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Goose

Goose

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I lost my sister yesterday. She was older than me, and would have been 86 next month. Up to about a year ago, I said I'm not sure I'd want to try to keep up with her.

She lived for her accordion. Over the years, she played her accordion in several different polka bands and at one time had her own band. She gave accordion lessons, and in recent years went around to the local veteran's home and other nursing homes around the area and played her accordion to entertain the residents. I'm sure she was older than a lot of the people she was entertaining.

Then, last September a doctor told her that because of severe arthritis in her back and shoulders, she should consider discontinuing her accordion activities. Things started downhill from that point. A couple of weeks ago, she was hospitalized with a combination of pneumonia, leukemia, and heart issues. We visited her in the hospital last Sunday and things didn't look good. Yesterday morning, she called it quits.

But, she had a good life and touched a lot of people over the years.
 
My heart felt sympathies from IN, Goose.

Though never a musician myself, I grew up watching Lawrence Welk with my parents. My Mother, born in 1915, was from Tama County Iowa, and accordion music and polka dancing was popular during for her generation.

To this day, I love the dying art of the accordion and sometimes find myself on YouTube watching Myron Floren playing polkas on the B&W Lawrence Welk shows from the 1950s.

FWIW, there is a wonderful B&W Lawrence Welk version of The Clarinet Polka from 1955 on YouTube where Myron Floren plays the accordion and an old couple comes on stage from the audience to dance the polka. The woman has a heavy German accent. Yes, it was probably staged, but it's wonderful non the less. I'll find it and post back with a link.

God rest your sister's soul, Goose.

Dean
 
good morning goose, 1st I want to send our condolences to you and your family, every once in a while in life you will meet a special person that has a gift like your sister had and as you said she touched a lot of people with that gift, it's not just her musical talent it's also the gift to reach out and connect with people. put a smile on their face and brighten their day, as she did at the seniors homes. special people like your sister are few and far between goose and the world needs a lot more of them.
 
Goose: I am very sorry for your loss. You had a wonderful sister. She sounds like she was full of life. It also sounds like she had a good life too. So remember the good times with her. She will live on in your memories. That is all any of us can hope for.
 
Sorry to hear of your Sister's passing. I have lost a sister and brother in the last couple years. I don't think anything in my short sweet 67 years has affected me more. One has to keep going, though.
 
The same thing happened to my grandpa he was 91 and very healthy until my uncle kicked him out of his house and put him in the nursing home he was gone in less than 3 months It killed him to not live in his own house and be able to have a few chickens and beef cows and a garden may as well put grandpa in prison but my uncle didn?t care
 
She sounds like a fine giving person. Her affect of those who knew her will last. Keep her influence in your heart, Jim
 
It was a bad deal I think people are a lot happier and live with less health issues if they can do the things that makes em happy
 
Goose,

My paternal grandpa wore out one accordion in his life. He is buried in Alexandria with the replacement.

My sympathy is with you. If I recall correctly you are in Nebraska. My grandpa lived in Alexandria until about 10 years before he passed away. Outlived my grandmother by several years, lived in a nursing home in Hebron, NE.

The residents there LOVED when he played the accordion. Probably several hours daily. DOUG
 
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