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Elizabeth Ustasiewski Obituary
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Memories and Condolences
for Elizabeth Ustasiewski
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Dawn Massey
May 5, 2005
Memories of my Granny
Summers in the cool outdoors
On lawn chairs, under the shade of
Trees dropping acorns
That clatter across the roof and awnings
Clanging and banging their way to the ground
like a crashing symphony or a rain storm of stones.
Musty dirt cellars that delighted the senses
Filling a child’s mind with fear
And a sense of adventure.
Crab feasts and fried shrimp and anything
You could ask for to eat
Like a king on holiday.
A picnic of hard tacos
For neighborhood friends
Made with love by two people
Who knew not what a taco was
But who were willing to please a child.
The welcoming smell of coffee with
Tasty cakes and pound cake
With an invitation to sit for a chat
Or a game of cards.
Shopping at the Giant,
Rolling in the grass and down the hills
And waiting for the mailman
To bring notes from a summer love.
Silly songs and silly dances,
My first game of bingo
And the smell of line dried clothing
With sheets flapping in the summer breeze.
The scent of summer
Wafting though the open windows
And the sounds of traffic
As the world floats by my lazy day.
Screen doors softly catching,
Squirrels and flowers
And walking to the store with friends
Made over the summer from the years before.
Cozy, clean rooms
And flowery bed sheets that welcome
A dreamer to sleep in.
Barbie doll houses with furniture
Made of toilet paper rolls,
Lacy doilies and odds and ends.
Sweet cards in the mail
That always contained money,
Though small, but
That made a child feel rich
And special enough to be remembered.
Squid eyes and Crab soup and
The sound of your chuckles
With your soft, warm hugs
That made a child feel loved.
I will miss these things
This childhood and
The wonderful memories you gave to me
that will always keep you well
In the playrooms of my mind.
Linda Andrews
May 4, 2005
Thank you Granny for all the fun we had when I was younger and spent the summers visiting with you and the Wilkinson's. I will never forget the Fig Newton dance you did to entertain us bored kids. I hope you and Pop have a very happy eternity together. Love you and miss you.
Peggy USTASIEWSKI
May 3, 2005
The chair in which you've sat is not just a chair, nor the table at which you've eaten just a table, nor the window that you've looked from just a window.
All these have now a patina of your body and mind, a kind of ghostly glow which haloes them a little, though invisibe,
(Iain Crichton Smith)
Sr. Jean Ustasiewski
May 3, 2005
Thank you Mom for all that you have done for our family!
Jim Ustasiewski
May 3, 2005
We miss you, Granny! We know that you are now reunited with Pop, and that the two of you are smiling at us from heaven. (Yes, we will have plenty to eat.)
Requiem in aeternum.
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