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While confirming that there was no obituary written, DeDe's daughter Holly wrote:
"She died of cancer in 2007, in Torrance CA where she had lived for 35 years. Preceded in death by her husband Jim Trester - they got married in 1982 after his divorce but sadly he died of brain cancer in 1985. She was a loving grandma to Jackson and my daughter Charlotte."
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Celebrating our 50th B-Day - out on Long Island... on our way to Montauk Point...
L-R: Judy McGarraugh, Kay McKibben, Cindy Scoular, DeDe Rampacek, Judy Metzger...
the rest of us 'got lost' and were probably in a different bar...
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Barbara Saddler (Georgi)
From Penny Bliss LanningBarb,
I tried to send a message on your profile but don't
think it went through. Anyway, I was really sad to see
DeDe had passed. We had good times with our quartet.
Hope to see you in August. Penny
Barbara Saddler (Georgi)
Well, here it is the night before our 50th Reunion, and I have not been able to write my "tribute" to DeDe... even tho this website has been up and running for over 8 months and I learned of DeDe's death about the same time, thanks to Ward.I think when you establish a true friendship early on, it has a special meaning that can't always be explained. Probably because, the people involved don't even realize that it is so special.
DeDe and I became friends in grade school, and were Best friends by the 7th grade... when "secrets" were taken very seriously. And sharing "feelings" - especially about boys was tantamount to sacred. We wondered about the future, and what lay in store for us, which was both scary - and - then, suddenly resolute, because it was shared with a friend who truly believed everything would be - "all right".
DeDe and I lost contact in the real sense - over the years - no phone calls - a few emails - one visit - to my place on Long Island - when our group of 13 shared our common 50th Birthday year. But, somehow, I always still felt that bond - that commitment of - lifelong friendship - even tho we didn't have a lot of current examples to prove it out. Sometimes - it's just "knowing" that person who "knew you when" would always be in your corner "if and when you were together again..." many years later...
I appreciate you, DeDe... I send you love and I wish you peace.
Love, Barbie