Erika Mailman @erikamailman.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Don’s mother Mildred Parsons Cook was living alone in Hartford and had invited her children down for a few days for a special treat, to see the circus. She had left Don’s alcoholic father in an attempt to improve life for her family. 10/19 100 0
Erika Mailman @erikamailman.bsky.social · 20/07/2025As soon as he heard the news, Ted drove to Hartford from Southampton, MA, and reunited with Don after darkness had fallen. It was a two hour drive before the interstate was built. Don recalls climbing the fire escape to get into his mother’s apartment because the keys were lost in the fire. 11/19 110 0
Erika Mailman @erikamailman.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Don and Ted went to the hospital where they saw Mildred and Don’s younger brother Edward. Mildred was hospitalized over a period of months, part of that time in a coma, with burns over 80 percent of her body. Edward died the next day, July 7, and was buried in Southampton. 12/19 100 0
