Estelle married in the very early 1950s, and shortly afterward moved to Los Angeles, California. She had two sons, but seldom came back east.

Today, Estelle and her husband (now in their 80s) live in California at an assisted-living facility.

Top: Estelle and my mother in 1948

Bottom: Estelle in 1986 at her sister Gloria's 40th anniversary party. The little girl is Gloria's granddaughter. (Well, half a photo is better than none.)

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"For me, there's only my wife..."

"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"

"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."