Adeline Barbara Walton

My Mother died this morning. The official time was 10:12AM. Brother, Bob, walked into her room at Regent Center around 9:30 as has been his habit for a couple of months now. She had her left hand resting on her chest and did not answer when he called to her. Her breakfast tray was on the bedside table. He said she looked “peaceful, and just like Dad when he died”. He drove the 2 miles to our house and gave me the sad news. I called my kids to let them know and Jim needed to go to the nursing home and see her. I picked him up at the office and took him there. She didn’t have her glasses on and I almost didn’t recognize her. Can’t remember the last time I saw her without them. Sometimes, when I came to visit she actually had them on while she was asleep.

Adeline Barbara Markowicz was born on April 29, 1925. She married the love of her life, Leo Wojtanowski, on November 3, 1945. Daughter, Sharon was born in May, 1947 and son, Robert on October 4, 1948. Her favorite hobby and talent was crocheting. She made baby sweater sets (Hat, booties, and sweater) and tons of Afghans and Ponchos. We all have cabinets full of her snuggly blankets. She loved potato chips and chocolate and we have often laughed that maybe a diet like that was what got her to be 90 years old. She turned her nose up when any of us would have a glass of wine at the dinner table. I’m sure she thought we were all going to suffer for that habit.

She had 6 sisters---- Jenny, Julie, Rosie, Lily, Helen and Mamie ---and 3 brothers, Walter, Mitchell and Stanley. I’m sure they are all having an early Thanksgiving this year now that she is in Heaven with them. When you live to be 90, you can enjoy the blessing of grandchildren. Mom had 5 Grands….Susan , Joey, Kathy, Jason and Jim. And 8 fantastic GREAT- Grandchildren ………Taylor, Madison, Joey, Casey, Lauren, Jake, Jonny, and Ben.

On August 2, this year, we took a road trip to Chicago to attend a wonderful Family Reunion. There were so many cousins and families there. They had a special chair for her to sit in and she was definitely “Queen for a Day”. She met new babies that we had only heard about in announcements and saw faces that she hadn’t laid eyes on for many years. Bob and I believe that after that wonderful day, Mom decided that it was “time” to make her exit. She had been living at Brookdale Assisted Living in a nice apartment. She rode the elevator downstairs for meals in the dining room and to the activity room to play her much loved Bingo. She would come out for 7:30AM Mass and IHOP breakfast on Sunday, and Pizza nights or dinner at our house with all the kids. After the reunion we had to move her to a facility that had more care. She couldn’t get out of bed and was in a wheelchair most of the time. She was refusing food and just wanted to be “left alone”. She started to see Dad in her room about 2 weeks ago and we knew she would soon be gone.

Thanks to all of you who have been calling and sending her cards to cheer her up and let her know about your lives. She loved getting mail. Please keep her and us in your prayers. Love, Sharon for all