Auntie Georgie

It's only been over the last few years that, suddenly,  just about all the folks in my family as old as my parents have all passed away. My mother and her four siblings have all died. On my father's side, only his older brother is still alive; his three sisters are dead.

My mom was the executor of her older sister Georgie's estate. And Georgie never had any kids. So mom ended up with a lot of photos and things from Georgie. Scrapbooks of at least a thousand obituaries; diaries; old cheques; divorce papers; marriage certificates; things like that.

I inherited the house from my parents, and have been going through 40 years of stuff. Mom found it hard to throw stuff out. I have to throw a lot of it out. But I was very fond of Georgie, and have tried, over the last few months, to put together something in her memory. I'm not sure how interesting it will be to people who didn't know Georgie, but she was quite remarkable, really, in several ways.

http://vispo.com/georgie takes you to 170 pictures of Georgie arranged from birth to near the time of her death.

http://vispo.com/georgie/georgie.htm takes you to something I wrote about Georgie.

I also wrote the software that displays the photos.


2 Responses to “Auntie Georgie”

  • gregorious: September 12, 2010 at 2:04 pm

    Bankers with souls are a disappearing breed, to be sure, whether ballsy or not. Thanks for posting this — I admire your modes of commemoration, and honoring your family.

  • Jim Andrews: September 13, 2010 at 3:57 am

    Thanks, Gregorious. And my regards to you so near 9/11.