Mary Dawson Obituary
Mrs. Dawson is survived by her husband of 35-1/2 years, James S. Dawson, Lake City, two sons, James S. Dawson, Jr. (Sue), Mt. Horab, WI and Robert A Dawson (Heather), Janesville, WI; one brother, David Burress (Diane), Madison, WI and one grandchild, James Ethan also survive
Memorial services for Mrs. Dawson will be conducted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lake City with Pastor Bruce A. Alkire officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of the GATEWAY~FOREST LAWN FUNERAL HOME, 3596 South US Hwy 441, Lake City. 386-752-1954 Please sign the guestbook at www.gatewayforestlawn.com
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Jim Jr
July 22, 2020
Hey Mom, Happy birthday a couple of days later!
Sorry just gets tougher around your birthday. (January is not any better)
Wish you could see the boys. They are growing up quite well, and much faster than I want.
We love you and miss you.
Robert Dawson
May 14, 2017
Happy Mothers Day Mom!Love you and wish you were here. Love Bob
Jim Dawson
July 20, 2016
Happy birthday Mom. We miss you and love you.
Robert Dawson
July 19, 2016
Happy BirthdayI love you, and wish you were here.
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Robert Dawson
May 7, 2016
Happy Mother's Day MOM.We miss you a lot. Not a day goes by that I don't wish you were here. Love always, Bob and Heather
Robert Dawson
December 25, 2015
Merry Christmas Mom. We miss you and wish you were here.
Robert Dawson
July 20, 2015
Happy Birthday Mom
Robert Dawson
May 9, 2015
Happy Mothers Day
Think about you every day and wish you were here.
Love you.
Bob & Heather
robert dawson
July 20, 2014
Happy birthday. Love you and wish you were here.
Love
Bob&Heather
Robert Dawson
May 11, 2014
Hi Mom. Happy Mother's day. I love you. Wish you were here.
Love
Bob&Heather
Robert Dawson
July 20, 2013
Happy birthday. Love you and wish you were here.
Love
Bob&Heather
May 11, 2013
Hi Mom. Happy Mothers Day. I Love You.Wish You Were Here.
Love
Bob & Heather
This one's for you, MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Love You!!!!
Robert Dawson
June 16, 2012
May 8, 2011
Hi Mom Happy Mothers Day.
well i've been sitting here for 15 min and i have not typed a thing but happy mothers day.it is not that i don't have anything to tell ya it's just this is not the same.so i'm going to get to work on the house.I Love You.Wish You Were Here.Happy Mothers Day.
Love
Bob & Heather
Jim Dawson Jr
April 25, 2011
Hi Mom,
Sorry it has been so long. Family is doing very well and missing you a lot. We had another boy seven months ago and he is so much like Ethan in his comedic ways. Started crawling about a week ago and now he just does not stop(tries to crawl of the bed). Ethan has been doing the sports thing with baseball, basketball and football. Wants to do wrestling but we have missed getting him in the last couple of years. I have been his teams coach for all of his sports except baseball. I play softball the same night his second game of the week is but coach if we are not playing. He is pretty worried that I will not be his coach for football this year.
Me and sue have been better than we ever had been. Still miss calling you(at any time)for advice. Now I catch Dad(sometimes late)and he helps me out.
I love you And miss you.
Jim Jr
July 20, 2010
Hi mom
Happy Birthday.Everything here is going ok.We miss you.Sorry I can't write more but this is so hard to do.I miss you so much and as time goes by I think I miss you more and more.But I know that all I can do is talk to you everyday.Thank you for listening.
Wish you were here.
Love Bob & Heather
May 9, 2010
Hi Mom
Happy Mother's Day
Sorry I have not been here more but it is hard. I love you,miss you, and wish you were here all the time.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love Bob & Heather
September 14, 2009
M, its been a while since I have been here but as you know I talk to you every day. People say that it gets better but I have yet to see it. I still miss you as much now as I did then. I'll keep talking, please keep listening. Love you, J.
Sue Dawson
July 20, 2009
Hi Mom,
Happy Birthday. Wish you were here so we could tell you in person, well over the phone at least. Ethan yelled Happy Birthday when we were outside earlier. He really misses you. He keeps asking me if you can come back. I tell him I wish I could bring you back. Well, I am off to bed. Jim will write when he gets home from work. We love and miss you lots.
Robert Dawson
July 20, 2009
Hi Mom,
Happy Birthday Mom. Heather seems to be doing ok after having her car wrecked. The other insurance company is taking 100% responsibility for it so that is ok. So I got my service writer ASE certification. I'm hoping that it helps me down the road. Don't know if it will or not but I got it anyway. Heather is moved into her new office building now. It is a big building. We are building new walls in our up stairs. We have a good number of them done but we still have more to do. Then we need to get rid of a chimney and a lot of other stuff to do but it is starting to show signs of work being done and the changes that we are doing. Heather has made your potato salad 2 times now. Both times were good but the 2nd time was the best so far. But other than that not much differnt here. So Happy Birthday and we love you and wish you were here.
