Neni

Eulene "Neni" Joyner Sheffield, 89, of Milton and formerly of Jay, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.

PNJ - News 2009

Sari Neni worked at the nearby Makarenko Orphanage.

Enemies of the People KATI MARTON 2009

A mother and father, Sari “Neni” (aunt) and Andras “Bacsi” (uncle), their two daughters, Andrea “Rici” and Maria “Cunci” (who would become my special friend), teenagers, a generation older than my sister and me, and their grandparents, and uncle and aunt, all living under one roof.

Enemies of the People KATI MARTON 2009

Sari Neni worked at the nearby Makarenko Orphanage.

Enemies of the People KATI MARTON 2009

When everyone in the room was asleep, I whispered to her, “Marta Neni, do you sleep in a nightgown?”

Enemies of the People KATI MARTON 2009

A mother and father, Sari “Neni” (aunt) and Andras “Bacsi” (uncle), their two daughters, Andrea “Rici” and Maria “Cunci” (who would become my special friend), teenagers, a generation older than my sister and me, and their grandparents, and uncle and aunt, all living under one roof.

Enemies of the People KATI MARTON 2009

That name has stuck in my memory, as it was the first time I heard it and the story that Sari Neni told us seemed somehow to resonate with our own sad circumstances.

Enemies of the People KATI MARTON 2009

Her name was Sister Marta, though we were told to call her Aunt Marta, Marta Neni, for the State frowned on her retrograde Catholicism and priests and nuns were prohibited from wearing their cassocks and habits outside church.

Enemies of the People KATI MARTON 2009

When everyone in the room was asleep, I whispered to her, “Marta Neni, do you sleep in a nightgown?”

Enemies of the People KATI MARTON 2009

That name has stuck in my memory, as it was the first time I heard it and the story that Sari Neni told us seemed somehow to resonate with our own sad circumstances.

Enemies of the People KATI MARTON 2009