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Marilyn Edwards Obituary
Marilyn Post Edwards, of Forest, passed away Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, after a long illness. She was the wife of James Harvey Edwards.
Mrs. Edwards was born Jan. 3, 1936, in Mineola, N.Y., a daughter of the late Frederick Garfield Post and the late Florence Helen Yates Post. Marilyn was a professionally trained dancer. In her younger years, she was a long-running New York State champion roller skater and went on to win three medals as U.S. champion in Amateur Roller Skating, an achievement that won her recognition in the Guinness Book of World Records. She worked in her home state of New York as a paralegal for 27 years before relocating with her husband, James, to Virginia. She established and grew a successful commercial janitorial business, which has been serving Central Virginia for more than 20 years.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her children, Robin Lein, Michelle Stalzer and her husband, Frank, and Charles Lein and his wife, Jessica; a brother, Robert Post, and his wife, Helen; and a granddaughter, Jillian Lein.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, James Lein, and a grandson, Ryan Lein.
She will be greatly missed by her family and friends, as well as the extended community of Jehovah's Witnesses.
A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Wiggington Road.
In lieu of flowers, baskets and other gifts, contributions may be sent in memory of Marilyn to Watchtower, 319 Wiggington Road, Lynchburg, VA 24502.
Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, (434) 237-9424. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.tharp
funeralhome.com.
This obituary was originally published in The News & Advance.
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Michelle Stalzer
March 9, 2025
Mom
I´m late with this message...it was 15 years ago on the 15th of February that we said our `for now´ goodbye.
I remember you said that I will be ok once you are no longer here.
You were so wrong Mom. My life was completely destroyed the day you went to sleep and I have never recovered.
My heart is shattered, even after 15 years have passed.
I miss you, I love you. Forever.
You were the wind beneath my wings.
Love your daughter,
Shel
Michelle Stalzer
February 15, 2024
Mom
It is hard to believe that it is still THIS painful after 14 years
I miss you; you were the wind beneath my wings.
Until we meet again (Revelation 21:3,4).
I love you forever my girl.
Always,
Shel
Beautiful Marilyn
Michelle Stalzer
February 11, 2024
Our beautiful Mom - we love you forever!
Robin, Jimmy, Michelle & Charlie
Michelle Stalzer
February 15, 2023
Mom
13 years ago today we said our ‘for now’ goodbye and yet the sting of losing you still resonates in every single minute of my life.
I do not know how to move on with my life without you nor can I seem to let go of the anger that continues to rage inside of me due to the loss of both you and Ryan in such a short period of time.
The devastation to our family is unrepairable it seems, although we have tried to heal.
I love you, I miss you, I am completely lost without you. Now I just go through the motions of this life until it is my turn to fall asleep in death hoping that at that time, I will finally be at peace and will no longer have to experience the excruciating pain of being on this earth without you.
You were the wind beneath my wings and now I have nothing to keep me from falling.
You were my true gift in this life; one that I will forever be grateful for.
Shel.
Michelle Stalzer
February 15, 2021
Mom
I miss you...11 years ago today I looked upon your beautiful face for the very last time.
The pain of losing you is still so raw; life is not the same without you.
You will always be my girl. You were the wind beneath my wings.
I love you forever.
Shel
Michelle Stalzer
February 15, 2020
Mom,
Ten years ago today we said our for now goodbye yet it is beginning to feel like it has been 100 years since I last gazed upon your beautiful face or looked into your big blue eyes that always reflected so much love and warmth.
I miss you every minute of every day and always will. Part of my heart died with you the moment you took your last breath and I will never recover.
You were 'my girl' - the love of my life, my best friend, but most of all . . .
You were the wind beneath my wings.
I Love You My Girl,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
February 7, 2018
Mom,
I miss you. My heart is forever broken. You were my only source of happiness and now you are gone.
Somehow this life just isnt worth living without you here to share it with.
I thought as the years passed that it would get easier-I was wrong.
You were the wind beneath my wings and now that you are no longer here, I have no desire to fly.
I will love you forever-you were my girl.
