[Q]Sal and Peggy Paterno of Pembroke visit their daughter's grave every day. They say it helps to talk to her, to let her know that her sons, Jake, 7, and Jared, 5, are having fun in school and haven't forgotten their mother's warmth.
Laura Paterno-Gillett, 32, lived with her parents and was planning to return from The Station at a decent hour so she could spend the next day with her sons. Peggy Paterno became worried when it got to be midnight, then 1 a.m, and then 2.
No sign of Laura.
??I called her cell phone twice. It rang, but she didn't have it with her,'' Peggy Paterno said as she sat in her living room on a recent evening. ??I said, ?Laura, this is Mom. It's getting late.'''
Those were the last words she would say to her daughter, who was trapped in the burning nightclub with 99 other victims. Investigators told the Paternos that toxic smoke killed their daughter before the flames got to her - a lone piece of comfort as they prepared for her funeral.
??Your parents are supposed to die before you,'' said Sal Paterno, who visits his daughter's grave as many as four times a day. ??I know we're not the only ones going through this, but sometimes it feels that way.''[/Q]
http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2004/02/15/news/news02.txt
She was a great person.