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markie

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4. Thank you for the information...
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 01:29 PM
Tuesday

I am normally at the Eastern Shore and had hopes of meeting up someday.... so saddened now and I find myself up in Vermont this week
RIP ellen

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Funeral for elleng [View all] hermetic Tuesday OP
Do we have a fund going for sending flowers? Bayard Tuesday #1
Not sure hermetic Tuesday #2
I'd contribute! n/t intheflow Tuesday #6
Consider this: I believe She's Jewish. Flowers are not typical. It might Ilsa Tuesday #10
Maybe Ellen was involved with one of the bird/wildlife sanctuaries in her area ... Donkees Tuesday #12
I suspect that could be true. I think her cemetery might be Ilsa Tuesday #15
I think planting trees is a Jewish custom catrose Tuesday #38
Great idea! SheltieLover Wednesday #52
Ellen was the most passionate goodwill ambassador on behalf of ospreys I have ever met Donkees Wednesday #62
Absolutely! And I will forever cherish her daily pix the Spring they nested in her yard. SheltieLover Wednesday #64
We had flowers barbtries Tuesday #32
I'm Jewish, raised conservative. Grumpy Old Guy Tuesday #40
I attended a Conservative Jewish funeral earlier this year. Ilsa Wednesday #43
The family can always use postage stamps. My Emile Tuesday #41
The family isn't using a Jewish funeral home so they wouldn't be likely to object to flowers. hedda_foil Tuesday #30
I couldn't find her name on the funeral home's website. Ilsa Wednesday #44
I couldnt find her funeral announcement or obituary either. hedda_foil Wednesday #50
My thoughts will be with her family and friends... hlthe2b Tuesday #3
Several of her posts mentioned having to deal with hydrocephalus and surgery. Donkees Tuesday #5
Oh, my. I had not seen those posts.... hlthe2b Tuesday #7
I think the last time she mentioned the shunt was earlier this year. Donkees Tuesday #8
Thank you for the information... markie Tuesday #4
I am still in shock. I don't believe what I am reading. Irish_Dem Tuesday #9
That's what I thought as well PatSeg Wednesday #47
yes Irish_Dem Wednesday #51
... orangecrush Tuesday #11
elleng was a valued presence here. ancianita Tuesday #13
... Aristus Tuesday #14
Rest in peace, dear Ellen fierywoman Tuesday #16
From Wikipedia nitpicked Tuesday #17
what a beautiful tradition! samnsara Tuesday #26
Flowers will die or wilt but stones will not. debm55 Tuesday #33
Thanks for this. ShazzieB Tuesday #28
Jewish headstones are not raised and dedicated until the one year anniversary of the death (Hebrew calendar) hedda_foil Tuesday #29
I like that! calimary Wednesday #48
Will miss her posts montanacowboy Tuesday #18
💧 littlemissmartypants Tuesday #19
"" AllaN01Bear Tuesday #20
I would like to send a card if anyone has the info Phentex Tuesday #21
..... Trailrider1951 Tuesday #22
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith". RIP /nt artemisia1 Tuesday #23
I'm sad to hear this news Renew Deal Tuesday #24
... Permanut Tuesday #25
can't find her obit on that funeral home website nt orleans Tuesday #27
Do we have a link to an online obituary? QueerDuck Tuesday #31
I'll miss her weather reports from the DC area. BigmanPigman Tuesday #34
I do too, my dear. Hang in there. Scrivener7 Tuesday #35
It has been that kind of week so far PatSeg Wednesday #46
I'm running out of tissues BigmanPigman Wednesday #58
"Have a tolerable Christmas and may you survive the New Year"? PatSeg Wednesday #59
Last year I had to re-do my 2016 Xmas card. BigmanPigman Wednesday #60
Oh, how clever! PatSeg Wednesday #61
Everybody liked it except BigmanPigman Wednesday #63
Whoa! PatSeg Wednesday #66
RIP Ellen jfz9580m Tuesday #36
Geez, I'm truly shocked. I did not know she passed. OAITW r.2.0 Tuesday #37
It would be nice if we each had a moment of silence Grim Chieftain Tuesday #39
oh no....I am so sorry .... peacebuzzard Tuesday #42
I didn't know either PatSeg Wednesday #45
Sometime in the past two years, I think, she was alerting on these pages about a brain diagnosis question everything Wednesday #49
I remember her talking about a procedure PatSeg Wednesday #53
What is sad is that as recently as Dec. 12 she posted on her Facebook question everything Wednesday #54
Yes, I didn't see any indication PatSeg Wednesday #57
I will miss her. MontanaMama Wednesday #55
RIP, elleng Sogo Wednesday #56
🕯 Dorothy V Wednesday #65
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