(speech given at memorial)

Pearl Alyene Weisbrod was a very special person. She was a mother, a grandmother, an aunt, and even a welder. 

Though her given first name was Pearl, she preferred to be called Alyene, her middle name, which rhymes with aldean. She was named alyene after a childhood playmate of her father- a little cherokee girl. 

Alyene touched the lives of everyone she met. No matter who you were, she never fell short of being hospitable, loving, understanding, and inclusive. 

I had the pleasure of having Alyene as my Grannie. 

When I think of my Grannie, the things that stand out to me are her strong family values and unwavering Christian faith. She also shared with me that she was very gifted in biology and her teacher encouraged her to continue on with it so she could pursue a career in nursing. At the time, she was 16, and was eager to step out into the world. So instead, at 16, she left to work as a welder in the shipyards in mobile, alabama. 

She told me that this was "the hard way" of doing things, and encouraged me to stick with my studies so that I would later have more money and more time to spend with my family. 

She began to encourage me towards the medical field in my first year of college at FSW here in fort myers. At the time, it seemed far off- as I was majoring in film, but, she planted a seed. And in just a few years, between her words of encouragement and God's signs, I had declared myself as a psychology major on a pre medical track. 

Grannie was also my first patient. I believe this was one of the many gifts she gave me. Through my time as her caregiver, I learned about medications, organ function, different medical providers and their roles, and much more. Through this experience, I learned that medicine was where I belong, and she was right all along. 

As I step forward into my last years in undergrad and into my life as a woman, I will always carry her lessons of family values and leaning on god first, always.

Pearl Alyene, you were one extraordinary lady!  Times spent with you, Dawnie, and Ruthie were some of my best in childhood.  I am always sure to initiate a lively game of "Spoons" at parties, just as you taught me how to play it all those years ago.  And today, I dropped in to King Edward's chicken to enjoy some of that finger-lickin' yum yum in your honor.  (Just needed some of your hot buttered noodles to have made it the perfect lunch!)  

You've earned your angel wings now, and while you will be terribly missed here on Earth by all who knew and loved you, welcome Home.

-Marcie

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Pearl Alyene Weisbrod

July 3, 1924 – July 23, 2019

Coral Ridge Funeral Home & Cemetery

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