Sunday, August 8, 2021
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Nan, Jan and Ree I am so very sorry to learn of your beautiful Mother’s passing from this life onto her eternal home with our Lord and Savior and your Dad. I loved your Mother and your Father so very much. They were so instrumental in my life in so many ways. They played a huge role in my love of music, beginning with Choraliers starting in 2nd grade at First Covenant. Your Dad recruited me to play the cello in 4th grade while a Bush. This began my love for many genre of music, but, mostly hymns and classical music. Their love of the Lord also was also unwavering and that made an impact on me as well. Their faithfulness to our church was wonderful. Your parents along with the rest of the “DTO” was a great example of how Christian couples could have fun together. All of the couples who were part of the DTO had wonderful families and, we, as their children should be proud to have had them as our parents.
The pictures that I have added to this post was taken on June 23, 2017. I came home to Jamestown as a sort of retreat for myself and a time to reflect and help myself deal with the loss of my Mother. A couple of my dear friends encouraged me to do so, and, it was so helpful for me. Mom passed away on January 28, 2017. I had a nudge from God telling me that I needed to visit with your Mother. I contacted her and found out that she was going to be playing the piano for a short concert of Americana music. She wondered if I would join her for that concert. Of course I would. It was so much fun. I sat where she could see me. She would look over at me and grin from ear to ear. It was truly a special time. We then spent 2 more hours reminiscing and me reminding her of how she knew me. I am so glad I went to go visit her. What a wonderful memory I have of that day. May God bless you Nan, Jan and Ree during this time of sorrow, but, how wonderful it is to know that we will be reunited with our parents and other loved ones when God calls us home. God bless all of you and your families.
