Willona sent me the following message this morning. Her e-mail address is wgoers74@gmailcom if you want to respond.
Dear Friends,
My mother passed away peacefully at Bishop Drumm Care Center yesterday about 6:30 p.m. I had received a call a little before noon on Monday that she had taken a turn for the worse with a fever and other congestive symptoms. I spent the day and night with her Monday and the day on Tuesday. About 4:30 Steve and I met with her hospice nurse, who said Mom could be gone in 10 minutes or 2 weeks…. no way of knowing. We left briefly for supper – and ironically – had stopped by to express our sympathy to the brother of a dear friend (Kay Elliott, whom some of you may know) who had passed away on Tuesday morning after a long illness. It was then that I received the call the Mom had passed. I guess she waited for us to leave so she could complete her final journey.
Thank you for all your support and concern you showed these past years as Steve and I have been caregivers for Mom. She was a special lady and she will be in our hearts forever. We are working on arrangements for her memorial service, which will be held up in northeast Iowa where she lived for so many years.
Thanks,
Willona