Auntie Rean. I realized when I was in my mid twenties that I should have spelled her name Auntie Rene. Rean was short for Irene. Auntie Rean was my Great Aunt. The Greatest Aunt. She was a loyal Irish Catholic and grew up in Malden, Massachusetts with my grandfather and other Great Aunt, Sister Mary (nun).
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