Within our family there was no such thing as a person who d… - Shirley Abbott

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Within our family there was no such thing as a person who did not matter. Second cousins thrice removed mattered.

Shirley Abbott

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Shirley Jean Abbott Tomkievicz (November 16, 1934 - April 8, 2019) was a magazine editor, writer, journalist, and historian, most noted for her three volumes of memoirs.

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Alternative Names: Shirley Jean Abbott Tomkievicz

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Within our family there was no such thing as a person who did not matter. Second cousins thrice removed mattered. - Shirley Abbott

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