Dear friends,
My dad passed away yesterday, February 24, just 12 days after my mother had died. He sensed her passing even before we told him and his condition worsened after a long illness. He took his last breath at home. My parents were together for 65 years. They met in medical school. Their love for medical profession and the belief that their research in muscular dystrophy could help people afflicted with this disease is what brought us to US from Romania. My father ran a genetics lab and a muscular dystrophy lab at the University of Iowa, where my mom performed with him the research that was published in journals throughout the world. Their thirst for knowledge never stopped until their death. They loved their profession, but also traveling, languages and meeting people. They worked into their 70’s. The last 12 years they lived in Stamford, Connecticut, close to my sister, and all the cultural attractions offered by New York.
My sister and I are still in shock by my mother’s sudden death followed after such a short time by my father’s. Our hearts and minds are struggling to cope with their loss. Their burials are just 10 days apart.