Wini was predeceased by her husband, Lorne one sister, Dorothy Brown and three brothers, Arthur, Frank and Stanley Sneezum. She was a wonderful cook, avid reader and gardener, Jeopardy enthusiast, and a great mother, wife and friend. Prior to her retirement, Wini worked at the Gardiner hospital. Despite living in America for most of her adult life, she remained a citizen of Great Britain. She later emigrated to America in 1946 after marrying Lorne Wood Ladner, a United States serviceman stationed in England.
23, 1920, in Castle Hedingham, England, the daughter of Mildred (Boreham) and Arthur Frank Sneezum.ĭuring World War II, she worked making parachutes for the Royal Air Force. Thus begins a hilarious and heartwarming tale of lesbian culture shock, the resiliency of true love, and the maddening gap between coming out and being out.Winifred "Wini" Ladner, 88, died on Easter, April 12, 2009, at Augusta Rehabilitation Center, surrounded by her three daughters.
Bev is shocked when Andie tells the woman that the two of them are cousins-and mortified when the woman promises to set them up with all the eligible men in town, beginning with her grandson Cricket, the local mortician. Before she and Andie are even unpacked, a nosy neighbor is at the door with a welcoming cake and a basketful of personal questions. But she isn't too thrilled about the prospect of moving from Boston's lesbian ghetto to the small southern town of Morgan, Kentucky. When Bev's lover Andie receives an assistant professorship at a Christian-affiliated college, Bev does her best to be supportive. Your job's your public life, and I'm your dirty little secret!"
Ever since we moved here, you've set up this big dividing line between your job and me. When we moved in together seven years ago, I thought I was settling down with someone who had some personal integrity. "Stop it Bev!" Huge tears were rolling down Andie's cheeks.
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