My Grandmother’s Way of Saying Goodbye

Mavis Baumgard, a resident at Ecumen Meadows until her death last December, gave her granddaughter a wedding gift that will last forever.

Mavis Baumgard, a resident at Ecumen Meadows until her death last December, danced at her granddaughter’s wedding last summer.  She was among the last to leave the dance floor.

In this touching remembrance in the Star Tribune, granddaughter Molly Hoeger recalls the joy of that night and its lasting significance.  It was a wedding gift that will last forever.