My sister Martha's 1969 HS Grad pic. Martha and Me (In Spiro T. Agnew shirt!) in 1970's "Martha, My Dear, You have been my inspiration through the years..." (Paul McCartney). My younger sister Martha went in to a hospital with back pain in October 2007. She was diagnosed with stage 4, metasticized breast cancer. By October 2008, after going through chemo and radiation, the cancer spread to her brain and it was all over. She was in Rose Arbor hospice facility for about a month. The staff there was amazing and I will cherish them forever. I was with Martha the night she died, on my birthday, 11-23-2008. I feel honored to have been her sister. She is inside of me now. I want to drink a little, get back to golf in the spring after so many years of not playing, and just enjoy life the way she so wanted to do herself. Her funeral is Dec. 6 th in our hometown. There will be a visitation with some of her many photos on cd , a Memorial Service with comments about...