Personal Narrative: My Mother's Death

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Anne (my mother) died at 2:30 am on Monday, July 31, 2017. She would have turned 98 on 9/11/17. Anne had a good appetite until about a month ago. And five days ago she stopped eating and drinking all together. We are fortunate that Anne waited until after Joel, Susan, and I spend time with her on Sunday evening, July 30. Susan returned to the Bay Area on Sunday, July 30 after completing a 7-day ride across Iowa (RAGBRAI) with her daughter Izzi. After flying to Oakland, Susan spent the evening with Anne and Joel. I joined them later that evening. We left Anne around midnight and just a bit over two hours later, Anne died peacefully in her sleep. On Monday morning, we donated Anne's body to the Stanford Medical School Willed Body Program.

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