Jean, Yvonne and Margaret Zakem My mother never fully recovered from her kidney operation. That, along with high blood pressure at an early age prevented her from enjoying herself as much as she would have liked. She died in 1973 from high blood pressure and kidney failure. Dad had his first heart attack in 1960. After several minor attacks, he had a fatal heart attack in 1978 while visiting my sisters Yvonne and Margaret in Montreal. It almost seemed that he knew that he was close to death because he had remarked that he was going to Montreal to say good-bye to Yvonne and Margaret. I flew to Montreal and brought him back for burial. 28