A loving obituary tells the troubled story of a dual life

[Shana A]

A loving obituary tells the troubled story of a dual life
By Charles Trentelman
Standard-Examiner staff
Tue, 11/15/2011 - 6:08am

http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/11/14/loving-obituary-tells-troubled-story-dual-life

The obituary for Albert Edward Turner Jr., 88, in Sunday's paper was interesting to my friend Larry Carr for two reasons.

Turner was an old friend and mentor of Larry's, so Larry was sad to see he had died.

But Larry also had no idea his old friend had become a woman.

The obituary stands out because the photos with it are of a man and a woman. Albert Edward was born in Ogden and worked here as a commercial photographer. Aleta Elysia was retired, lived in Denver and was active in model railroading.

One obituary, two lives, same person.