Grandma Katie,

You are so loved and will be greatly missed.

Kiss Grandpa for me.

Love Dina

Mrs. Gilson…A wonderful, little Japanese powerhouse of a woman.  She came to a country that could not be more foreign to her.  She endured and flourished.  Raising a family and the neighbor kid (me), taking me in any time.  She was the reason my parents agreed to letting me be a brownie and girl scout and introducing me to Job’s Daughters. Whenever my parents needed a babysitter Mrs. Gilson would let me stay at their house….one more kid. I refer to Mrs. Gilson by the name Mrs. Gilson, one out of respect, but two because honestly that is the only way I knew her….it was only when she talked Frances into getting a cell phone that I learned Mrs. Gilson’s first name!  She will always be “Mrs. Gilson”.  
one thing I will always remember is that Mrs. Gilson represents a second mom to me.  Someone that took care of me in my childhood.  Someone that welcomed me in my adulthood.  Someone that I love.  My heart is breaking. I will miss you Mrs. Gilson.  May you rest in peace.

Love,
Linda