Love,
Michelle
February 15, 2016
Mommy
6 years ago today I held you in my arms as you closed your eyes and went to sleep. How I miss you so.
My life will never be the same;
My heart will never heal.
You were the Wind Beneath my Wings.
I love you forever my Girl . . .
Your Shel
Michelle Stalzer
March 10, 2015
Dear sweet Mom,
I miss you with every passing moment. My heart aches to see you again and I only pray that I will be there to welcome you back. I'm slipping Mom; I'm slowing down and getting tired. When will this 'race' to the end finish? Will I make it to the finish line figuratively? I promised you as you took your last breath in my arms that we would be together again.
I only hope that I can keep that promise.
You were the wind beneath my wings and I love you my girl.
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
December 29, 2014
I miss you Mommy. You were the wind beneath my wings.
I love you.
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
March 22, 2014
Mom
I miss you every minute of every day and would give everything I have including my life for just one more moment with you.
My life remains devastated and nothing will ever matter to me the way you did.
You were the wind beneath my wings.
I love you my girl.
Always and Forever,
Shel
July 20, 2013
My beautiful sweet girl
How empty my heart and life remains without you. Words will never be able to express the pain and heartache each day brings without you in my life.
I miss you Mom . . . you were the wind beneath my wings.
I Love you Forever,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
August 5, 2012
Mom
My heart is filled once again with such deep sadness as our buddy, your beloved James, your wonderful husband, has fallen asleep today at 9:55 a.m.
It is so hard to accept the loss of both of you in two years - how can this happen to our family? I am so absolutely heartbroken that I no longer have either one of you to talk to, to laugh with and most importantly, to love.
You shared something in common that no one could touch and that was your unwavering love and faith in Jehovah God. I take great comfort in knowing that you are both asleep in Jehovah's memory, awaiting the day when 'he calls'.
What a joyous day that will be.
Until then, I will meditate on the scripture at 2 Timothy 4:7, 8 that states:
'I have fought the fine fight, I have run the course to the finish. I have observed the faith.
From this time on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me as a reward in that day, yet not only to me, but also to all those who have loved his manifestation'.
What a shining example of true unwavering faith was demonstrated by both you and your beloved James.
As Revelation 21 verse 4 promises --
'And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes and death will be no more; neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away'.
So sleep for now my sweet girl and my best buddy. Rest your hearts and remember this - you have your ticket, you finished the race to the end.
What a marvelous vindication for Jehovah's name your lives have demonstrated!
Until we meet again in Paradise, always know that I love you both forever.
Your daughter,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
June 9, 2012
Mom -
It has been a very long time since I have written . . . it seems as though the pain of losing you is getting worse and I am not sure how much longer I can go on like this without you.
Nothing seems to help anymore, not even the hope of seeing you again as I am not strong enough to be what I need to be in order to be there when you wake up.
I only hope that if I am not there, you will forgive me and understand that I truly tried to move forward after you left, but failed miserably.
The thought of never seeing you again is unbearable. I never thought I would say that I am starting to give up, but it feels like I am almost there.
I am so very sorry my girl. My entire happiness was wrapped up in you and now, there is no joy.
I love you Mommy - why did you have to leave me? I know you didn't want to and I know we had no control over what happened but I'm still heartbroken and crushed.
Each day is agony to get through without you. I miss you and ache and nothing can heal me.
I love you forever - you will always be my girl.
Love,
Shel
Michelle Stalzer
September 12, 2011
Mom,
It has been almost a month since I left 209 Big Maple Drive for the very last time and it feels as if I lost you all over again.
Saying goodbye to our house, filled with so many wonderful memories of this extraordinary Mother that we were blessed to have in our lives, has been excruciating.
There no longer exists that 'place' to go that has your love, your sense of style, your smell and most of all, your spirit where I can find some sort of comfort.
Now, only in my heart do you continue to live. It's not enough but I guess for now, it will have to do.
Until we meet again in Paradise my girl, always remember that you were the wind beneath my wings!
