Peta was the oldest of my five first cousins. She died two days ago after several months of health problems.
Pete was born & raised in England. We met for the first time, as far as I remember in 1964 or '65 (she could tell you the exact date), when she visited us in Sioux Falls. I brought her to my junior high, where she was lively, interested, glamorous & English. I felt like the coolest person in the state. She had a good time ~ nothing was ever beneath her.
She ended up living in LA, & one time we drove around meeting her Mexican friends & eating tacos. Also impossibly glamorous.
Peta loved her family, all of us but especially her two kids, Dave & Julia. That they are so devoted to each other is a tribute to her.
She was brilliant, with a vast memory for dates (oh no, our family encyclopedia is no more!), kooky, utterly fair & tolerant by nature.