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Coral Springs, Florida

Coral Springs, Florida

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A Florida Visit and a Last Tender TouchAfter a couple of years of severe abdominal pain and inconclusive tests, Mom visited Diana and Lee in Florida in April 1988. They helped her relax and took her on a cruise, but the pain continued. Diana persisted in seeking medical help until an x-ray revealed a large ovarian cyst wrapped around blood vessels. A complete hysterectomy found no cancer, but Mom could not recover and died of heart failure at seventy-seven on April 22, 1988, in Coral Springs, Florida. Carol cherishes the hand caresses they exchanged while Mom was on a respirator. Mom is buried beside Daddy at Riverside Cemetery in Moline, Illinois.

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April 22, 1988
Mom dies in Coral Springs
The narrator's mother died of heart failure at age seventy-seven after failing to recover from surgery. She is buried next to Daddy at Riverside Cemetery in Moline, Illinois.

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