A really fine lady passed today. My last great aunt.

[Jenoch]

7. I find it ineresting to learn the family stories of fellow DUers.

My paternal grandmother had five sisters.  The last to die was my grandmother's youngest sister. She died in 2002 at age 94. She was born under the Tsar (as was my grandmother, she emigrated in the early 20s) lived through the Russian Revolution, WWII, and 80+ years under the Soviets. I have no idea how she survived so long. Soviet soldiers (Russians) executed her husband in their front yard just after WWII. My dad's 9 year old cousin and his 7 year old sister dug the grave in their backyard. My aunt died in the same house, she was a widow the rest of her life. 

My dad saw the grave when he visited the old country in the early 90s, just after the break up of the USSR.