Love Forever,
Shel
Michelle Stalzer
June 28, 2011
Mom,
As each day continues it's beginning and end, I feel the void of your beautiful presence in my life.
Somehow I wish time would stand still . . . I wish time would go back to the days before we said our 'for now' goodbye.
I remember rubbing your feet as you lay on the coach night after night, trying your best to make it through another minute of pain. I remember holding you as you struggled to find the strength to take another step. I remember the precious moments when we stopped for a minute to say "I love you".
I never thought the time would slip by so quickly. I thought we would have so much more time and yet, it was not meant to be.
Family and friends have expressed how amazed they were at how I took care of you and what a gift it was that I was there for you while you fought for your life.
Oh Mom, the gift and blessing was not in what I did for you, but rather, the gift was each moment I was blessed with in spending that time with you.
I remember one particularly rough night that we experienced together. I remember saying, as the tears streamed down my face 'you have made my life so wonderful'.
That was the gift. Not what I gave to you . . . but rather what you had always given to me; simply your unending love.
Mommy I still feel it now.
You were the wind beneath my wings. You will always be 'my girl'.
I miss you.
Love Forever,
Shel
Michelle Stalzer
May 10, 2011
I miss you Mommy.
You were the wind beneath my wings . . .
Love Forever,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
April 28, 2011
Dearest Mom,
People always say that 'time heals all wounds' and that as time continues to go by, 'it will get easier'.
I find myself wondering how this could be so. As each day continues into the next and I get further and further away from the day we said our 'for now' goodbye, I miss you even more than the day before and the pain is worse, not easier.
Maybe in some strange way this explains just how much I loved you and how you really were the center of my heart, my life, my happiness.
There is one thing that I know for sure, one thing that I am completely certain of and it is this . . .
there will be no joy, no happiness, no relief from
the pain of missing you until we meet again.
Until then, sleep now my sweet girl and always know what an extraordinary human being and mother you were.
You were the wind beneath my wings. I love you forever Mommy.
Shel
Michelle Stalzer
March 20, 2011
Mommy,
It has been a long time since I have put my feelings into thoughts on 'paper' as it were in this memory book.
Even on the one year anniversary of your passing, February 15th I could not bring myself to express the continuing pain that remains behind in my heart since we said our 'for now' goodbye.
It seems as the time slips by so rapidly it is more difficult to express what a void your loss has made in my life.
The only expression I can think of to sum up my feelings seems to be simply this . . .
there is no joy anymore.
Until we meet again my girl, always know that you were the wind beneath my wings.
I love you forever,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
January 28, 2011
Hi Mom,
It's so hard to imagine that it has been a year since we lost our beautiful boy Ryan.
Remembering the events of that day and the devastation of that night are so very painful and heart wrenching. I miss him so much it hurts me to my very core.
I remember retiring to my bedroom downstairs while I was staying with you to care for you during your illness and crying uncontrollably. You must have heard me all of the way upstairs and soon, you were making your way down the steps to try and comfort me.
Here you were - battling one of the worst cancers there is and so frail and weak due to the ravages of this disease that you could hardly make it down without losing your balance, and yet, you would not let it stop you from comforting your child.
What a wonderful mother you were to me. What a wonderful friend you were to me. What a wonderful example you were to me.
Most of all, what a wonderful, loyal and devoted servant of Jehovah you were.
I know in my heart that you are in his memory. You are forever in mine.
You were the wind beneath my wings.
I Love You,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
December 1, 2010
Dear Mom,
Here I am at the beginning of yet another month without you and I wish I could say that I am doing better, but I am not.
I still feel so much loss and pain for both you and Ryan. When I think of what you had to endure with this disease and then, losing your only grandson five weeks before you lost your own battle, it is unbearable for me to know that you had to go through so much. The only reason I continue to try and battle through each day without you is because of your example in keeping your faith to Jehovah and your strength in remaining so sure that you would be in his memory.
Now I struggle with hoping that I make it to see you once again. I keep trying to remain strong, but I keep failing and it breaks my heart. How can I be strong when all I do is cry every day because I miss you so much?
