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"My grandmother, Virginia (TREFETHEN) Weinig, passed away early yesterday morning, 3 September 2001, at the Ingleside Nursing Home in Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware. She was 86 years old (born 15 January 1915 in Washington, D.C.), and had been declining for many years, most especially within the last month. This was not a total surprise to our family, and she is in a better place now.
"This will be a bittersweet time in our family; my sister Julia got married on 18 August 2001, and she and her husband stopped by the nursing home on their way from the church to the reception so that Grandma could see her in her wedding gown. We think it was one of the last times she was fully cognizant of her surroundings and we were glad that she got to see this. My sister Emily will be married on October 6th, and sadly, she and her husband-to-be will not be able to make the same visit now. But at least Grandma got to see two of her grandchildren get married (my sister Julia and my cousin Eric), and she even lived long enough to hold a great-grandchild in her arms (Eric's daughter, Autumn, born last November)."