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| Shirley and Sue Swinging - 1950's |
When I think about Sue I realize although she was my cousin, she was really my first best friend. Our Fathers were brothers and Sue was born 6 months to the day after me. Back in the 1950’s our parents were each others best source of entertainment. Card games on Saturday nights, Camping trips several times during the year (rain or shine), swimming at Conn Dam and sleep over’s made up the core of our existence; Sue and I were side by side through in all.
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| Shirley and Sue - 1970's |
As Sue’s family grew there were two more Sisters added to the group, but Sue and I were the leaders of the pack. The day was not complete until we had sung “Mindy let a windy” and laughed till we wet our pants, a tradition we continued into our adult years. Our paths went in different directions as we became adults, I married young and had a child, she went to college (Sue’s intelligence was always amazing to me, Rauch’s were not know for their smarts!) and became a woman of the world as she traveled in her job.
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| Cousins - Mindy, Sue, Shirley and Laurie |
No matter how far away our paths went, we would see each other at least once a year for our annual camping trips and it was as if we were still in the back yard planning our next adventure. I loved her sense of order and fairness, her love of reading and games, her ability to laugh, even at herself, but most of all I loved her ability to love others.
Enjoy heaven and let my Dad win every once in a while.
Shirley Rauch Clauss
Cousin and BFF
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