In loving memory of Giovanna Aron
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We lost a wonderful woman, mom, wife and friend yesterday- see below from Willie. Please help support the Aron family during this time of need.
From Willie: I am so sorry to be sharing this devastating, tragic news with you, but I must tell you that my beautiful wife of nearly twenty-five years, Giovanna Aron, has passed away. As some of you know, she was diagnosed with sarcoma - cancer of the soft tissue, bone, and muscle - in her right shoulder twenty-two years ago. She underwent chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation for nearly a year and was later pronounced cancer-free. She lived without the disease for over two decades, until it returned in the same place in January 2017. This time it was also in her right lung, small but of obvious concern.
She had a large tumor in her right shoulder that was removed on May 23, but returned rapidly and aggressively after she was hospitalized with a series of infections. The cancer has metastasized through both lungs, and she has lost consciousness. Her transition took place on November 10, 2018.
I have been madly in love with my wife since the day I met her in August of 1990, and it has been my honor to love and care for her all these years. We had many adventures, some bumps in the road, but always shared an indelible bond of love and friendship. She gave me the greatest gift in life when our incredible children, Isabella and Elijah were born. Telling them the news of their beloved mommy’s condition was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, but they handled it with strength, courage, and love - the same traits their mother has had in abundance.
Despite my wife’s vibrancy, vitality, passion for life and gregariousness, she is also intensely private, and wished to safeguard many of you from this heartbreaking news. But because she loved so many people, and was so loved in kind, it became necessary to let everyone know. She will no longer be in the debilitating pain that she has valiantly endured for the past year or so. The children and I will mourn her passing deeply, but we will endure as the loving, tight-knit family that we are. At the moment, we are getting ready to say goodbye to her, and we wanted you who knew her and loved her to keep her in your thoughts and in your hearts.
There are simply too many friends and family members to thank for their love and support through this incredibly difficult time. Celia Kobritz Alpern and Renee Howdeshell have in particular been a constant source of comfort and strength whenever I have had to drop the kids off to them in order for me to attend to my wife’s illness. The rest of you have been my lifeline when I’ve needed a shoulder to cry on as well as a much-needed respite from the madness.
From the bottom of my heart, I thank you all so very much for loving the Aron family as much as you do, and I will be unashamedly reaching out to you for comfort and support in the days and weeks ahead.
I love you with all my heart, my precious wife.
Giovanna Natalie Macchia Aron
March 29, 1964-November 10, 2018
Rest In Peace, My Beloved Bride
From Willie: I am so sorry to be sharing this devastating, tragic news with you, but I must tell you that my beautiful wife of nearly twenty-five years, Giovanna Aron, has passed away. As some of you know, she was diagnosed with sarcoma - cancer of the soft tissue, bone, and muscle - in her right shoulder twenty-two years ago. She underwent chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation for nearly a year and was later pronounced cancer-free. She lived without the disease for over two decades, until it returned in the same place in January 2017. This time it was also in her right lung, small but of obvious concern.
She had a large tumor in her right shoulder that was removed on May 23, but returned rapidly and aggressively after she was hospitalized with a series of infections. The cancer has metastasized through both lungs, and she has lost consciousness. Her transition took place on November 10, 2018.
I have been madly in love with my wife since the day I met her in August of 1990, and it has been my honor to love and care for her all these years. We had many adventures, some bumps in the road, but always shared an indelible bond of love and friendship. She gave me the greatest gift in life when our incredible children, Isabella and Elijah were born. Telling them the news of their beloved mommy’s condition was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, but they handled it with strength, courage, and love - the same traits their mother has had in abundance.
Despite my wife’s vibrancy, vitality, passion for life and gregariousness, she is also intensely private, and wished to safeguard many of you from this heartbreaking news. But because she loved so many people, and was so loved in kind, it became necessary to let everyone know. She will no longer be in the debilitating pain that she has valiantly endured for the past year or so. The children and I will mourn her passing deeply, but we will endure as the loving, tight-knit family that we are. At the moment, we are getting ready to say goodbye to her, and we wanted you who knew her and loved her to keep her in your thoughts and in your hearts.
There are simply too many friends and family members to thank for their love and support through this incredibly difficult time. Celia Kobritz Alpern and Renee Howdeshell have in particular been a constant source of comfort and strength whenever I have had to drop the kids off to them in order for me to attend to my wife’s illness. The rest of you have been my lifeline when I’ve needed a shoulder to cry on as well as a much-needed respite from the madness.
From the bottom of my heart, I thank you all so very much for loving the Aron family as much as you do, and I will be unashamedly reaching out to you for comfort and support in the days and weeks ahead.
I love you with all my heart, my precious wife.
Giovanna Natalie Macchia Aron
March 29, 1964-November 10, 2018
Rest In Peace, My Beloved Bride
Co-organizers (2)
Yael Prough
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
Willie Aron
Beneficiary
Phyllis and
Co-organizer