{"id":30665,"date":"2026-09-20T00:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T05:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/?p=30665"},"modified":"2026-09-20T00:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T05:28:58","slug":"felicia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/felicia\/","title":{"rendered":"Felicia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/display.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"869\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/display-869x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/display-869x1024.jpg 869w, https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/display-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/display-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/display.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My aunt Felicia passed away in the opening days of August 2026 short of her 99th birthday after a long battle with dementia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember my aunt with my earliest memories and it is an understatement that she was a remarkable woman. She was kind, resolute and dependable and we miss her views and counsel.  She was highly educated herself and a champion for higher education.  Felicia also volunteered her time for good causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Felicia has shared in my family adventure: as a child, I visited the Chicago area every 2 years or so.  Felicia visited us while we lived in Vancouver and we travelled to Toronto together; we met frequently when we were living in Costa Mesa and she was nearby when Sam was born; she also visited us during our time in Cyprus. We were always in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Felicia&#8217;s passing is a significant milestone for our families.  She was a teen during World War 2;  we have lost the last living link between the family and those times.  Felicia survived the war, emigrated, and through effort and determination, created a life for her family that led to great achievements. This is not a unique story, but, for us, sadly, it is the last one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My aunt Felicia passed away in the opening days of August 2026 short of her 99th birthday after a long battle with dementia. I remember my aunt with my earliest memories and it is an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[333,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-333","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30665"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30670,"href":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30665\/revisions\/30670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}