You always knew the exact words to say to encourage me not to give up and yet, I cannot remember them right now. Maybe in time, your words will come back to me. Until then, I will have to rely on my memories of you and the promise of seeing you again.
You deserve so much Mom - you kept your faith right up until the moment we said our 'for now' goodbye. I know you are in Jehovah's memory and you know that you are forever in my heart.
You were the wind beneath my wings.
Love Forever,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
November 8, 2010
Mommy,
I miss you so much my heart hurts. You were the wind beneath my wings.
I Love You,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
September 29, 2010
Mom
Here I am once again, pouring out my heart and knowing full well that you cannot hear me, but for some reason, it helps to express my feelings of loneliness and loss since we said our 'for now' goodbye.
It has been over eight months already and I simply cannot believe how fast the time is slipping by. The pain is as unbearable as ever as I try to make it through each day without you.
You were 'my girl' - the love of my life, my best friend but most of all . . .
You were the wind beneath my wings.
I will miss you forever until we meet again.
I Love You My Girl,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
September 15, 2010
It has been seven months since we said our 'for now' goodbye and the pain remains unbearable. How can I ever explain all that you were to me and continue to be? There simply are not enough words.
If tears could explain the pain of losing you and missing you, then you would truly know.
I miss you Mommy - I cannot stand how much it hurts to be without you each and every day.
You were the wind beneath my wings.
I Love You Forever,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
September 1, 2010
I miss you Mommy. My entire happiness was wrapped up in you and now you are gone.
I am so very lost without you. I hope I can remain strong enough to see you again but my strength throughout my life always came from you so now I do not know where to search for that strength.
I guess I will have to continue to pray to Jehovah to help me through the absolute worst time of my life. Maybe he will give me the strength that you always provided.
I love you so much and am so heartbroken feeling your loss.
I wish you could here me.
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
August 8, 2010
Dear Mommy,
Happy Wedding Anniversary - the first one without you here. How we all miss you so.
You Were The Wind Beneath Our Wings . . . Until we meet again in Paradise.
Your Loving Family
Michelle Stalzer
July 25, 2010
Mom
Even though I know you cannot hear me, I feel the desire to continue to express how devastated my life is since we said our 'for now' goodbye. I simply do not know how to go on without you nor do I feel at times that I want to.
I knew I would miss you terribly and my heart would be filled with pain as we battled the 'beast' together knowing we would eventually lose but hoping that by some miracle, perhaps we would be granted more time.
I go over and over in my head those last few months we spent together - every day, every hour, every minute . . . all of these memories are bittersweet because you had to endure the hard part; you had to fight the battle as I tried to help but could not really understand or comprehend what it all really meant for you to have to go through this.
I know I will see you again but for some reason, it is not helping with the loneliness and pain I am feeling now. I wish I could just close my eyes and go to sleep until the day arrives when we are reunited.
I love you Mom - I always knew how much you meant to me but I never thought I would have to live without you. I wish I would have made each moment count and more than anything, I would give everything I own, give up my life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own, just to touch you once again; just to see you once again.
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
July 6, 2010
Mom,
It is almost five months since we said our 'for now' goodbye. I still am trying to comprehend how and why you had to endure this pain.
All of your children miss you so terribly - you truly were our rock, our foundation, our core.
For me personally, you were also my heart. My entire happiness was wrapped up in one person, that person being you.
There will be no joy, only tears of sadness until we meet again.
I Love You Mommy - You were the wind beneath my wings.
Forever,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
June 12, 2010
I miss you Mom - I wish I could talk to you just one more time.
I Love You - you were the wind beneath my wings.
Forever,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
May 30, 2010
Mom
You wrote this poem for me a year ago -
If I could catch a rainbow
I would do it just for you
And share with you its beauty
On the days you're feeling blue
If I could build a mountain
You could call your very own
A place to find serenity
A place to be alone
If I could take your troubles
I would toss them in the sea
But all these things I'm finding
Are impossible for me
I cannot build a mountain
Or catch a rainbow fair
But let me be what I know best
Your mother and friend that's always there.
