Erna Blitzer Gorman - April 26, 1984
Death of Mother II
But you know, they, she had this big bandage on here, you know there were lice all over that bandage. Um, the whole... She... They never cleaned her up. The whole bed was... and I can... It's all crawling with lice and vermin whatever. See, she had survived all this time, and she had to die from, because she wasn't... I imagine. Because you see her wound, whatever it was, was on the lower portion of her body. It wasn't... Uh, um... Uh, she uh, she died then. And uh, I didn't cry. Did not cry. Uh, I'm sorry, I... Uh, she uh... I was very mad, I remember that. I remember that feeling but I didn't... Anyhow, uh...
Who were you mad at?
I don't know. I was mad. Uh, but then we, I don't know if it was the next day or what, we... My mother was wrapped in a blanket and they put her in a grave and I think that was in ??? I don't know--if you're familiar with that area, I don't know--and, without a box um, uh...
Did you talk to your sister then about it? Didn't talk to anybody.
I didn't talk to anybody. I never talked to anybody, um... I'm a pretty strong person. I always resolve everything myself. Any rate, until now. Where was I? Um, yeah, they um, she... I remember standing around the area where they were bury... There were some people around, so my father must have gotten together a uh, a minyan, I suppose, uh... But you know I didn't, I didn't cry and, uh... Besides I, I cried it was for myself, not for her. I was mad. Any rate uh, I have to go on. Uh, uh, where was I? I'm sorry, I'm losing my...
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