LOVE,
Bob and Heather
Robert Dawson
May 10, 2009
Hi Mom
Happy Mothers Day. So a week or so ago someone pulled out in front of Heather when she was on her way home from work. It totaled both cars but Heather is ok. Just some brusing from the seat belt. The air bags did not go off so we think that kept her from getting hurt any worse. But I also need to still find out if they should have went off or not.Well Mom I should go we are taking Heather's Mom out to lunch.
We love you and wish you were here.
Love Bob & Heather
Robert Dawson
April 12, 2009
Hi Mom
Happy Easter, Still wish you were here, My sholder is doing ok. Heather's Mom's ankle seems to be healing good. I want you to know that we love you and miss you so much. Well we have to go to lunch at Heather's Mom's and should get going soon. I'll be back soon to talk to you again.
Love Bob & Heather
Robert Dawson
January 21, 2009
Hi Mom
So it's a year now we still miss you and wish you were here. Well I started this year off great. On the 2nd I dislocated my sholder. That is the worst pain I have ever felt. I go and find out how bad I messed it up tomorrow. And we will see how that goes. Also Heather's mom broke her ankle last Saturday.We love you.
Love Bob & Heather
Jim and Sue Dawson
December 26, 2008
Hey Mom,
Merry Christmas. Not the same without you. Wish you would have been there with us. Been talking a bit with uncle Jerry and Grandma. I just got off of the phone with Grandma, she misses you too. Love, Jim Jr
Ethan has been sleeping with a panda bear that he got from one of your friends when we were in Florida for the funeral. He has been getting more into panda's every day. He talks a lot about you and misses you a lot. I miss having you to talk to every once in a while when we are going through some trouble times. We some how still make it through. I sure wish that you would stop making it snow so much here!! I don't like driving in the stuff. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Love, Sue
Robert Dawson
December 26, 2008
Hi Mom, Merry Christmas.
Well christmas was good. Wish you were here it's still not the same with out you around. I miss your cookies. I'll have to learn how to make them and add them to what we are making now. Well it is late so i'll go now. We love you.
Merry Christmas
Love,
Bob & Heather
Robert Dawson
November 27, 2008
Hi Mom, Happy Thanksgiving. I still wish you were here for me to tell you it. I'll be calling dad soon to say it to him. I have not told you yet but I have finished the high school classes I was doing so now I have my dilploma w/ honors. I know that you are happy and proud that I got it. I just wish I would have gotten it sooner so I could have shown it to you. Well I need to go, we are having food here this year and i'm far from ready. Heather and I love you.
Jim Jr Dawson
November 15, 2008
Hey mama I miss you. I have been worried lately, the boy has been getting up saying that you have been talking to him. I am not sure what to say to him. I know he misses you a lot, but we all do. I love you mom talk to you again soon.
By the way I haven't written any poetry or in my book since you have been away.
Jim Dawson
October 1, 2008
Hi Mama, Sues grandpa just died this last Thursday. Was a hard time but we mde it okay. As Sue said, I did want to get on about the Michigan/Notre Dame game, but I just figured you had accepted that Notre Dame was better anyway. I have not had a chance to tell Dad because of the schedule I have had. But I think he will be okay with the fact that I did not call about Sues' grandfather. The ironic thing is when we were down there, it was grandma that was having the problems.
Sue Dawson
September 14, 2008
Hi Mom,
It has been really hard without you here. Ethan asked me the other day "When will Grandma be alive again? I miss her" That broke my heart. He didn't get to see you much, but loved you so much (and still does). I know that I should have left a message before now, I just didn't know what to say. I know Jim wanted to call you yesterday. It was the Notre Dame game and he wanted to talk to you about it. Well I must go now. Just wanted to let you know that I do think about you all the time and we all miss you so much. Love Sue, Jim and Ethan
Robert Dawson
August 29, 2008
Mom,
Just want to say hi.
We miss you and still wish you were here.
We love you.
Bob and Heather
Jim Jr Dawson
July 20, 2008
Happy birthday mama I hope you had a good one. We miss you and will always. I love you.
Jim Jr
James S Dawson
July 20, 2008
Happy birthday Baby. I miss you more every day. Take care and wait for me. Love you, Jim.
Robert/Heather Dawson
July 20, 2008
Hi, Mom Happy Birthday. We really miss you a lot. It still does and will always suck because you are not around to talk to. (vent about work/life, ask questions, and tell you about new things that have happened). Like, Heather and I got our motorcycle license and we also bought a Harley. You would like the color I think. It's a Vived Blue and looks nice. I only wish you were here to take you for a ride! We also had to put Kitty to sleep last week. Her kidneys had failed and she was dehydrated. We have received so much rain this year that our side yard floods, now every time it does rain we get what Heather calls Dawson's Creek.
