Genevieve Brandt
(1918 - 2008)

Grammy I miss you so much. We are very sad uncle tom passed away jan 26 2013. I know he is up there with you and grandpa and everyone else who has passed away that we love. I cant stop thinking how he loved and took such care of you always. I know that is one of the many reasons I loved him so much. He was a one of a kind I only wish I had seen him it had been a long time. I hope he knew how mu...

Mom yesterday was your birthday you would have been 90 years old. I had you in my thoughts all day Mom, I miss you so. Happy Birthday

Mom, Tom has left for work and Pete Sonia and family have headed home. I know it is time for me to get on with my life but I feel like if I do it will feel like I will be forgetting you I know this is silly but it hurts so bad you have been my life for the past four years. I miss you mom.

Grammy, I miss you. You were the best Grammy any granddaughter could have ever ask for. I remember so many wonderful times we shared. I know you will always be watching over us. You will forever be in my heart. LOVE ALWAYS MICKEY AND MICHAEL, P'NUT P.S. Grammy I am sorry I drove you New Yorker tooooo fast!

Hi Sonia, I am so grateful that you sent me the memorial for your mother. I am so THANKFUL to have been able to see her again after all those years, when we came to visit you all in Las Vegas. She is as always an amazing woman, she was like my second mom, as she would always introduce me as her other daughter. I have SO MANY fond memories, I will always remember her with love in my heart, a...

I remember a story Pete once told me when he found out that my parents lived in the same mobile home park as his mother. It was the Dry Creek Mobile Estates and Pete was on his motorcycle when he stopped to see his mom. She wasn't home, so he was waiting for her on the porch, when the police came up and told him they had gotten a call about a suspicious looking character. His reply, "My mom ...

Mom all of the June birthdays have come and gone for our family. This was always such a busy time for you. In just a few more days we will be gathering with family and friends to say our goodbyes to you each in our own way. I don't know how to say goodbye so I will just enjoying being near you in my heart and remember all the times we shared together. I love you mom.

It's 1968/69, I'm 11 or 12 and "Mrs. Brandt" stops what she's doing in the kitchen to watch Sonia and I pretend we're the Shangri-las, or acrobats, or whatever we've dreamed up. She always stopped, and paid attention. She taught me how to hem up my pants. She helped me see what it meant to be a strong, independent woman. She gave me a second family. And although I hadn't seen her i...

Mom loved to dance, and she wouldn't ever miss a school dance. Every school dance she would go and dance with as many boys as she could. Dad (who loved her early on) would come up and ask "Gen can I take you home?", and she would alway say, "I'll tell you later." She was working the field and always waiting to see if someone else would turn up. But Daddy won in the end. When his ship retur...