My mother, Gloria Byrne Weddle, died on August 12th, 1996.  It was one of the most traumatic and profoundly moving experiences of my life.  In December of 2000 I wrote about it in an article for the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine.  Six months later I wrote a companion piece about my father for Los Angeles Times Magazine.  To read that article, click on this link: The Good War.

Like the article about my father, this one provoked a tidal wave of reactions from readers who wanted to share their experiences about the deaths of their parents.

Here’s the article:

 

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