IDA MASSEY (MAZE) WAS MY GREAT AUNT, AND MY MEMORIES OF HER WERE AS A YOUNGSTER. SHE WAS WARM AND LOVING, AND EASY FOR A YOUNGSTER TO BE AROUND. SHE GAVE ME MY FIRST BOOK, MY VERY OWN BOOK! IT WAS "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" THE ONLY CONTACT WITH THAT SIDE OF THE FAMILY WAS WITH HER SON,EARL, UNTIL HE DIED. RECENTLY, I OBTAINED SOME OLD COPIES OF A FEW OF HER BOOKS FOR MY NIECE. I DID MANAGE TO CONTACT HER SON, IRVING. UNFORTUNATLY, HE SEEMS TO HAVE LITTLE OR NO RECALLECTION OF MY END OF THE FAMILY. MOST IMPORTANT, I REMEMBER HIS MOTHER, MY GREAT AUNT, AND AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING.

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