Tracy Lee Asher

God's Flower Garden It's hard to lose the ones we love To see them pass away The sweetest and the kindest gone, While others are left to stay. But if we had a garden With roses fair and bright, We'd often pick the loveliest And think it to be right. And so it is with Jesus, In His heavenly garden here, He often picks the fairest flower The one we love so dear. The flowers that are picked by him Will never fade away We know they'll live forever And we'll see them some sweet day. TRACY LEE ASHER Tracy Lee Asher was born the daughter of Thomas and Mary Kay Allstot Badker in Rochester, MN on November 1, 1972. She died in an auto accident , along with her two sons Matthew and Lucas, near Earlham, IA, on April 11, 2007. Tracy had reached the age of 34 years, 5 months and 10 days. Tracy attended Dover-Eyota School and graduated in 1991. Tracy then attended Winona State University, Rochester Community College and Rasmussen Business College in Minneapolis, MN. She began working at State Farm Insurance in Rochester and transferred to Des Moines where she worked as a claims adjuster for approx 12 years. Tracy and Eric Asher were married in the Dover United Methodist Church in Dover, MN on May 10, 1997. This union was blessed with 3 children: Matthew, Jacob and Lucas. Tracy was a member of the Immanuel Methodist Church in Des Moines. She loved photography and took hundreds of pictures. Because she was behind the camera there are not a lot of pictures of Tracy. She was working at the Young Explorers Day Care Center in Earlham and enjoyed being around the children, teaching them and reading books to them. She would spend time each day with her own boys reading books and chapters for school work. She enjoyed going camping and fishing with the family. Family and friends were of great importance to Tracy. Tracy leaves the following family to celebrate her life: husband Eric Asher of Des Moines; son Jacob Asher of Des Moines; parents Thomas and Mary Kay Badker of Dover, MN; brother Troy (Denise) Badker of Dover, MN; father-in-law Roger (Sharon) Asher of Des Moines; mother-in-law Lynn (Howell) Morsch of Earlham; nieces and nephews Nicole Bengtson of Eyota, MN; Ben and Blake Badker of Dover, MN; Sam Asher of Phoenix, AZ; Ashley Gibson, Garret Tyler and Katlyn Wable of Fountain, CO. Tracy was preceded in death by her sons Matthew and Lucas, maternal grandparents Vera (LuVern) Kinter and Bernard Allstot; paternal grandparents Lee and Kenneth Badker. FUNERAL SERVICE 2:30 PM Tuesday April 17, 2007 Earlham School Auditorium - Earlham, Iowa OFFICIATING Pastor Jerry Van Cleave - Chaplain, Polk Co. Jail PIANIST Debbie Jones SPECIAL MUSIC "Jesus Loves Me" "Wind Beneath My Wings" "Because He Lives" PALLBEARERS Jamie Johnson Tim Asher Adam Asher Kip Morsch Jerry Wylie Scott Driscoll INTERMENT Earlham Cemetery - Earlham, Iowa KUHN FUNERAL HOMES Dexter Earlham Redfield www.kuhnfuneralhomes.com