Thursday, March 6, 2008

Rest In Peace - Katherine

"It is with great regret and sorrow that I announce the passing of Katherine T. Suslak, beloved wife of Andrew J. Suslak, at the age of 27 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Katherine passed away on Feb. 8th at home surrounded by family and friends. She will be dearly missed as a loving caring strong woman, who lived her life to the fullest. A celebration of her life was held Feb. the 17th. "

The email that I sent out to my close friends and those who knew or heard of Katherine when I heard of her passing was something along those lines. I find myself thinking of her frequently these past few days, especially the moments I spent with her and Andrew in the hospital and again at home during my visits to Boston. I will never forget the 3 days that I had to really get to know her while she was at the hospital. I remember her telling Andrew one thing: "I don't want you to say just the good stuff about me at the memorial ceremony after I'm gone, make sure to have people say it all."

The only problem is I cannot find one bad thing to say about her except that she was so stubborn and hard headed, but even that was part of her charm, and probably was the reason why she was able to take her illness and everything else happening around her with such confidence and strength, and is probably the reason why she survived for so long. She passed away less than 3 months after her wedding, but I'm sure that those were the happiest days of her life.

I miss her, as I'm sure everyone else who knew her does. Rest in peace Katherine, there simply aren't too many people around like you these days.

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