William D. Ely Sr.

SHERI,BILL,DICK,LOU,CHUCK

WE ARE SO SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR DAD.
HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEARTS.WE HAVE MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF HIM. HE WOULD OFTEN STOP BY OUR HOUSE TO VISIT AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE (WITH HONEY IN IT).EVEN THOUGH HE WAS HURTING HIMSELF AFTER DAD PASSED AWAY HE WOULD ALWAYS ASK (ARE YOU DOING OK).HE WAS A CARING,KIND AND GENTLE MAN AND WE WILL MISS HIS SMILE,JOKES AND HIS LAUGHTER. FILL YOUR HEARTS WITH MEMORIES OF YOUR DAD DURING...

On a quiet Christmas Eve morning I would like to Thank You all so much for the out pouring of love, support, and prayers for our family at this time. I have hesitated when it came to reading your warm ang generous entries, for I am tring to hold it together. However this is really a surprising source of strength. What a wonderful forum to share thoughts and memories. I am so grateful to have had such outstanding parents and I try to hang on to that "full" feeling instead of the emptiness of...

Dear Sherry, Rich, Billy, Lou and Chuck,
We tried SO very hard to get out to your dad’s funeral. The weather simply would not allow us to come, although we purchased flight tickets and even drove to the Milwaukee airport in the storm, hoping just maybe we could sneak through this storm when thousands were stranded at airports all through the mid-west. We would not be part of the fortunate ones, the “gods of the weather, planes and skies” all said “no, not at this time.” So our family...