Dodger Blue Mom
Something that really brings you back to reality is when you get an e-mail like this: Hello Mark, This is Ed, Miki’s husband. By any chance are you one of her blogger buddies on LA Dodger Talk? If so, I am sorry to say she passed away peacefully on March 25th, Thursday, 2021. Not Covid. One of her last requests was for me to communicate to her blogger friends the
Something that really brings you back to reality is when you get an e-mail like this:
Hello Mark,
This is Ed, Miki’s husband. By any chance are you one of her blogger buddies on LA Dodger Talk? If so, I am sorry to say she passed away peacefully on March 25th, Thursday, 2021. Not Covid. One of her last requests was for me to communicate to her blogger friends the immense joy that the blog give her over her last few years.
The problem with not writing things down has consequences. I can’t remember her blogger name.
Well, it’s the same e-mail address she used here and I am deeply saddened to report that Dodger Blue Mom has passed away. She was such a joy to have on the blog and the Dodgers gave her joy. She loved this blog and I realize how much of a community we have here. What can I do? It is very confusing…
At any rate, her given name was Rosalie Yvonne Gardini but Ed called here Miki and so will we. We are all better for knowing her. R.I.P. Miki. Here is here Obituary:
OBITUARY
Rosalie Yvonne Gardini
AUGUST 1, 1940 – MARCH 25, 2021
GARDINI SHAND, Rosalie Yvonne, “Miki”, age 80, of Roseville, CA, passed away Thursday, March 25, 2021. She was a graduate of St. Patrick’s High School in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. At age 5 she started singing on Uncle Al’s Amateur Radio Hour in Vancouver. In her early teens as part of a gospel country western trio she traveled the logging camps of B.C. entertaining the loggers. In her later teens she was among Canadian pop artists singing with the female trio the Valentines having a hit single in the top 3 of the hit-parade. The Valentines also sang backup for Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and they appeared on stage with Ernst Tubb and his Texas Troubadours. She then started singing classical and contemporary with her daughter Tammy in the Stockton chorale. After moving to Salt Lake City, Utah, she sang with the “other chorus” in town, the Utah Symphony Chorus. As a Canadian-American she was a Hockey Mom, a True Blue Brooklyn/L.A. Dodgers fan, and an extremely accomplished cribbage player having achieved the near impossible, a perfect hand! She will be joining her favorite Dodger, most of the time, Tommy Lasorda. She adored Vin Scully’s announcing style, and her favorite pitchers? . . . Sandy Koufax and grandson Jacob. A beloved wife, mother, grandmother and stepmother, she preferred family gatherings and holidays, treasuring those memories with family.
She is preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Phyllis Sanders Muise, and her sister, Patricia Magnone, July 31, 2019. She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Edward J.; twin daughters, Sandy Shand and Shelly Gurwell; daughter Tammy Kidder; son, Scott Shand and his wife, Kristen; grandsons, Eric Shand, Sean Kidder and wife Amberly, Jacob Gurwell, Mitchell Shand, and Dylan Shand; granddaughters, Brianna Gurwell, Melanie Gurwell, and Ellie Shand; stepson Michael Gardini; and in Canada, niece Juanita Brattly, husband Scott; nephews Ken and Dan Crossley; and friends. Celebration of Life will be held at 12:00pm, Monday, May 10, 2021, her 35th Wedding Anniversary, at Mt. Vernon Memorial Park, Fair Oaks with Covid restrictions on number of attendees. Her immortal remains will rest in the Garden of Tranquility at Mount Vernon Memorial Park, Fair Oaks, California. The family would like to express our thanks for the wonderful help and care given by Sutter Roseville Hospital. If desired, friends may make memorial contributions to the Disabled American Veterans, DAV, in lieu of flowers.
Discussion (43)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Mark, just curious about what was offensive in my comment earlier that kept it from passing moderation…if you have time. Thank you
DBM was one of my favorite posters because she never did anything but express her “love of the Dodgers”. At my age one of my biggest joys is the love of the game of baseball and the Dodgers. For years I’ve felt stupid owners, spoiled players, labor strife and many other issues may be frustrating to me but I refuse to let them spoil my love of the game. This decision is just another in a series of things that will not distract me. Everyone has a right to make their own decision how they are going to react, we definitely live in a great country. GO DODGERS!
I’ll be honest. I sometimes felt almost annoyed with Dodger Blue Mom. I would think, “how can someone be THAT positive ALL THE TIME? Doesn’t a player’s bad performance make you irritated? Doesn’t someone have an opinion that is so obviously wrong that you have to say something?” She could not bring herself to critical of anybody for anything. She just wasn’t wired that way.
She just had an unwavering love of her Dodgers – for many years. We can be here and be opinionated and cynical and parse through stats all we want, but there is something very pure about simply loving your team and its players and its personalities.
Hers is a dying breed. Today, nearly everyone is outraged, can be cruel, and insults and demeans – over things that are arbitrary and divisions that are manufactured. As our traditional religious institutions decline – and they are declining rapidly – the culture that created DBM is dying, too. Politics is becoming the religion, and it’s not creating a new crop of people like DBM.
RIP Dodger Blue Mom. I’m glad you got to see them win a WS one last time, and even now, as baseball itself becomes polarized and rejects your values, you would still love the Dodgers unconditionally.
I wasn’t around long here, but Dodger Blue Mom always left a positive comment that made you feel good, even with a article that was lacking in content, she always had that way of making you feel good. There’s a special place for people like that and I truly believe she is there now. My condolences to Miki’s family. May God keep her.
Really sorry to hear that. My condolences to the family.
RIP DBM, you will be sorely missed here.
You brought this site cheerfulness, respect and civility, something we seem to be in need of now, more than ever.
Oh, what sad news. DBM was such a sweet lady. She will be missed so much. May the Lord comfort her family during this sad time.