11/22/08
If only you knew Mommy . . . you were so much more!
I love you and miss you,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
May 23, 2010
Mom
I am feeling such deep despair since we said our 'for now' goodbye.
I miss my best friend, my girl, every minute of every day and still cannot accept that you have gone to sleep.
I miss you so much it hurts and I sometimes feel that I cannot stand another minute of this pain.
I will try and follow your example of love, faith and strength but it is difficult as you were my rock, my source of strength . . . you were my everything.
I Love You Mom,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
May 10, 2010
I sobbed uncontrollably last night and kept thinking that the pain is just too much to bear . . . and then I think of what you endured and I feel humbled.
What an inspiration you were - what a wonderful example of the grace of the human spirit and the strength of such unwavering faith in your God.
Mommy - I am trying so very hard to emulate you and I can only pray that I will be worthy to have a place in Paradise so that I can tell you once again how very much I Love You.
You were the wind beneath my wings.
Love Forever,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
May 2, 2010
I miss you Mom
You were my best friend. I cry every day because I cannot talk to you and tell you how much I love you.
I know you knew but still, I wish I could tell you again and again and yet, again.
There is no joy without you - only sadness.
Sleep for now my sweet girl and I will try to remember that we will meet again.
I love you Mom.
Always,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
April 21, 2010
I miss you my girl. My heart is broken in a million little pieces.
My entire happiness was wrapped up in you and now you are gone.
Not forever, I know and yet the pain is still unbearable.
You were the wind beneath my wings.
I Love You Mommy,
Shel
Michelle Stalzer
April 14, 2010
Mom
Tomorrow is already two months since we said our 'for now' goodbye.
I hold tight in my memory the last words you spoke to me a few minutes before you closed your eyes and went to 'sleep'.
You said - I love you.
That is all I ever needed and now, I am missing your love every moment of every day but I hold close to my heart these last words that we spoke to one another.
Rest in peace my dear sweet beautiful girl . . . until we meet again in Paradise.
I love you back Mommy.
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
April 5, 2010
Mom
I cry oceans of tears every day and although I know you cannot hear me or see me, I feel your extraordinary presence in everything I experience.
Thank you for the gift of being my mother. How fortunate I am to know that this is only a 'for now' goodbye and how thankful I am to Jehovah for providing his son Jesus as the way to everlasting life here on earth for all of us - even those who have passed.
I know that it is my task to ensure that I am there when 'he calls'.
I cannot wait until the day when these tears of absolute agony and despair will be replaced with tears of magnificent joy and love.
I love you Mommy - you were the wind beneath my wings!
Love Forever,
Michelle
Stacey Bell-Kraul
April 3, 2010
Marilyn was always someone I thought of when good things came to my life.When I got baptized,when I had my first child,when my daughter got baptized last November.I wanted to tell her but didn't know how to find her.I knew she would be so happy.I wanted her to know how much I recognized her teaching my family about Jehovah made a difference in my life.Marilyn planted a seed and Jehovah made it grow.I look forward to giving her a big hug,a big kiss,and a very big thank you.
with much love Stacey L. Bell Kraul
Michelle Stalzer
March 24, 2010
You were the wind beneath my wings.
I will love you and miss you forever . . . until we meet again!
I love you Mommy,
Shel
Michelle Stalzer
March 21, 2010
Yesterday was the first day of Spring and my thoughts were filled of you, the flowers I know you would be planting already and the dinners and barbeques you would be preparing for as the warm weather approached.
We would be on the phone planning my trips to visit and I would be in such eager anticipation of driving up to the front of the house, viewing the red door and feeling all of the excitement in my heart to know that in a few minutes I would be embracing you, hugging you real tight and kissing your beautiful face!
How I miss that excitement - now it is replaced with emptiness and the extreme pain of missing you.
I try to remember all of the wonderful memories of our lives together and it brings me some comfort, albeit minimal, as the unbearable pain is still so fresh and is still so very real in my heart.
