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GYPSY I
was born July
6, 1943 - Chicago Illinois My
Hobbies,
Interests
and Occupations
Include: Why
the "handle" Gypsy? Children/Grandchildren/Great-Grandchildren: Two daughters: Cathy,
Born
1959, Bethesda, Maryland Shannon,
born 1979, Woodstock, Virginia Jeanne,
Born
1961, Cheverly, Maryland Jason
, born 1985, Manassas, Virginia
I
want to say that Jeanne Marie Dingus, age 45, left
this world on Sunday, June 3, 2007.
Jeanne was born at Prince Georges' General
Hospital in Landover, Maryland, on a Tuesday,
October 24, 1961.
My Jeanne was 45 years old.
Many are asking us the how and why of this
unexpected and untimely death, but we don't know
that ourselves.
We never will know that now, for she was
cremated thereafter.
We thought that she was to have an autopsy
but there was none. I thought that an autopsy was a given when someone so
young dies an unexpected death at their home.
This
is no longer true. When I
left her there at the hospital Sunday evening, we'd
assumed an autopsy would be done. The next day
we learned that the choice about an autopsy and the
financial responsibility is left to the next of kin
(her husband) and he chose not to have one done!
Never assume anything. Jeanne
Marie Dingus was predeceased by her brother, Surviving
are her husband, Bobby Dingus, 2 sons, Jason Dingus
and Bobby Edgington Eric Dingus, (Mr Bee) and one
daughter, Jessica Rose Dingus - all of Strasburg.
Her mother, Nina Baker, her grandmother
Roberta Emily Spence, cousins David, Danny and
Sheila Higdon, one sister, Catherine Christine
Colgan, both of Woodstock, and another brother,
Colin Andrew Colgan,
4 nieces, Shannon Romick, Chastidy Romick and
Heather Baker, Kibler, Brandi Ross <Abbi> and
one nephew, Richard Samuel Baker. When
I asked if she were going to be left to lay there on
that gurney next to an access door of the emergency
room or if they were going to take her to the
hospital mortuary, no one knew.
I did not want to leave her unattended until
someone came for her.
They'd asked us to leave as we had been there
several hours and we were in their way.
"But where are they taking her
now?" I wanted, to know. I
needed to know.
Where was my child going to be when I turned
and left her? I
had no authority to make a demand of these employees
and apparently, no right to know.
Mothers lose that authority when our children
marry and have homes and children of their own.
And so, bidden to leave,
I did as they commanded and we left my
beloved Jeanne, laying nakedly under a sheet, on a
gurney, alone, against a wall, in a hallway access
to the emergency room of our hospital.
I went out into the rain,
on that Sunday evening,
feeling I'd been forced to abandon her at
their command, leaving my daughter, where I was
neither welcomed or allowed to stay with her until
someone came and took her next.
An unbearable sorrow and pain that will never
heal.
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First
Great-Granddaughter
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Great-Grandson
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One
Son: Eric
L. Baker, Lifespan... Killed
in an automobile accident, at Rocky Mount, Virginia
~ (4
miles from school)
just before graduating from Ferrum College, ~
Ferrum, Virginia. Eric
did graduate posthumously (MAGNA
CUM LAUDE)
~ He was awarded the highest honors in both of his
majors, The
English Award, at Ferrum College, He
had been accepted at William & Mary
for his two years post-graduate schooling for his
Masters Degrees.
From
my journal:
Thursday, November 2, 2000.
We got a phone call from the SPCA this
morning. We have been on their list to get a
female, beige Chihuahua (or we would consider any color as
long as it was female). They said they had one
and so we grabbed our ChiCho-Chihuahua and took off
for the shelter to see if the two of them would suit
each other. Welllllll..... most
Chihuahuas weigh from 5 - 9 or 10 pounds. What
greeted us with overwhelming exuberance (as if she
knew exactly who we were (her new family) and she
was full of joy and enthusiasm!) - ready and
eager<!> to go "home".
This fur-orphan had no Chihuahua in her at
all. Right sex and right color
(buff)- but she's a 17 pound ~Heintz~ beyond
doubt. There is a mixture, for sure -
but doubtful if ANY Chihuahua... But -
how could we turn away from her? She was
so sweet and gentle. VERY healthy and pearl white
teeth - even neutered already and has all
medical up to date .... and so, we finally have a
pair of dogs. ChiCho is NOT at all
interested and feels a bit miffed at me (and snarls
at her), but this too will pass and I see a long and
happy relationship down the road for them!
*g* She is playful and loving... ultra
intelligent too! Her name is Lady
though, and I hope to change that, for we have had
one "Lady" fur-child years ago, and
I would prefer that each fur-child have its' own
name in our family! ~*s*~
Life thoughts to share... It is my prayer for each and every soul to be content in knowing, as they lay down to sleep each night, that their day was truly "Wellspent" (invested)... and.... My
life is a statement I am making to the world.
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Heather & Jeremy |
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