Birth date: Nov 23, 1935 Death date: Dec 31, 2022
Gertrud Minna Beyer of Memphis, TN passed away December 31, 2022 in her home in Ft. Lauderdale, FL with her son Erik, daughter-in-law Tracy, and grandson Ben by her side. Gertrud was born on November 23, 1935, in Hamburg, Germany Read Obituary
“Gifts of memory and hope enable us to ask death, where is thy victory?”
Trudy and I liked to eat out together, and we liked to eat together at her house, just the two of us, with three, four, or five friends, and also with our husbands. She knew food, having had formal training in Europe— meals, refreshments, tea parties, German cookies and pastries, coffee, an occasional glass of wine. She once told me, over lunch at a café, “Soup is supposed to be thin.” Once I invited her for lunch at the Sheffield Antique Mall and to meet someone. I alerted her to the person’s overbearing personality she would be encountering, and her response was, “Don’t worry about me; I’ve been around the block.”
We enjoyed browsing through the stock each year that Les Passes Stock Exchange opens each fall. We usually did a selfie together on a sofa up for sale.
My good neighbor Trudy surpassed anyone’s idea of a good neighbor. Her generosity benefited our family for thirty-seven years.
Trudy was a reader. She made a nice fuss over a book I wrote, and bought several. Trudy loved her children with her whole heart, and she greatly loved her grandchildren. In her last years she took to wearing white. She put on a fine appearance in fashionable white outfits. On one of our last visits, Trudy said, “I miss Glen.” They shared many interesting years traveling and living in the neighborhood together. My friend Trudy will not be forgotten.
Nur wenige Menschen wie unser Trudchen sind wirklich lebendig und die, die es sind, sterben nie. Es zählt nicht, dass Trudchen nicht mehr da ist. Niemand, den man wirklich liebt, ist jemals tot. Dein Tinechen mit Karlchen
Christine und Karl möchten die Familie hiermit unser aufrichtig empfundenes Beileid aussprechen. Wir teilen Eure Trauer. In diesen schmerzvollen Stunden sind wir in Gedanken bei Euch. Unser allerherzlichstes Beileid und unser tiefstes Mitgefühl gelten die Familie.
