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Robert Keane
March 15, 2019
Judy, John, Pat and Tim,
We were truly saddened by the news of you Moms passing. She was truly a kind and elegant soul in this world and will be missed. Shecwas so good to all of us and always had an encouraging word. Uncle Jack was my godfather and when he passed , Aunt Joan took over that role and made sure that I was acknowledged and loved. The times spent in your home and especially at Crystal Lake will live on in my heart. All of our love to you and a joyful prayer for her.
March 11, 2019
Dear Judy, John, Patrick and Tim,
We will never forget your mother. She loved a good party and being with friends and family. She was beautiful, smart, quick wit and hard working. She had a great sense of style.
She was so proud of her children and grandchildren.
Your mother was an amazing lady, and we feel privileged to have known her. We know you will miss her deeply. We will keep you all in our thoughts and prayers.
Hugs and kisses-
The Don Knibbs Family
March 10, 2019
There is one attribute that we sincerely admired about your mother but which imparted to us and to many who knew her, was her core sense of courage, identity and strength to carry on after she lost her husband.
Your mother lived the message, Let it be to me according to your word. She put into action, what Mary, Mother of God, did. Christ's mother followed Him even to death, and she even stood at the cross and watched her Son die.
And now your mother has followed that same Son even to death, and during the aging process, you watched her slowly die, some from nearby and some from far away. But as the Lord's mother Mary Mother of God had witnessed just a few days after her Son's death, death is not the end. For there was something much bigger happening, something much bigger even than that which can be encompassed by the grief of those who love watching their beloved slip from this life.
This is what lifeand deathare really about, a longing to see the Son of God. It is what gave your mother joy and peace as she began her own passage from this life. One might say that she stared death in its face, but really, she had no time for thatshe was looking into the Face of Christ. We long to see her now, to wish that this all had never happened. But no matter what happens, we shall all someday die, as well. But the direction we all must aim for is this same one, the one that will enable us to see Joan and other beloved loved ones after their departure.
Our deepest condolences,
Helen Dillon, Elaine Biggs, Patricia Dillon, Joan Dillon & Mark Dillon
Elaine Biggs
March 10, 2019
There is one attribute that we sincerely admired about your mother but which imparted to us and to many who knew her, was her core sense of courage, identity and strength to carry on after she lost her husband.
Your mother lived the message, Let it be to me according to your word. She put into action, what Mary, Mother of God, did. Christ's mother followed Him even to death, and she even stood at the cross and watched her Son die.
And now your mother has followed that same Son even to death, and during the aging process, you watched her slowly die, some from nearby and some from far away. But as the Lord's mother Mary Mother of God had witnessed just a few days after her Son's death, death is not the end. For there was something much bigger happening, something much bigger even than that which can be encompassed by the grief of those who love watching their beloved slip from this life.
This is what lifeand deathare really about, a longing to see the Son of God. It is what gave your mother joy and peace as she began her own passage from this life. One might say that she stared death in its face, but really, she had no time for thatshe was looking into the Face of Christ. We long to see her now, to wish that this all had never happened. But no matter what happens, we shall all someday die, as well. But the direction we all must aim for is this same one, the one that will enable us to see Joan and other beloved loved ones after their departure.
Our deepest condolences,
Helen Dillon, Elaine Biggs, Patricia Dillon, Joan Dillon & Mark Dillon
Elaine Biggs
March 10, 2019
There is one attribute that we sincerely admired about your mother but which imparted to us and to many who knew her, was her core sense of courage, identity and strength to carry on after she lost her husband.
Your mother lived the message, Let it be to me according to your word. She put into action, what Mary, Mother of God, did. Christ's mother followed Him even to death, and she even stood at the cross and watched her Son die.
And now your mother has followed that same Son even to death, and during the aging process, you watched her slowly die, some from nearby and some from far away. But as the Lord's mother Mary Mother of God had witnessed just a few days after her Son's death, death is not the end. For there was something much bigger happening, something much bigger even than that which can be encompassed by the grief of those who love watching their beloved slip from this life.
This is what lifeand deathare really about, a longing to see the Son of God. It is what gave your mother joy and peace as she began her own passage from this life. One might say that she stared death in its face, but really, she had no time for thatshe was looking into the Face of Christ. We long to see her now, to wish that this all had never happened. But no matter what happens, we shall all someday die, as well. But the direction we all must aim for is this same one, the one that will enable us to see Joan and other beloved loved ones after their departure.
Our deepest condolences,
Helen Dillon, Elaine Biggs, Patricia Dillon, Joan Dillon & Mark Dillon
T D
March 7, 2019
May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief. As time passes may you find peace in the memories you share, and comfort from the hope that God is close to the broken-hearted.
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