Nora Longley

Longley, Nora (Eleanor) Age 27. Our loved and loving Nora left us on the evening of May 9, 2009, joining her dear grandparents Harold, Joey, and Dot, uncles Jim and Al, godmother Kimmer, and childhood friend Kyle, in a place beyond this life. Nora lived vigorously with adrenocortical cancer for over three and a half years, providing inspiration and strength to the many, many people who knew and loved her. Her wacky sense of humor, innate sense of beauty, and exuberance for life and the people who made it worth living will be her legacy. She taught us all "how beautiful could a being be." Nora leaves behind her parents Brian and Nance, sisters Caitlin and Hannah, grandpa Bill Longley, a huge extended family of aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, and devoted animal friends, Auggie, Emma, and Moe. A service to celebrate all things Nora will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 17, at the Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel on the campus of Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul. Directions at www.macalester.edu/ about/directions.html. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials that fund research to defeat this very rare cancer. Contributions can be sent to the ATAC Research Fund, www.adrenalcancer.org /Contributions.html, Nora Longley Memorial, or to U of Michigan Adrenal Cancer Research Fund, www.cancer.med. umich.edu/cancertreat/endocrine/ adrenal_ cancer_donations.shtml.
This obituary was originally published in the Star Tribune.