Celebration Of Life - Marge Lindman Hidalgo

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Above: Current Time And Weather In Flagstaff, AZ USA
Time At Posting: 7:53 p.m. Pacific Time
Current music: Incubus - "Drive"
Weather At Posting: 64 F Sunset w/light breeze
Current Mood: Retrospective
Random Thought: Life is so short!

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Remembering My Mom (Part I)
Marge (nee) Lindman Hidalgo was born on April 1, 1926 in Kingsburg, CA and passed away on April 29, 2004 in Claremont, CA at approximately 11:00 a.m. She lived just over a full 78 years, did some traveling in Costa Rica, Ecuador and all over the United States Of America. She devoted her life to her kids both at home and at school where she was a teacher.

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In And Out Of The Hospital
Mom lived a rough life toward the end suffering from a combination of things including diabetes, sepsis (a blood disorder), dimentia, alzheimer's and suffered a stroke about four months before her death. She was in and out of the hospital within the last five years after suffering a heart attack and undergoing quadruple by-pass surgery.

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Mom's Last Day
Above is the last sunset that mom was alive. In driving to California, I had an unusual experience during the sunset. I began to realize that mom was gone and that this sunset represented the last sunrise mom experienced while alive. As the sun went down, I began to feel the separation from my mom.

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Last Moments With Mom
As the sun past the horizon, I became very retrospective and spent the eight hour drive remembering all the best my mom offered my family. As the sunlight faded to complete darkness, it hit me my mom was gone. It was actually a great time by myself and the memories of my mom. I'm thankful for the time alone that night.

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Wednesday May 5, 2004
The day of the funeral was a rough one for me. Above is the copy of the leaflet passed out during the service of memory along with the agenda.

Below is the inside of the leaflet passed out to all who attended the service of memory in the church at Forest Lawn in Covina, CA. Psalm 23 was chosen because it was appropriate to the situation and a favorite of mom's.

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A Shocking Experience
The days leading up to the funeral were tough, but it was especially hard to walk into the church and see the casket. I remember stopping in my tracks in shock at the first site of the casket realizing it was official...mom was gone. The service was hard by it self, but unfortunately I was passing a kidney stone that day too. Sitting in those comfortable chairs (note the sarcasm) was a horrible experience, not to mention sitting in front of my mother's casket for half an hour.

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Celebration Of Life - Marge Lindman Hidalgo (Cont.).
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Above: An up-to-the-minute picture of the Flagstaff, Arizona USA area. Looking North toward the San Francisco Peaks from a dorm at Northern Arizona University.

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