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Dear Rabbi Klainberg,

Orna and Peter were neighbors of mine when they were first married. Peter was in the Air Force and they lived in Fairfield, CA. I have been out of touch with them for years but was thinking of Orna and thought I would Google her name to see if I could find them. I found her picture with you on-line with the article about your hospice and my mind could just not comprehend that she had passed away. I hope this is not inappropriate, but I just felt a need to share with someone who knew her my sadness and grief in seeing this and also her father and daughters after reading her obituary and noted that her mother had just passed away not too long before.

The last time I saw Orna and Peter, their children were just babies and I knew Orna missed her spiritual community and figured they would eventually settle back in Michigan. The day after hearing the diagnosis of her illness, Orna and Peter had dinner at my home and I remember her telling me that the doctor asked what she would do if she learned she had a serious illness and she said she would "fight" it and do everything she could to stay well and heal. That's when he told her about the diagnosis. It sounds like she put up a valiant fight and lived to see her children raised. There is such a sense of beauty and grace in the picture of your two - I just really sensed that you were a great comfort to her.