: “I feel very, very happy. I think it is a terrific day in our lives.Paul had a wonderful career and he is going out at the top of his game. He accomplished a great deal and in the right way. We are very proud for his record and the ethics he has shown all the way through. I know my son John is going to be just like his father, ethical, honest, hard working, caring about the people”.
Sentiments such as these are a strong indication that Christine Sarbanes departed our world as a happy wife and a happy mother. Senator Sarbanes, the children he had with her and their grandchildren apparently have given Christine all she expected from life and more.
The last time Christine Sarbanes recited part of Homer’s Iliad in Greek was just two days before she closed her eyes forever.