Thursday, July 31, 2008

Ancestors

With the stark reminder yesterday that Uncle Leonard died from Colorectal Cancer, I tried to remember how my other aunts/uncles had passed.  Some of the details I remembered, and my parents filled-in the remainder.

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~MOM's SIDE OF FAMILY~
Papa          : prostate cancer
Mama          : stroke
Uncle Leonard : colon cancer
Aunt Carrie   : stroke
Uncle Fred    : heart attack
Uncle Robert  : ruptured appendix, died about age 12
Uncle Hugh    : lung cancer
Aunt Mary     :
Uncle Elbert  : still living
Uncle Orvil   : still living
Mom           : still living
Uncle Remer   : still living



~DAD's SIDE OF FAMILY~
Papa            :
Mama            :
Uncle Jim       : automobile accident
Uncle Amos      : ballooning of blood vessels in brain
Uncle Chester   : stroke and heart attack, combined
Aunt Machie     : heart failure; high cholesterol
Aunt Inez       : heart trouble
Aunt Gladys     : blood clot, complication from wreck
Uncle Ray       : cancer
Uncle John      : lung failure
Aunt Mamie Bell : autobile accident in Guatamala
Dad             : still living
Uncle Brady     : still living
Aunt Effie      : still living




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