Isabel Rosenblitt Lehmann

ISABEL ROSENBLITT DE WAGNER
June 8th 1955 - October 27th 2013

I can remember the day I was introduced to Mima like it was yesterday. She was young and beautiful. We developed a quick friendship even though we were dating different people. We soon lost the other people and got closer.
It did not take long to understand she was a complex person who to this day I do not fully understand. What I can tell you she loved adventure and I believe that I went on most adventures she attempted. Lucky to be alive from several of them like running out of gas taking the boat to Kalama from Portland and forgetting the gas and as the engine stopped as a big oil tanker was coming towards us to needing to rescued in the mouth of a river going into the Atlantic 2AM.
She was the only bridge partner I had and felt most comfortable with her sitting opposite me always believing we could defeat anyone.She had culture, grace and style. She was far more successful than I was and one of the hardest working persons I have ever known. I did dominate her in ping pong for more than 17 years when she defeated me 3-2 and never played me a serious game again.
I will miss her. Words can not describe the void I now have. I will always love her and she will have a place in my heart forever. She is now at peace and has no pain.

Sent by Mark Wagner

My mother was an amazing woman filled with a passion for life and adventure. I will always cherish our relationship, especially as I became an adult. She gave me the best advice about life, work ,money, and being happy. I appreciate so much the love of traveling she passed on to me, and the trips we shared in the last 10 years. We were fortunate to make numerous trips to Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, and Perú. We often found ourselves in situations which led to immense laughter and fun. Above all else, my mother showed me how strong a person she was; stronger than I could ever imagine. She faced so many adversities through her illness, but none of those stopped her from enjoying life. I will always love her, think of her often, and tell my children what an amazing Memee they had. In honor of her love of sailing I think of this quote and her relentless fight to enjoy life:

"You cannot control the wind, but you can adjust your sails" ~Yiddish Proverb

Sent by Noemi Blair

Durante los años que Mark e Isabel (Mima) vivieron en Longview compartimos mucho con ellos, hicimos viajes juntos a Europa y lo pasamos muy bien. Siempre recordaremos su sonrisa, su espiritu tan optimista, su energia, su sentido practico, las salidas en el bote de vela, la celebracion de Thanksgiving en Cannon Beach, Oregon, su esfuerzo por enseñarnos a jugar bridge para lo cual nosotros no teniamos ninguna abilidad, un encuentro en el aeropuerto de Atlanta donde comimos juntas cuando mi avion paro alli por un par de horas, los 3 dias que pasamos en San Francisco paseando, su fiesta de cumpleaños numero 50, los paseos en Copenhagen, Oslo, Estocolmo y Helsinki, los recorridos en Italia, Alemania y Suiza, un almuerzo de mariscos en el Mercado Central de Santiago, las 2 o 3 visitas que nos hicieron aqui cuando volvian al noroeste, en fin, hay innumerables recuerdos! La ultima vez que la vimos fue el 2010 cuando pasamos a Lenoir City, Tennessee, por 2 dias e Isabel preparo un rico postre de lucuma con crema.

Sent by Oriana y Ernie Cadman

Mima...aunque desde que salimos del colegio sólo te vi una vez acá en Chile en una pequeña reunión en Parque Arauco hace unos pocos años atras , pero algún contacto tuvimos a traves de cartas donde me mandaste unas fotos con tu marido e hijos ( tu hijo es tu clon ) mis recuerdos de ti siempre han sido como una chiquilla brillantemente inteligente , con mucho talento creativo...no he olvidado una pequeña obra de teatro que tu escribiste cuando estábamos en séptimo para la clase de castellano y habían unos personajes como la Estupidita Mendez y Bubu Lamentos...era muy divertida....Mis recuerdos de ti con tus inseparables amigas Pilar y Livia.Tu linda casa de Concon donde tu hermano Gregorio nos mostraba que sabía manejar....recuerdo un cuadro donde habían pintados unos huevos que eran preciosos....tu mamá de pelo cano y muy fina, tu enorme departamento en la calle Bulnes , tu receta para hacer mantequilla con crema batida en los tiempos de la UP tu genialidad para las matemáticas , tu sentido del humor , y finalmente a traves de facebook me mandaste una rica receta de cocina....
Mima formaste una linda familia y Dios te regaló 2 paqueñas nietas
No te olvidaré
Maite

Carta publicada por Maite Wainer en Facebook, enviada por Pilar Moreno

Con sus perros en Knoxvile, comiendo en un café _ Sent by Noemi Blair

Con Ruby _ Sent by Noemi Blair

Con Sara _ Sent by Noemi Blair

Antes de comer un postre delicioso _ Sent by Noemi Blair

En Washington DC con Christian y su esposa _ Sent by Noemi Blair

En Washington DC con mi papa _ Sent by Noemi Blair

LINK TO MIMA´S PICASA SITE Sent by Amber Wagner

Mima at Christopher's Wedding Knoxville TN 09/14/13 _ Sent by Kathy Bates

Mima UT Tailgating Knoxville TN 10/21/06 _ Sent by Kathy Bates

Mark & Mima Osorno Airport 03/11/09 _ Sent by Kathy Bates

Mima Sailing 12/30/99 _ Sent by Kathy Bates

Mark Mima & Daddy 12/30/99 _ Sent by Kathy Bates

Ray and Isabel in Skansen, Sweden 86030002

Copenhagen

Isabel & Mark at Eric Cadman's Wedding, Denver June 07

Isabel & Mark with Jason Cadman at Eric's Wedding, Denver June 07

Isabel with Jason and Oriana Cadman at Eric's Wedding. Denver June 07

Isabel, Oriana, Wilma, Vanessa, Mark at Eric's Wedding, Denver June 07

Jason, Marisa, Ernie, Mark & Isabel at Eric's Wedding, Denver, June 2007

Mark, Isabel, Oriana at Cadmans

Mark, Oriana, Isabel in Atlanta

Noemi, Mark, Isabel, Ben, Ernie, Oriana

Oriana, Isabel, Clare in Scandinavia

Photos sent by Oriana Cadman

In Chile we use to say "the" before the name of persons, specially for women, like "la Mima"; and in her case "THE MIMA" expresses better her powerfull character.
She was a person who did not go unnoticed trough life, she was important for almost all of us who met her.
She had her own and intelligent opinion in so many subjects, she was a great hostess (in great partnership with Mark, of course), she was very helpful whenever she had the opportunity.
She enjoyed life intensely; in her words "it has not been invented something too sweet", she loved sailing, nature and animals so much, specially dogs, all dogs: I remember that she did not even get angry at a stray dog that pissed her pants on a trip to Chungungo.
Trips with her were always fun and she never got without ideas for a new one.
She was so brave through her illness, fighting it for so long and letting us have more of her for more time.
It seems to me that Mima did everything she wanted to do when she wanted to and that she had a truly right and happy life.

Sent by Isabel Federici