Linda M. Ingoglia
Posted by felicia on May 15, 2008 at 15:29:12:
My Aunt Linda, my godmother, has passed away on Saturday. I got the text 2:30am my time. "Linda went to be with Jesus".
She had been fighting brain and lung cancer for over a year. She moved to Charleston from NY, NY a couple of months ago so that my Mom could take care of her during her recovery. Linda went through radiation and chemo and physical therapy because of the harsh treatments. She was doing really well and the tumours were shrinking. She has been in the prayers of many and her own faith grew.
In the last few weeks her health has taken a turn. The cancer spread to her bones and she went into hospice in Mt. Pleasant.
My mother is being incredibly strong and supporting everyone. My Grandmother, Aunt Janet and cousin arrived in Charleston to be with my Aunt Linda and say their goodbyes. I said my goodbyes over the phone.
I'm going to be flying to NY to attend the funeral.
We are a family in mourning. My Aunt is an incredible, independent, funny, strong, kind, sensitive, beautiful, wonderful, gifted, intelligent woman. Her body was just too tired to keep fighting the disease. It seems God's answer to our prayers was to allow her to stop fighting and be free.
The doctors kept her as comfortable as possible, she wasn't conscious.
She responded when she heard my Grandmother's voice. She even squeezed my brother's hand.
Every memory that has recently flooded back involving Linda has been a happy and good one. She has greatly impacted who I am today.
There isn't anyone in our extended family that hasn't been touched by Linda in the most lovely way - everyone who has known her will greatly miss her.
I will miss her laugh and sound effects. I will miss is generosity and kindness.
When I was a little girl and spent the summers with my Grandparents (my heaven on earth) I shared a bedroom with my Auntie. She'd pick out my clothes and pull my hair into pigtails. We'd go to the beach and county fairs and sometimes I even got to go to work with her. One work day especially stand out. She picked out matching white tops, denim skirts and sandals. We were dressed and ready to commute into the city. Off I marched next to my Auntie, I was a little nervous, but mostly I was proud. We caught the express bus from the Bronx to Manhattan - then we made the loooong elevator trip up to her office at ABC radio. Since we were at work, I had some typing to do. Knowing that my mother was a fan of Tom Sellek, Linda gave me a glossy 8x10 press shot of him to send home. I can't recall who it was that decided that the photo should be from Tom himself, but I set to work at my Auntie's secretary's typewriter - that's right we didn't use computers & printers back in the 80s - we were old skool. I couldn't handwrite the letter because my Mom was sure to recognise my 7 year old's scrawl. I was sure that if I typed it, there would have been noooo way she could tell the difference. I can remember one bit in particular, it went something like "This is Tom...please don't laugh at my spelling".
After my busy day of signing autographs as Tom Sellek we were off to the Central Park Zoo. I got a balloon and ice cream by the way. No matter what I did with my Auntie, it was always the best day.
It didn't matter if we were spending the weekend in Poughkeepsie, getting ice cream sundaes at the Black Whale, attending Broadway musicals, sitting in the sand at Jone's Beach, or watching the Honeymooners - it was always, always the best.
It was my Auntie Linda that first introduced me to the country of Great Britain, Monty Python & proper tea. It was my Auntie Linda that let me listen to all of her vinyl...well, I wasn't really allowed to touch The Beatles albums...She introduced me to Dorothy Gale who went over the rainbow and off to see a wizard. She taught me so much and I'll never forget any of it. I love her deeply.
I can't believe I won't be heading to her apartment once I arrive in NY.
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