I loved you with everything I am and I did my very best to demonstrate that love.
I know you loved me back the same exact way.
How very fortunate for us to have this love - it has and continues to be the very best gift of my life.
I love you and miss you Mom - more than I can ever truly express.
Love Forever,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
March 15, 2010
February 15, 2010 at 9:15 a.m.
My life will never be the same.
You were the wind beneath my wings.
I love you Mommy,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
March 14, 2010
Mom
Tomorrow is already one month since we said our 'for now' goodbye and the pain is just as deep today as it was the day you closed those beautiful blue eyes of yours.
I remember we said "I love you" to one another five minutes before you went to sleep and I know we felt that way about one another every moment from the day I was born.
Thank you for the gift of being your child.
Thank you for your unending sacrifice throughout your entire life for the sake of my happiness.
Thank you for the example you demonstrated with your love, your faith, your strength and your courage, even up until we said our 'for now' goodbye.
I only hope that I am worthy to be in your presence again when you hear the call to wake up.
I am trying very hard to ensure my place but still, find myself falling way too short way too often.
I will continue to persevere through prayer and will never give up.
I Love You Mother.
Forever & Ever,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
March 12, 2010
Mom
So many people loved you. How very much that says about who you were!
Love Forever,
Shell
Lawrence Bell Sr.
March 12, 2010
Words cannot express the feeling of loss that I have experienced since I heard that my dear friend Marilyn has fallen asleep in death. I will always remember her willingness to give of herself to others,her loyalty,her sense of humor and her infectious laughter that would fill the room. She was instrumental in my search for the truth, and I look forward to seeing her again when we can once more laugh together. This time in Paradise!
Michelle Stalzer
March 10, 2010
Mom -
Today I picked up pictures taken of us in the past few months leading up until we said our 'for now' goodbye.
How my heart aches to see your face and to realize over and over that you are not here.
I try to be strong and I am trying so desperately to find my way without you but how can I - you were my best friend.
A Proverb once said 'tell me who you love and I'll tell you who you are'.
I love you so that should determine who I am and if that is true in any way, how very fortunate I am to have had you in my life to love!
You were the wind beneath my wings.
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
March 9, 2010
I miss you so much.
Love Forever,
Michelle
Lawrence Bell jr.
March 7, 2010
My family and I were very saddend to hear of the death of Ryan and now Marilyn. Jehovah will remember her many years of faithful service. "I know I will". It was about 35 yrs. ago she and another sister called at my door. I was 9 yrs. old. I remember them talking with my Dad and always returning to patiently teach him "the truth". As a result ,myself and a large part of my family have come to know and serve our great God Jehovah down to this day! I am very fond and appriciative of Marilyn,her family and the large impact they have had on my life and that of my family. Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with your family.
Michelle Stalzer
March 5, 2010
Mom -
What we have once enjoyed
we can never lose...
All that we love deeply
becomes a part of us.
Helen Keller
Someone said to me the other day 'you are the best parts of your mother'.
That is the greatest compliment of my life.
I love you mother and ache with anticipation the day when we will be reunited.
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
March 2, 2010
Yesterday was 8 years already since we lost our beautiful James.
You two shared those beautiful sparkling blue eyes that were so expressive of love, courage and hope.
I miss you so much every day . . . I miss him so much every day; I miss Ryan so much every day; I miss Dad so much every day.
The pain of losing all of you will never be erased until I see you again.
I am trying so very hard to ensure that I have a place at that time but sadly, still find myself falling so short of what I know in my heart is expected and certainly, what Jehovah requires.
Please help me to try, by your extraordinary example Mom, to be the Christian you were, to have the love and faith you had, to be the woman you were and to continue to strive for that place where I know you, Dad, James and Ryan will all be waiting.
I love you Mommy; I love you Dad; I love you James; I love you Ryan.
Forever,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
February 26, 2010
Remember the card you sent me years ago . . .
It read 'and when one of us is gone,
and one of us is left to carry on
then remembering will have to do,
our memories alone will get us through
think about the days of me and you
you and me against the world'.
