May 2, 2012
May 2, 2012
I'll remember mom as someone who was almost always available to listen to what I had to say. She also got me started on appreciating the beauties of the intellectual life.
This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, Margaret Speed, 90, born on June 17, 1921 and passed away on April 23, 2012.
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May 2, 2012
May 2, 2012
I'll remember mom as someone who was almost always available to listen to what I had to say. She also got me started on appreciating the beauties of the intellectual life.
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Mom & Dad's Wedding Photo
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Birthday wishes
June 17, 2012
by Zoe Speed
Happy birthday nana! You are in our thoughts today. I recently came across some birthday cards you had given me over the years. You always made occasions special with your cards and I anticipated them each year.
June 17, 2012
by Mark Speed
Mom and dad were married in Chicago on July 1, 1943. This is their wedding photo.
May 11, 2012
by Toby Speed
Many years ago Peg gave me a book that she treasured and knew I'd love, a collection of poetry and prose called The Limits of Art. Published in 1948, it's got almost 1,500 smooth, whispery pages of great writing from the past three thousand years or so. All of the poems and excerpts appear in their first language, i.e., Greek, French, Italian, etc., and in English. When she gave it to me, she told me to open it to any page and read it, I’d always find something exquisite. It was an amazing gift, and I still go to this book for inspiration. Her name written inside, with the characteristic curled underline with two short vertical lines through the middle, greets me from the front page.
I opened to this poem today by Thomas Carew, 1595 – 1645:
A Song
Ask me no more whither doth hast
The Nightingale when May is past:
For in your sweet dividing throat
She winters, and keeps warm her note.