Marie Thornton

The lovely Marie was one of my most treasured friends who I love and will miss dearly. We met in Auckland NZ when Marie worked for a year and stayed with her sister, Anita, who had married Gordon, a kiwi. We worked together in our twenties and became good friends. Over the years I met her Mum and Dad, all sisters and other family members. Years later, after marrying, we both had an only daughter 2 months apart. It has been wonderful corresponding all these years and discussing our daughters and their various stages. In 2017 Paul and I stayed with Carol and Denny in Chicago (with Marie) and then went onto Grafton in Milwaukee to stay with Marie and Tom. It was super special to spend time with them both and of course Aria and her Paul. In recent years we have caught up with Marie, Tom and the sisters again (meeting Loreen for the first time) when they came to New Zealand to visit Anita. It has been such a wonderful family friendship for over 50 years and I will treasure the memories forever. We'll meet again one day Marie. Be at peace ☆