Nelda Joan Scott Patronski passed away Sunday, December 9, 2001. She was just 74 years of age when she suffered a massive stroke that rendered her unconscious. She was taken to O'Conner Hospital in San Jose, where the doctors found that she showed no signs of brain activity.
Her two daughters and their husbands took turns staying by her bed. On the night she took her final breath, one of the daughters was sleeping in a guest bed in Nelda's hospital room. A son-in-law was sitting in a nearby chair, reading a book. His attention was diverted when he heard Nelda making sounds as if speaking to someone in a voice that was too low to hear clearly. Seconds later, she passed peacefully into her new life.
Here's the odd part of this vignette: Nelda's mumbling tones were happy, as if she was greeting someone she was excited to see. But when a person's brain is clinically dead, they should not be able to to speak, let alone recognize and greet another person, as Nelda appeared to be doing. We believe her husband, Ed, was coming to take her to her eternal home, and she was, indeed, very glad to see him. If you think us nuts, so be it. We were there; we know what we saw and heard.
Among the family and friends who miss her greatly are the young adults who she used to read to at Bracher Elementary School in Santa Clara, California. They knew her as "Grandma Nelda". For four years, Nelda went to the school every week to read to the first and second-graders taught by one of her granddaughters. Her goal was to pass along her love of books, and the children loved her encouragement.
Nelda was a native Californian, born in Newark in 1927. She graduated from Campbell High School, Campbell, California, class of 1945. In 1944, she served on the school newspaper staff. She attended San Jose State University, but left before graduating to move to New York. It was in New York that she met and married Ed Patronski.
Nelda and Ed returned to the Santa Clara Valley in 1951, where Nelda helped Ed and a partner, Art Gardner, establish Artsigns, which for decades was one of the best-known sign companies in the Santa Clara Valley.
Nelda also was instrumental in founding the Christian Church of Santa Clara, California, becoming a charter member in 1955. From 1983 to 1996, she and Ed traveled the U.S. in their motor home. Upon returning to live in San Jose, she resumed volunteer work in the community and at her church.
Her two daughters and their husbands took turns staying by her bed. On the night she took her final breath, one of the daughters was sleeping in a guest bed in Nelda's hospital room. A son-in-law was sitting in a nearby chair, reading a book. His attention was diverted when he heard Nelda making sounds as if speaking to someone in a voice that was too low to hear clearly. Seconds later, she passed peacefully into her new life.
Here's the odd part of this vignette: Nelda's mumbling tones were happy, as if she was greeting someone she was excited to see. But when a person's brain is clinically dead, they should not be able to to speak, let alone recognize and greet another person, as Nelda appeared to be doing. We believe her husband, Ed, was coming to take her to her eternal home, and she was, indeed, very glad to see him. If you think us nuts, so be it. We were there; we know what we saw and heard.
Among the family and friends who miss her greatly are the young adults who she used to read to at Bracher Elementary School in Santa Clara, California. They knew her as "Grandma Nelda". For four years, Nelda went to the school every week to read to the first and second-graders taught by one of her granddaughters. Her goal was to pass along her love of books, and the children loved her encouragement.
Nelda was a native Californian, born in Newark in 1927. She graduated from Campbell High School, Campbell, California, class of 1945. In 1944, she served on the school newspaper staff. She attended San Jose State University, but left before graduating to move to New York. It was in New York that she met and married Ed Patronski.
Nelda and Ed returned to the Santa Clara Valley in 1951, where Nelda helped Ed and a partner, Art Gardner, establish Artsigns, which for decades was one of the best-known sign companies in the Santa Clara Valley.
Nelda also was instrumental in founding the Christian Church of Santa Clara, California, becoming a charter member in 1955. From 1983 to 1996, she and Ed traveled the U.S. in their motor home. Upon returning to live in San Jose, she resumed volunteer work in the community and at her church.
Nelda Joan Scott Patronski passed away Sunday, December 9, 2001. She was just 74 years of age when she suffered a massive stroke that rendered her unconscious. She was taken to O'Conner Hospital in San Jose, where the doctors found that she showed no signs of brain activity.
Her two daughters and their husbands took turns staying by her bed. On the night she took her final breath, one of the daughters was sleeping in a guest bed in Nelda's hospital room. A son-in-law was sitting in a nearby chair, reading a book. His attention was diverted when he heard Nelda making sounds as if speaking to someone in a voice that was too low to hear clearly. Seconds later, she passed peacefully into her new life.
Here's the odd part of this vignette: Nelda's mumbling tones were happy, as if she was greeting someone she was excited to see. But when a person's brain is clinically dead, they should not be able to to speak, let alone recognize and greet another person, as Nelda appeared to be doing. We believe her husband, Ed, was coming to take her to her eternal home, and she was, indeed, very glad to see him. If you think us nuts, so be it. We were there; we know what we saw and heard.
Among the family and friends who miss her greatly are the young adults who she used to read to at Bracher Elementary School in Santa Clara, California. They knew her as "Grandma Nelda". For four years, Nelda went to the school every week to read to the first and second-graders taught by one of her granddaughters. Her goal was to pass along her love of books, and the children loved her encouragement.
Nelda was a native Californian, born in Newark in 1927. She graduated from Campbell High School, Campbell, California, class of 1945. In 1944, she served on the school newspaper staff. She attended San Jose State University, but left before graduating to move to New York. It was in New York that she met and married Ed Patronski.
Nelda and Ed returned to the Santa Clara Valley in 1951, where Nelda helped Ed and a partner, Art Gardner, establish Artsigns, which for decades was one of the best-known sign companies in the Santa Clara Valley.
Nelda also was instrumental in founding the Christian Church of Santa Clara, California, becoming a charter member in 1955. From 1983 to 1996, she and Ed traveled the U.S. in their motor home. Upon returning to live in San Jose, she resumed volunteer work in the community and at her church.
Her two daughters and their husbands took turns staying by her bed. On the night she took her final breath, one of the daughters was sleeping in a guest bed in Nelda's hospital room. A son-in-law was sitting in a nearby chair, reading a book. His attention was diverted when he heard Nelda making sounds as if speaking to someone in a voice that was too low to hear clearly. Seconds later, she passed peacefully into her new life.
Here's the odd part of this vignette: Nelda's mumbling tones were happy, as if she was greeting someone she was excited to see. But when a person's brain is clinically dead, they should not be able to to speak, let alone recognize and greet another person, as Nelda appeared to be doing. We believe her husband, Ed, was coming to take her to her eternal home, and she was, indeed, very glad to see him. If you think us nuts, so be it. We were there; we know what we saw and heard.
Among the family and friends who miss her greatly are the young adults who she used to read to at Bracher Elementary School in Santa Clara, California. They knew her as "Grandma Nelda". For four years, Nelda went to the school every week to read to the first and second-graders taught by one of her granddaughters. Her goal was to pass along her love of books, and the children loved her encouragement.
Nelda was a native Californian, born in Newark in 1927. She graduated from Campbell High School, Campbell, California, class of 1945. In 1944, she served on the school newspaper staff. She attended San Jose State University, but left before graduating to move to New York. It was in New York that she met and married Ed Patronski.
Nelda and Ed returned to the Santa Clara Valley in 1951, where Nelda helped Ed and a partner, Art Gardner, establish Artsigns, which for decades was one of the best-known sign companies in the Santa Clara Valley.
Nelda also was instrumental in founding the Christian Church of Santa Clara, California, becoming a charter member in 1955. From 1983 to 1996, she and Ed traveled the U.S. in their motor home. Upon returning to live in San Jose, she resumed volunteer work in the community and at her church.
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