Marie Theresa Ludwig Hughes' Obituary
A Profoundly Ordinary Life In an age where we are defined by our professions, military service, or linage, my mother, Marie Hughes, had none of these. She lived the life of an ordinary person, but none the less fulfilling and very special and dear to those who knew her. She held many titles, first daughter, sister, niece and cousin, and later aunt and wife and mother. But equally important to her were neighbor, and friend. She was the friendly face or consoling voice ever happy to do whatever she could for those she knew. Marie was granted a long life, leaving those who loved her all too soon at the age of 100. She saw great change in her life, remembering when electricity first came, along with telephones and radio. And much later television and the internet. 60 years of her life were spent in a Saint Petersburg she loved and few remember today. She loved going to the original Million Dollar Pier and participating in the sing alongs that were broadcast on long gone WSUN-TV. She went to Spa Beach, the Traymor and Garden Cafeterias, and shopped at Wilson Chase Department Store, Maas
Brothers and Webb's City. She read the Evening Independent. All
part of a world now long gone. And she is now a part of that memory, joining the crowds that used to walk up and down Central Avenue in a time when you dressed up to go downtown, and often stopped to sit on the then famous green benches that have long been tossed away for progresses sake. Every face like Maries in the crowd has a story to tell. Not dramatic
exciting ones that movies could be made from. But still precious
stories of a gentle life and love woven into loving quilts of memories. Robert Benchley wisely said that Death Ends A Life, Not A Relationship. And so it is, that Marie's life has ended, but the warm memories of a life well lived remain. Maries son Bob, his partner Rob Rothfarb, cordially invite the friends of Marie Hughes to join them this Saturday from 1 to 6 at her home to share their wonderful memories and say so long, but not good bye. Internment will be beside Maries parents, and near many of her family, in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania.
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