Laurie Bembenek’s sister apparently lives in our fair city, according to media reports of Bembenek’s death on Sunday.
See the full Journal Sentinel story here. From it:
Bembenek, 52, died early Saturday evening in Portland, Ore., where she was in hospice care, her sister, Colette Bembenek of South Milwaukee, said Sunday.
Bembenek, who later changed her first name to Laurie from Lawrencia, had been admitted to a hospital and then was transferred to a hospice, her sister said. Her health problems included hepatitis C and liver and kidney failure, Colette Bembenek said.
“It went real fast. I’m glad she didn’t linger,” Colette Bembenek said. “I knew it was inevitable that she probably would be expiring early in life.”
Colette Bembenek said she did not have a chance to speak with her sister before she died. She said she was told of her sister’s death by Martin Carson, Laurie Bembenek’s ex-husband. According to Martin, Laurie Bembenek was in and out of consciousness, said Colette Bembenek, adding that she last saw and spoke to her sister when their father died in 2003.
Please keep the entire Bemebenek family in your thoughts and prayers.
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