To our friends, family and most importantly to our Mother

Last night we shared special moments as we looked through almost forty years of memories of our Mother, Father and our family. We have each written a small note to Mom to express our thoughts, prayers and love. We wanted to share them with each other and with you.
Dear Mom, Thank you for loving us so much and for saying yes to every gift of new life. You cherished each on of us and taught us to do the same. Thank you for living your life with such courage and complete trust in God, knowing that His goodness and grace would see you through. I am forever grateful you have passed this precious legacy on to us. I love you. Sherry
Mom, I Love You. Thank you for your gifts of music and beauty. Thank you for the pride you have in your children. I am going to miss you more than you can even guess. I Love You. Kathy
Mom, Thank you for many things: for teaching us to all love God, for teaching us to all love our children, for teaching us to pray. Thank you for loving us with patience, with discipline and with love. Thank you for loving your family. We miss you, we ask God to comfort you and welcome you into His loving arms. We love you, Pat and Kathy.
I love you, I want to thank you for being a wonderful mother and I hope I will be as good a mother to Jackie as you were to me. We took the long road to becoming friends as well as mother and daughter. I am glad we made it to the end. Watch over my family. I will think about you and remember you to Jackie every day. I love you very much. Karen
Mom, you always tried to give us comfort when we were hurt or feeling hurt. Whenever I was in the hospital or going to Denver you tried to make me happy. I know seeing all of us together brought you happiness. I will always be reminded of you with each flower we plant and see. We love you, Bob, Kirsten and the boys.
Hi Mom, this is Rose, your favorite. The truth is I do know that you didn't favor any of us more than the others (no matter what Kevin says.) You gave so much of yourself to each of us. One of my earliest memories of you is that you were so beautiful. I just adored you. Now that Adrienne and Nathan are in my life, I have a much greater appreciation of how much you have given me. Mom, thank you for your love, guidance, sense of humor and smile. You have been a great part of my life and I am going to miss you tremendously. I Love You, Rose.
Hi Mom, this is Kevin your favorite. The things you taught me that I will never forget: Your patience when I Acted like a child, your praise when I acted like a man, the joy in your eyes when you saw your children or grandchildren after an absence, the horror on your face when you thought I had dropped to the bottom of the bottomless pit at Mammoth Cave (really it was just a golf cap.) We hope to instill these and other values you taught us in John and any other children we will be blessed with. We Love You Mom and we will miss you, Kevin, Marylee and John.
Dear Mama, I want you to know how much we love you. We're going to miss you, but we know that you are united with Daddy. Mom, I know that I could never tell you enough how thankful I was for everything that you did for me through the years, but I really am. Mom, I want you to say Hi to Daddy from Amanda and tell him that we all love and miss him. Pray to Jesus for us and keep watch over us as we try to instill in our children all the good things you taught to your children. Take care Mama, Love Michael, Michelle and Amanda
Dear Nana, Grandma, Grandma Patty, We know you're fine now, the prayers and songs helped you on your way to heaven. We love You. Please watch over us, guide us and be our guardian angel. Maria, Mark, Lisa, John Paul, Matthew, Theresa, Kenny, Tony, Megan, Rebekah, Sean, Joey, Kyle, Jackie, Gregory, Robert, Jack, Adrienne, Nathan, Johnny and Amanda.
Mom, we miss you, we love you. Go with God and rest in peace.