Category Archives: Lea Roffe

My Most Unforgettable Character

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Ellen Ross

Reader’s Digest used to run a popular series entitled “The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever Met.” For me, it’s no contest. My most “unforgettable character” had to be my mother, Lea Roffe. Hands down. And this past Tuesday, October 16, … Continue reading →

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Philosophy 101

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Ellen Ross

My mother, Lea Roffe, was the best card player I ever knew. (And if you knew her, she was the best card player you ever knew.) All winter long, she would play in one poker game with the big boys … Continue reading →

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MooMoopalooza

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Ellen Ross

Today, October 16, would have been my mother’s 92nd birthday.  As some of you know, she passed away this June- following a hunger strike and snit fit of major proportions. She died the way she lived.  In a rage and fighting … Continue reading →

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The River

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Ellen Ross

These are Kenny and my baby shoes.  Somehow they seem appropriate today because our mother, Leatrice Roffe, died early on Tuesday morning. No matter what her death certificate says, let me make this very clear. She didn’t die from the … Continue reading →

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