It was always just you and me; at least in my heart . . . against the world.
Now, it's just me . . .
I miss you Mommy,
Michelle
Michelle Stalzer
February 24, 2010
Mom -
"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my mother".
Abraham Lincoln
How I miss our talks, your touch, your love.
It is simply too much to bear. Our "for now goodbye" seems like an eternity already.
You were the wind beneath my wings.
I love you forever,
Michelle
Jillian Lein
February 21, 2010
Gramma you were my everything! I miss you soooooooooo much and can't stand the fact that i have to wait this long to see you again. Love forever, Jillybean
Michelle Stalzer
February 20, 2010
Beautiful Sweet Mom --
Rest in peace now; no more pain as you are safe in Jehovah's memory.
The pain is now only ours as we wait to see you again.
How fortunate I was to have such an extraordinary person as my Mother.
I will love you forever. Until we meet again my dear sweet girl.
Love Always,
Michelle
February 20, 2010
We would like to express our condolences to the family of Mrs. Edwards. We remember her fondly as a guest and friend. Our thoughts are with Mr. Edwards and the children.
Sincerely,
Urs and Michelle Gabathuler
Marji Behnes
February 20, 2010
You were a dear friend for over 25 yrs. We shared our lives, hopes, families and anniversaries together. Best of all our faith and encouragement during these many troubled years..I'll miss the laughs, the times celebrating life and the confidence in having known a truly spiritual woman and friend. Now I'll have to be patient and wait on Jehovah to fulfill his promises..We'll get you back in Paradise..Till then I'll learn patience and hope in those promixes of our perfect God Jehovah.
Tom and Mary Houseman
February 19, 2010
May your tears of sorrow, that fall like the rain,
water your hope of the resurrection to come.
until Jehovah's yearning for Marilyn's presence,
and yours, coincide and flourish into a reality.
Tom and Mary Houseman
Ava Poindexter
February 19, 2010
Marilyn was indeed and encouragement to our congregation especially during her final days. She had no fear of death,her hope in the resurrection was very strong. She always said "he will call and I will answer". We loved her dearly,her faithful endurance gave us another example of how to serve Jehovah come what may. I look forward to our meeting in God's promised new world. A renewed body where sickness and death are a thing of the past.(Rev. 21:3,4).
Michelle Stalzer
February 18, 2010
Dear Sweet Mother -
One tiny butterfly shows what it means to have enduring courage and dignity so that even when the wind takes it in an unknown direction, it flies, staying strong, staying brave.
One tiny butterfly lifts itself up with the light deep inside its heart, rising on wings of hope for a safe and renewing journey.
You were like that butterfly, brave and oh so beautiful!
I know your courageous spirit carried you through these past few months just like it carried you so many times before.
Now it's time to let Jehovah's spirit carry you and keep you safe.
Until we meet again . . .
Revelation 21:3,4
You were the wind beneath my wings.
Your Daughter,
Michelle
Cindy Vormittag-Taylor
February 17, 2010
My thoughts are with Jessica and Charlie, and especially Jim. Marilyn was one of my favorite hair clients of all time. Heaven has definitely gotten a new angel.
Jackie Mahler
February 17, 2010
We again ask Jehovah for strength to endure the pain of losing a loved one. Marilyn was a faithful and devoted servant of Jehovah and He will certainly bring her back to us in the resurrection. She will be deeply missed until that time comes.
Much love to her family,
Jackie and Russ Mahler
Danny Bernard
February 17, 2010
We were so sorry to hear of your loss. The thoughts of many are with you at this time of sorrow.
Sally Bowling
February 17, 2010
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
Charlie Lein
February 17, 2010
I miss you, Mom. You were my "Giving Tree".
Love, Charlie
Michelle Stalzer
February 17, 2010
February 15, 2010 - 9:15 A.M.
I Love You Forever My Beautiful Dear Sweet Mother.
There will never be another day of true happiness until we meet again.
My heart is forever broken.
You were the wind beneath my wings.
I Love You To The Moon and Back Forever,
Michelle
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