Local woman Gilah Pomeranz waited in line for hours with thousands of other mourners to pay her last respects to Sen. Ted Kennedy at the J.F.K. Presidential Library in Boston last week, it was reported in the online magazine American Chronicle yesterday.
"Gilah Pomeranz, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, choked back tears as she waited in line," Matt Murphy of the Lowell Sun wrote. "Pomeranz said she took what little savings she had in the bank to purchase a flight ticket and took the day out of work to be in Boston."
According to the article, Pomeranz's father had emigrated from Israel to the United States, and her mother from Germany.
"They both became citizens in time to vote for (JFK) and it meant the world to them," Pomeranz told Murphy. "I felt compelled to be here. The spirit of the entire Kennedy clan to give so much to the public was epitomized in Ted."
"Pomeranz said the only time she saw her father cry was when Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed," Murphy wrote.
American Chronicle: Kennedy Mourners Felt 'Compelled to Be Here'
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Way to go, Gilah! My folks were the ultimate JFK fans, too and saved all the clippings from his presidency and from RFK's assassination. I remember my Mom packing them carefully when they retired and moved back to coal country in PA. Her priorities have changed some since she went back; she is much more conservative, so I did not ask her about Teddy...the way she used to be, she would have watched everything about his death on TV and saved all those clippings again, but I think not now. Sad. But I bet your parents would be proud of you for doing that, Gilah. Bless you.
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