Margaret Ruth Groening (1919 - 2013)

[rug]

[hlthe2b]

1. Context? I don't know who this woman is, despite the obit.

[jakeXT]

2. Who is Bart, Mark or Matt ?

She is survived by her brother, Arnold; her children, Mark, Matt, Lisa and Maggie; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=164660979#fbLoggedOut

[Matariki]

3. Matt Groening's mother.

I didn't know he used the names of his close family for the Simpsons.

edited for link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Groening

[Phentex]

5. I figured this was related to Matt but

I had no idea he used real names either!

[Arugula Latte]

6. I'm in Portland and he uses a lot of local references, too.

For example, Lovejoy St. --> Reverend Lovejoy, Flanders St. --> Ned Flanders

Matt grew up on Evergreen Terrace and that is the Simpsons' street.

[Bertha Venation]

4. This would've been an amazing coincidence.

[progressoid]

7. Aw.

She was beautiful.

And produced at least one beautiful child.