Mom
Bertha June Ast Garofalo
April 8, 1921 -- February 12, 1994
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Her father was Robert Ast.
Her brother was Bob Ast-Blaize
Family moved to Los Angeles in 1928.
Her Mother, Mabel, married Roy Blaze.
She grew up with three brothers: Bob, Bill, Eugene.
She graduated from George Washington High School.
She married Michael James Garofalo in 1943.
We lived in Bandini, ELA, 1944-1964.
She was a hardworking housewife and mother.
She cooked Midwest style, Italian, and Mexican foods.
She taught us how to live properly and be good persons.
She raised three boys: Michael, Paul and Philip.
Sent her children to St. Alphonsus Catholic School.
Karen, Alicia, June
She lived in Hacienda Heights, 1964-1994.
She did not drive until she was 55.
She had many friends in the St. John Vianny Women's Guild.
She traveled the USA in a trailer with my dad.
She went on all our camping trips. She was a walker.
Karen and I lived next door and helped care for mom and dad.
She helped her grandchildren 1982-1994.
She loved reading mystery, suspense, and American West novels.
She was more a Lutheran than a Catholic.
She suffered from and died from bowel cancer in 1994.
My dad died from heart disease and stroke in 1996.
We sold the Hacienda Heights house in 1997.
Karen and I moved to Red Bluff in April of 1998.
