May she rest in peace, Eliot. Thank you for sharing this. My condolences to you and your family...
Sorry for your loss. she is up in heaven at the dispatchers desk.
Deepest sympathy on your loss, Eliot.
Scrapiron Scher posted:I told Allan Miller my mom was the oldest reader of OGR. She gave me my first Lionel train set in 1952 and loved reading about my exploits in OGR. Mom went to heaven today at the age of 99.
That is a hard thing to have to live through, friend. No matter how much you may think you're prepared for it, you never really are. My sincere condolences on your loss.
My deepest thanks to all of you for your kind words. It is incredibly uplifting to know there are so many caring souls,. Thanks to Alan Arnold and the OGR staff for allowing me to post this and for leaving it up. We deeply appreciate that. Love you all.
Eliot (Scrapiron) Scher
Eliot, my condolences to you and your family.
sorry for you loss Sir...lost my Mom in 2005.
Eliot,
I'm praying for you and your family with the passing of your mother.
Sorry for your loss Eliot. Your mom has reached the ultimate goal.......eternal glory. 
Condolences Eliot. Very sorry for your loss, She is in a better place.
My thoughts and prayers to you Eliot at this most difficult time.
Jon
Sorry for your loss Eliot, God bless you and your family. It's wonderful you had her for as long as you did and the memories will always be there.
Sorry for the loss Eliot, you and your family are in our prayers take care
I'm sorry to hear this Eliot. I imagine the loss is ours as well.
You are her boy and always will be, and I bet she took interest in everything you did. I lost a mom like that, they are special
As my old boss on the railroad used to say, "You only get one." Old age and illness do nothing to soften the blow for you but her suffering is at an end. May the light eternal shine upon her.
So sorry, Eliot.
Peter
My sincere condolences to you and your family Elliott.
Eliot, please accept my condolences to you and your family on the loss of your Mother.
Eliot,
Very sorry for the loss of your Mother. You are in my thoughts.
~Bill McDermott
Eliot,
I'm really sorry to hear that your mom passed away, rest assured, she is in a much better place and is finally at peace. You will always have the good memories of her to share with others and she will always remain in your heart. I'm sure she was a very fine woman and she raised a good son.
J. Motts
Sincere sympathies, Eliot, from all of us in the OGR family.
Eliot, sorry for your loss. Prayers for you and your family.
Art
So sorry to learn of this. Condolences to you and the family.
Eliot:
Bless you and yours, try to recall all the good times and things in an effort to lessen your burden during this difficult time.
Your mom added so much to your life - how many mothers are understanding and supportive of such a great hobby as this? Answer: very, very few.
Golly Eliot - 99 years here and she appeared to be in somewhat good overall health. What a blessing to have lived that long! Just think what she's seen and experienced in her one lifetime. My dad's mother was born in 1885 in S Dakota and saw 'real' indians and rode a stagecoach as a 5 yr old. The family moved east at some time and she was among the first women's graduates from Oberlin University. Went to school with the Wright brothers - was a good friend of their sister.
Your mom wasn't far behind these times where they saw stagecoach, RR, steamboat, automobile, aircraft ,and saw man walk on the moon! What a life!
We are blessed to have had them. I lost mine a few years ago at 93...
Sincerest condolences, Eliot.
Elliot,
Never easy to lose a parent...kind of like drifting away from a dock you always thought would be there. My sincerest condolences.
Fred
Elliot
I am so sorry for the loss of your Mother. My condolences
Scot
