445.     Stopping by for Tea with Bruna A little memorial cup of tea for all the special "tea times" shared with a remarkable lady from our church - Bruna Mixie (Dec. 1920 - Oct. 2011)

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"Where are you? It's me, Bruna. Come over for a cuppa tea whenever you get back. Bye-eye!" So went the message that greeted us on our answering machine so many times after returning from one of our trips, and we were always happy to oblige. Bruna was always such a lively person, cheerfully humming along, doing her many projects, never once moving slowly like an "older person", so we were quite shocked to come back from a recent trip to Maine, and find out that she had passed away...

Naturally, we thought of planting a letterbox in her honor, not far from her gravestone in River Bend Cemetery in Westerly, RI. To find it, enter the cemetery from the northeast portal at Washington and Beach Streets. Note the handiwork of the master Italian granite carvers for which Westerly was once famous as you wander westerly through the older sections. Then proceed southerly towards the maintenance buildings, and somewhat westerly again into the newer section that juts out towards the Pawcatuck River. Bruna's grave is actually on Baywood Street, but if you go northwesterly from there, crossing two dirt roads (Dogwood and Elm), you will reach a paved road (Cedar) and a large monument for the LATTNER family surrounded by rows of shrubbery. Behind is a multi-trunk oak near the river with several holes in it that seem to hold water. Bruna's little butterfly teacup, however, rests in the mini hole in back that hopefully won't fill up with water, carefully tucked behind a couple of small stones. Our love goes along with all those "cuppas" we shared with Bruna over the years, and we hope that you enjoy a cup of tea in memory of Bruna , too!

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