Memorial Event and a List of Charities for Donations in honor of Gina
At least 75 attended Gina's memorial at the Newark Museum on Feb. 19, where dozens of her co-workers and friends told how she deeply touched their lives.
• The 85-slide tribute to Gina’s life can be downloaded as a PDF file at
http://www.soc.umn.edu/~rea/documents/Gina%20Tribute%20version%20v9%2019feb11%20%20.pdf
• Her memorial service is on YouTube in 9 parts beginning at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrzVMUiYVig&feature=channel_video_title
You can copy and paste these links into your browser. If you have any trouble accessing these websites, send an email to rea@umn.edu
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Thoughts
Gina was a friend and a colleague who will be missed dearly. She demonstrated grace, compassion and a tremendous capacity to listen--to really listen.
Kelly Best
1st March 2011
The service yesterday was lovely. For all of Gina's college friends it was wonderful to hear about what an accomplished, giving woman she had become as an adult. We all remember her from college as being fun-loving and always ready to party, so we were wondering if people were talking about our Gina when they mentioned that she struck terror into the hearts of her medical students with her rigor and exacting demands. The most telling tribute, I believe, was that it seems like all her colleagues asked her to deliver their babies or grandchildren, so she must have been an amazing doctor.
I really miss Gina, but it was nice to be surrounded by so many people from all different phases of her life who loved her as well.
Andy Latham
20th February 2011
I miss talking to Gina almost every day. I still pick up the phone to call her on my way home from work. We became friends as residents in 1996 and have relied on one another for the past 14 years. We shared the same birthday and every year we planned to take a trip to celebrate together. I'm sorry to say that we had not yet made that trip. I will miss her on our special day this year. I will miss her every day this year.
Cindy Hartley
14th February 2011