Maureen A. Pote

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Thoughts from Beth
March 22, 2010

I have 3 sisters: Margie, Debbie, and Kim. But years before I had those sisters, I had 3 others: Linda, Jeanne, and Maureen. During the early years of my life, I spent many summers with my first sisters at the seashore - Wildwood Crest, Crystal Beach, and Laurel Lake. We all loved jumping the waves and playing with the inner tubes. I spent countless nights of my younger years sleeping in a bunkbed at 1538 Woodland Avenue, while Maureen told stories as we all fell asleep. Summer nights we would sleep out on the screened porch on Army cots. Sunday afternoons after church we played paper dolls, and Maureen would entertain us by cartwheeling across the street! We'd stay out until it got dark, playing Red Rover and Mother May I. By the time I was a teenager, I was off to the dances with my first sisters at Sharon Hill High School. After graduation, Linda and Jeanne started their own families, and Maureen and I grew even closer. We became roommates, and together with 4 other friends, rented a house and spent summers in Margate. More than 40 years later, The Margate Girls still keep in touch - going to dinners and movies, playing cards, having silly pajama parties, and returning to Margate to visit our first house on Jefferson Avenue. Several years ago, Maureen and I took a trip to Chicago on Amtrak. On the way back, we sat up all night in the dining car, playing cards and never going to sleep. Holidays in our family aren't complete without Game Night. I can still hear Maureen saying, "Pay Me!" as she proudly took the pile of nickels. I am lucky to have so many memories of Reen and all that she has shared in my life. She was my cousin, and she became my sister, my travel companion, my roommate, and my friend. Thanks for all the happy memories, Happy. Love Always, Beth

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