Well, I should go I have a window to put in a door, and at least 40 miles to put on the Harley so I can say I put 1,000 miles on in 1 month.
We love you and miss you a lot.
Love,
Bob & Heather
Jim Dawson
May 11, 2008
Hey Baby. It just keeps getting harder without you here babe. Happy Mothers Day. This is the first time since 73 I haven't bought you a card. I miss you more everyday. I LOVE YOU, Jim.
Jim Dawson Jr.
May 11, 2008
MOM,
I know I didn't always send a card or call all the times I should have. I am very sorry for this, because I have come to realize that you are a wonderful gift to not only our family but all of the friends that you have had over time. Even without you here (physically), you are still the glue that holds us all together. I WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY MOTHERS DAY. I also wish you were here(physically)with us to celebrate it.
We Miss You!
Jim Jr., Sue and Ethan
P.S. we love you
Robert Dawson
May 9, 2008
Mom,
I can't call you on your special day so I'll do the next best thing and leave you this message.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!
Thank you for all you've done for me. Life is not any easier with you gone and I still wish you were here. Thank you again and Happy Mother's Day.
Love You Always & Forever
Bob & Heather
James Jennings
April 15, 2008
Hi Jim. This is JJ Jennings. Your old pain in the butt. Guy wrote me back in late Feb. and told me about your loss. I'm so sorry for your loss, I know how much you loved your wife. You could always see it in your eyes when you talked of her. We don't always see what God has planned or understand why He does what He does but we can get comfort from knowing that He Is God and He is in control. If we give our lives to Him we can draw strength in knowing that we will never die but live forever with Him and our loved ones. May God keep you and bless you each and every day
JJ Dawson
March 25, 2008
Thank you very much Dad for keeping this up. I know it means a lot to all of us. I will call you soon.
David Bonds
February 22, 2008
Jim, Our prayers are with you at this time of heartbreak. Remember she is with her Lord Jesus and you can be with her again too. Her faith and the grace of Jesus Christ has assured she is in heaven waiting for you. Be sure that you have accepted Jesus as your personal savior so that you can be togather with her in heaven.
GUY MESSER
February 22, 2008
JIM, PLEASE KNOW YOU HAVE MY DEEPEST SYMPATHYS AND SORROWS. AND TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING SHE IS IN A BETTER PLACE WERE HER SUFFERING IS NO MORE, MAY YOU FIND PEACE IN YOUR SOUL.
February 22, 2008
Hopes and prayers for all your family.
Jim Dawson
February 21, 2008
Hon, it isn't getting any easier and I want to be with you so bad. My love will always be for you and with you. I miss you so much. love ya, Jim.
Maggie Hannah
February 17, 2008
Please accept my deepest sympathies.
Bonnie Buchner
February 17, 2008
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Buzzy Messer
February 16, 2008
Jim, I'm very sorry for your loss. Knowing you has always been a great blessing in my life and in knowing you I'm sure Mary was a wonderful person. May the many memories of her last until you meet her again. If there is anything I can do for you, Please call.
Eve Whiteside
February 14, 2008
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Leonard Johnson
February 14, 2008
Mrs. Dawson
Knowing Jim has been a blessing to us all, I am sorry I never had the chance to meet you.
Joseph Whiteside
February 14, 2008
Mary I had never met you but by knowing Jim I know you were a great person, loving mother and wife.
Bob and Heather Dawson
February 6, 2008
Mom, Wish you were here, I miss you a lot. I love you and will always be thinking about you.
Love,
Bob and Heather
Jim Dawson, jr
January 29, 2008
Mom, you are still the best friend I could ever ask for. Even now you still help me through everything. I miss you, and I will love you always.
Jimmy
Jim Dawson
January 28, 2008
M, Honey I really miss you. J
Joyce Syphard
January 28, 2008
Jim, Jimmy and Bobby, There are no words to express thoughts and feelings at a time like this I hope you find peace and comfort in your memories. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Janet and Gary Michalski
January 24, 2008
Jim, We are very sorry for your loss. Please let us know if there is anything we can do.
Alexis Baker
January 24, 2008
Jim, Jimmy and Bobby, we are so sorry to hear of your loss. You are in our hearts and our prayers. If there is anything we can do, please let us know.
Dorothy ( mother ) and Jerry Thompson / DeRosia
January 23, 2008
Jim, Jimmy, and Bobby, our hearts are with you during this time of loss and wish we could be there to offer our love and support.
Bob and Jane DeRosia
January 23, 2008
Jim, Jimmy and Bobby and families -
So very shocked and sorry to hear of Mary's passing. Know that we are thinking of all of you and send our condolences.
The Staff of Gateway-Forest Lawn Funeral Home
January 22, 2008
Offering our deepest condolences during this difficult time.
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