Downsizing in Australia - Mark O'Shea | Page 39

Dean Lupson STORY FOUR Mary Mary was in her 60s and recently widowed. She was from a large Italian family and her late husband was an only child who arrived here in Australia from Italy in the 1970s. They had been married for 40 years when Gianfranco (Frank) suddenly passed away. They had two grown-up daughters who were married but lived in different states. Mary attended one of my ‘Downsizer information’ nights where we discussed the process of buying a property suitable to downsize into. The presentation went for just under an hour and very quickly afterwards she made her way up to the front to talk privately with me. Mary was shaking as she disclosed to me that she 039