Fired coffin photographer had lost her son to brain tumor

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001910577_family23m.html

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From her son Will Taylor."I know how she felt about it — she's a mother who has lost a kid," Taylor said from the Everett home he shares with his mother when she is not working abroad. "I don't know if she meant for things to blow up like it has, though."

The picture hasn't dissuaded Taylor from his plan to join the Marines in September.

"I've been planning to go into the Marines for a long time," he said. "I know she (Silicio) will be proud of me for going in."

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Her sister said."(Tami, 50,) said she would say prayers over the coffins. It was like the airplane was a church," said Prebezac, of Edmonds, as she and her family hurriedly prepared to leave for New York. "It was like she was a mom to these fallen boys."

Tami Silicio's oldest son, Richard, died of a brain tumor about six years ago, her family said. In his final days, Tami Silicio brought him home to Everett. She lit candles in the young man's room and played music she knew he would enjoy, said Lisa Silicio, 49, Tami Silicio's sister.

I was impressed by her truly respectful and caring attitude coming through her first reported remarks. It's really sad to learn she lost a son already, and I surely hope her other son will make it home safely.

Echoing thoughts expressed by another DU'er, I really hope some great employer with GOOD INSTINCTS will get in touch with her, and that her service to her fellow Americans won't condemn her to a life without work she finds meaningful.