#45 Corrie TenBoom (Irene)

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Corrie TenBoom told the story of her life in "The Hiding Place." She died in Cypress, California, in 1983 and was buried at Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana. Corrie and her family sheltered many Jews and resisters of Nazism in Holland during the years of the Holocaust, and they were arrested and imprisoned in a concentration camp where her father and sister died. Corrie survived, established homes for the healing and rehabilitation of WW2 survivors, and went on to travel all over the world speaking on the impact that God's love and forgiveness can have on one's life. Her simple, unadorned grave speaks to me of the of the power of an ordinary person to do what is right when called upon. I like to think of her kind and courageous heart embracing those who must visit this cemetery in the midst of grief and loss. MAP