In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
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Johanna Wagner Natkin (Jean), 1925 – 2005
Fri, 2008/02/15 - 8:27pm — Benjamin MelançonIn Loving Memory, My Grandmother. She died three years ago this month. Shout-out to Ian for driving out to the memorial service, with friends, and lending me shoes to wear worthy of Grandma's approval.
"Do all the right things." — Jean Natkin
I'll try Grandma, I'm trying.
As my journalism career was half obituary writing, I was drafted to write this up 2005 March 1:
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