1. Chart #1 Participant Present Demographic Data

relationships with their mothers at the time of death; two cited extremely close and loving

relationships with their father who died; two claimed distant, yet fond relationships with

their father who died. All reported detached /dysfunctional relationships with their

surviving parent for a significant length of time following the other parent’s death. This

considerable variance in the reported ‘quality of relationship’ between each participant

and their parent who died is significant to note; as the coming discussion will show, these

participants were impacted by the death, regardless of their feelings about that parent at

the time of death. And the ubiquitous loss of the second parent through estrangement

also comes to bear on participants’ current experience and functioning.

Age 47y 59y 59y 59y 51y 49y

Race White White White White White White

Gender Female Female Female Female Female Female

Education PhD studies PhD studies MA MA BS BA

Married 21y Separated/ m. 24y Married 32y Married 22y Married 27y Married 24y

# Children 3 daughters 22, 19, 17y 1 daughter 20y 3 daughters 28, 25, 23y 1 daughter 20y

2 daughters 25, 16y 1 son, 17y 3 sons, 26, 23, 19y 1 daughter 20y 3 sons 17, 13, 12y