Marita Donovan Pinkel

Donald, Cathryn and Michael, I'm very sorry about Marita! I didn't know her, but she was a beautiful lady.

I have wonderful memories of Marita from a 1980 trip cross country with her niece Margaret. We stayed a week with her & had a fantastic time. She gave me a copy of John Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley" which I just re-read in her memory.
RIP Marita.
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I'm so sorry about your mom Pinkels! She and you were always so welcoming to me as your next-door neighbor! I have so many fond memories of her and y'all! I remember making art with Nancy and Annie, playing the piano with Sarah and playing spades with Tom and Chris in the basement. I had a mad crush on Tom! Eating dinner with y'all was always a trip. Your mom taught me how to make salad and her ever-present smile is forever etched in my mind. I remember your house filled with lots of people...

Oh, how to begin about Grand Marita's many touches in my family's lives. One of the most important things she gifted me with was, the stones she placed as a pathway from her daughter Becky's home to mine. These stones have sustained the hundreds of times my feet, our children's feet as well as Becky and her family's to and fro thru for 32 years. And so I say, thank you Grand Marita for this invaluable path.

Next delightful memory was witnessing her singing while baking cookies with her...

I wish I could send you all a letter directly but this little online note must suffice. Your mother was such an influence on me! I was exposed to a new way of looking at the world and I absorbed it more that she may have guessed or giving a thought to those many years ago . I was always listening to Dr and Mrs Pinkel talk about many ideas and topics and was enchanted as an 11 year old! Not to mention that Mrs Pinkel was so much fun and had a wonderful sense of humor! And yes, I have her...