Rest in Peace Mrs.Dorothy Rodham

The news is very sad.  Our hearts and prayers go out to the Secretary of State and the entire family.  We thank Mrs. Rodham for all she did in raising and supporting our beloved Secretary of State.  She will be remembered fondly by all.

Readers are invited to light a candle.

By Amy Bingham

Nov 1, 2011 10:54am

Hillary Clinton’s Mother, Dorothy Rodham, Dies at Age 92

Image credit: Barbara Kinney

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s mother, Dorothy Howell Rodham, died Tuesday morning, shortly after midnight. She was 92.
Clinton canceled trips to London and Turkey Monday in order to stay by her sick mother’s side in Washington, D.C., and was with her mother when she died.
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The Clinton Foundation has issued the following statement.

Statement from the Clinton Family on the Passing of Dorothy Rodham

November 01, 2011 | The Clinton Family | Statements

Dorothy Howell Rodham was born in Chicago on June 4, 1919 and died shortly after midnight on November 1, 2011 in Washington, D.C., surrounded by her family. Her story was a quintessentially American one, largely because she wrote it herself. She overcame abandonment and hardship as a young girl to become the remarkable woman she was — a warm, generous and strong woman; an intellectual; a woman who told a great joke and always got the joke; an extraordinary friend and, most of all, a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
Dorothy is and always will be lovingly remembered by her daughter and son-in-law, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Clinton; her sons and daughters-in-law, Hugh Rodham and Maria Rodham and Tony Rodham and Megan Rodham; her grandchildren, Chelsea Clinton and her husband Marc Mezvinsky, Zachary Rodham, Fiona Rodham and Simon Rodham. She leaves behind many friends from all stages and places in her life, friends from California she met in high school, friends from Little Rock and Washington with whom she explored the world, the people who were first her doctors and then became her friends at George Washington Hospital, to the people she met through her children and grandchildren who became as much her friend as theirs.

To honor Dorothy, her family will hold a private celebration of her life for family and friends. In lieu of flowers and in line with what Dorothy would have wanted, the family have asked that any one who would want to do so would make a donation in Dorothy’s memory to George Washington Hospital (http://www.gwhospital.com/Donations) where she received excellent care and made terrific friends over many years; to the Heifer Project (http://www.heifer.org/), her Christmas gift of choice in 2010 and an organization dear to her heart; or to a local organization meaningful to the giver that helps neglected and mistreated children, a blight Dorothy was determined to remedy until her last day because she knew too well the pain too many children suffer. Her family is and will be forever grateful for the gift of Dorothy’s life and for the memories they will treasure forever.

I am adding a few obituaries.  The one from the New York Times is particularly thorough, touching,  and memorable.

Dorothy Rodham, Mother and Mentor Of Hillary Clinton, Is Dead at 92

By ROBERT D. McFADDEN

Published: November 1, 2011

Dorothy Rodham, who overcame years of struggle to become a powerful influence on the life and career of her daughter, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first lady, senator from New York, presidential candidate and now secretary of state, died on Tuesday in Washington. She was 92.

Paul Sancya/Associated Press

Hillary Rodham Clinton with her mother, Dorothy Rodham, in 2007.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton's Mother Dies at 92

By Sara Sorcher

Updated: November 1, 2011 | 3:16 p.m.
November 1, 2011 | 10:52 a.m.

AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s mother died shortly after midnight on Tuesday in Washington. She was 92.
Dorothy Howell Rodham, born in Chicago on June 4, 1919, was surrounded by her family when she died, according to a Clinton family statement. “Her story was a quintessentially American one, largely because she wrote it herself,” the statement read.
“She overcame abandonment and hardship as a young girl to become the remarkable woman she was—a warm, generous, and strong woman,” the statement read.

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Clinton and Her Mother

Her family announced her death. Mrs. Clinton canceled a trip to London and Istanbul to be at her mother’s side.
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