Marlene died after a brave six month battle with Pancreatic Cancer. She was preceded in death by her father Ernest Hase, Sr. in 1946, mother Irene Ressler in 1996, infant sister Nancy Hase in 1933 and step-father Harvey Ressler in 1970. She is survived by a daughter Susan Ghearing, son-in-law Philip Ghearing, a son Greg Gromosiak, three grandchildren Casey Gromosiak Henry , Drew Gromosiak and Buddy Gromosiak all by her first husband and cherished step-brother Gene (Harold) Ressler and family of Twenty-Nine Palms, CA, and other family members. Marlene was a 1956 graduate of Stivers High School. She was a former member of Parents Without Partners in Dayton. She attended Miami Jacobs Junior College right after high school, where she studied banking. She also attended Sinclair Community College. Among her many jobs were Third National Bank,Dayton Daily News in Circulation Sales, the former Kenkels Restaurant and most recently she worked for 16 years at Advertising Display in Kettering, where she retired in 2001. She had a kind spirit to all who knew her. She was a loving mother.

She also has two great grandsons and a great granddaughter all born after her death.

I miss her each and every day.

Litany of Remembrance

In the rising of the sun and in its going down
we remember them.

In the blowing of the wind, and the calm of its stillness,
we remember them.

In the opening of buds and in the rebirth of spring,
we remember them.

In the blueness of the sky and in the warmth of summer,
we remember them.

In the rustling of leaves and in the beauty of autumn,
we remember them.

In the midpoint of the year, and as its beginning and end,
we remember them.

When we are weary and in need of strength,
we remember them.

When we are lost and sick at heart,
we remember them.

When we have joys we yearn to share,
we remember them.

So long as we live, they too shall live,
for they are now part of us,
we remember them.

By Roland B. Gittelsohn