This site dedicated in honor and memory of my wife June K. Berg and my mother Ellen F. Silbaugh, victims of Alzheimer's. June diagnosed  26 January 1998 - passed away  on 23 October 2008. My mother Ellen diagnosed January 2004 - passed away  21 October 2007, No one who has traveled into the shadows of Alzheimer’s has ever returned. There have been no medical or miracle cures. Life expectancy is reduced approx. 50% from the day of diagnosis. 

Alzheimer's is 5th leading cause of disease death in the U.S.  Alzheimer's kills 7 times more people every year in U.S. than die of the so called AIDS epidemic.  (Over 205 daily.)  Alzheimer's annual mortality numbers  increased 68%  from 1999 - 2007. (Year 1999 = 44,507 deaths. 2007 = 74,944 deaths.) (+30,437) . There are 420,000 new cases a year. Year 2050 projections =  1,000,000 cases. The disease is raging out of control with inadequate funding for research - Contact the President and your Congressman! 

*Data above from U.S. Govt (CDC) latest 2007 estimates. - Alzheimer's Association 2010 Report uses final 2006 data. (Data always lags 3-4 years behind the actual years experience!)

Minneapolis Star Tribune - Memorial Day 2010 and June!

June's Guest Book - Star Tribune by Legacy.Com 

Jeanette Trompeter's (WCCO-TV) Blog on June