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In memory of my wonderful mother and friend, Sue S. Loeb. She passed away last Thursday, February 26th at 4:30am at Alta Bates Hospital. She was 78 years old.
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She was born on April 19, 1936. At the age of five, she was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. After growing up in the Bay Area, she attended Stanford University and graduated in 1958. She met my father, Don Loeb, and they were married in 1965 in a courthouse in Aspen, CO. For the next 20+ years, my parents worked together at his solo medical practice in San Francisco. In another era, she would have been a physician herself.
Along the way, she lost a leg (due to vascular disease associated with Type 1 diabetes), fought off breast cancer, and survived a triple bypass. However, nothing slowed her down and she remained very active throughout her life. She served as the glue for our extended family and was able to maintain a very large and diverse network of friends. She contributed greatly to various organizations throughout the years, including the Diabetic Youth Foundation, where she was president for a period of time. And despite her physical handicaps, she hiked, swam, played tennis and golf, travelled the world, and chased her grandsons around. She loved life and was a quite simply, a survivor.
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In 2008, we made a family decision to buy a property together in Berkeley. She lived in “Grandma's Cottage” behind our house. It was the best decision we've ever made as she was part of our daily lives for the next 6 1/2 years. Hugo was only 9 months old at the time, and so, all he knows is life with his grandma. Diego grew into the incredible young man that he is, in large part, due to her influence. What a gift for all of us.
By the time she died, she had been insulin dependent for 74 years. The Joslin Diabetes Center (Harvard Medical School) awards medals for insulin dependent individuals and they've only awarded 78 medals worldwide to people who have been taking insulin for 75 years or more.
She is survived by myself, my wife Carrie, her grandsons Hugo and Diego, her sister Emmy Lou Brandt, and her brothers Richard and William Stevenson.
In memory of my wonderful mother and friend, Sue S. Loeb. She passed away last Thursday, February 26th at 4:30am at Alta Bates Hospital. She was 78 years old.
She was born on April 19, 1936. At the age of five, she was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. After growing up in the Bay Area, she attended Stanford University and graduated in 1958. She met my father, Don Loeb, and they were married in 1965 in a courthouse in Aspen, CO. For the next 20+ years, my parents worked together at his solo medical practice in San Francisco. In another era, she would have been a physician herself.
Along the way, she lost a leg (due to vascular disease associated with Type 1 diabetes), fought off breast cancer, and survived a triple bypass. However, nothing slowed her down and she remained very active throughout her life. She served as the glue for our extended family and was able to maintain a very large and diverse network of friends. She contributed greatly to various organizations throughout the years, including the Diabetic Youth Foundation, where she was president for a period of time. And despite her physical handicaps, she hiked, swam, played tennis and golf, travelled the world, and chased her grandsons around. She loved life and was a quite simply, a survivor.
In 2008, we made a family decision to buy a property together in Berkeley. She lived in “Grandma's Cottage” behind our house. It was the best decision we've ever made as she was part of our daily lives for the next 6 1/2 years. Hugo was only 9 months old at the time, and so, all he knows is life with his grandma. Diego grew into the incredible young man that he is, in large part, due to her influence. What a gift for all of us.
By the time she died, she had been insulin dependent for 74 years. The Joslin Diabetes Center (Harvard Medical School) awards medals for insulin dependent individuals and they've only awarded 78 medals worldwide to people who have been taking insulin for 75 years or more.
She is survived by myself, my wife Carrie, her grandsons Hugo and Diego, her sister Emmy Lou Brandt, and her brothers Richard and William Stevenson.
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