds like she had a great life. Moms are hard to lose, but I believe they live forever in our hearts.

Carole and I are mourning to hear this news! But grateful that we had the gift of her support as a couples counselor, intermittently for 43 years (most recently 6 weeks ago) and to us each with our mothers in her mother-daughter workshops. We loved and admired her so! Her memory is definitely a blessing! We both burst into tears reading this, but soon turned to gratitude for having such an ebullient, talented woman in our lives for so long.

I remember the weighted inflatable in her office that one could punch! What great times we had with her and Tom! Her memory is a blessing to so many of us.

I'm Ron Friedman, now about to turn 80 and now look back upon the 60 years that have elapsed since I met Marianne and Sid. As a somewhat lost 20-year-old searching for values and life direction, it was sheer luck and with happiness that I met Marianne, and Sid, for their influence on me set me on a path of values and a direction in life that I still proudly keep actively pursuing to this very day and hope to continue for years to come. I thank you for that, Marianne, with a thanks that is...

Jim's second daughter, Becky, dropping in to share condolences and the vivid memory of visiting Marianne and Tom's warm household both as a tween, a teen, and a college student at Mt. Holyoke and then later with my two small boys in tow. As a kid, I encountered "new to me" foods like baba ganoush and hummus there--and I remember the swinging chair in Marianne's office vividly! Much love to all.

The family of Tom´s brother- Jim Leamon- all send condolences and warm memories of Marianne.