Mary Dillon Elmslie

My Grandma was always an inspiration and a source of encouragement growing up. We always shared a love of art and of animals. Her favorite were cats and she´d always ask how everyone´s pets were doing every time I talked to her. I have a lot of amazing memories with my Grandma over the years; getting tattoos, traveling to Maui, seeing her art and her beautiful photo albums and doing puzzles together. She was the kind of grandma that always showed up for you for as long as she was able to,...

I didn't know Mary incredibly well. But I do know she loved her family very much, and that love was matched fiercely by her family. Every time I saw her arrive at family events she would always have the biggest smile on her face and be so happy to see and talk to everyone. That's how I will remember her, happy and surrounded by the ones she loved and loved her. I'll be thinking of the family.