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Myrna and Vic Quinn
May 17, 2020
Thinking of you, Jamie and Katie, and missing your mom - our dear Jana - so much! We love you dearly.
JENNIE LOHDE
May 17, 2019
THINKING OF BOTH OF YOU DURING THIS 13TH
YEAR OF SEPARATION AND THE CELEBRATIONS AND MILESTONES THAT, SADLY, COULD NOT BE SHARED WITH MOM.
KNOW THAT OUR FAMILY LOVES YOU DEARLY, EMBRACES BOTH YOUR NEW FAMILY AND THAT WE TAKE GREAT PLEASURE AND DELIGHT IN WATCHING BOTH OF YOU MATURE INTO LOVELY, RESPONSIBLE ADULTS, JUST AS JANA WOULD HAVE.
WITH MUCH LOVE
AUNT JENNIE
JENNIE LOHDE
December 9, 2011
IT DOES NOT SEEM POSSIBLE THAT SIX YEARS HAVE PASSED BY, ANOTHER BIRTHDAY AND NOW ANOTHER CHRISTMAS WITHOUT MOM.
EACH YEAR YOU CONTINUE TO MATURE INTO SUCH LOVING AND LOVELY YOUNG LADIES. WE ARE KEENLY AWARE OF THE COURAGE AND STRENGTH YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED DURING THESE PAST YEARS. THIS HAS BROUGHT US MUCH CONTENTMENT. KNOW THAT YOU ARE CHERISHED AND LOVED.
JANA WOULD BE OVERFLOWING WITH PRIDE FOR HER GIRLS! SO VERY PROUD.
LOVE AUNT JENNIE
JENNIE LOHDE
December 26, 2008
ANOTHER BIRTHDAY AND CHRISTMAS WITHOUT MOM HAVE PASSED. BOTH OF YOU CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM AND MATURE, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF MORE LOSSES THIS YEAR.
YOUR MOM WOULD BE SO HONORED TO SEE THE STRENGTHENING OF CHARACTER IN HER PRECIOUS DAUGHTERS. AS YOUR FAMILY, KNOW THAT WE FEEL THAT SAME PRIDE AND LOVE AND VALUE YOU BOTH.
LOVE, AUNT JENNIE
JENNIE LOHDE
May 15, 2008
ON THIS SECOND YEAR - MAY 17, WE'RE REMEMBERING YOU JANA.
JAMIE & KATIE, IT MAY SEEM AS A FLICKER ON A CANDLE BUT AWARE IT BURNS INTENSELY WITHIN BOTH YOUR HEARTS. MAY THE MEMORIES CAPTURED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WITH YOUR MOM KEEP HER ALIVE AND SOARING IN YOUR DAILY LIVES.
LOVE, AUNT JENNIE
JENNIE LOHDE
December 5, 2007
JAMIE & KAITE:
KNOW THAT YOU ARE LOVED AND KEPT IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ESPECIALLY AT THIS, ANOTHER BIRTHDAY AND CHRISTMAS SEASON WITHOUT MOM. IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS AT YOUR HOME, AND HOW YOUR MOM WENT ALL OUT TO DECORATE AND MAKE IT SPECIAL. SHE LOVED THIS SEASON, AND I REMEMBER HOW IT BROUGHT JOY TO HER HEART.
LOVE, UNCLE HEINO & AUNT JENNIE
I miss you
December 4, 2007
Jamie Ruiz
December 4, 2007
Happy Birthday Mom! Would've been your 55th! They say this is supposed to get easier with time, but i haven't found that to be true. I think of you everyday and still miss you more than ever. Today the family will get together to celebrate your memory and talk about you and cherish all the wonderful things you shared with each us. Love you Mom, Jamie
Myrna Quinn
May 20, 2007
You have been in our thoughts and our prayers always, Jamie and Katie, but especially these past couple of weeks. Our comfort is remembering many wonderful times with your mom - and the beautiful person she was. We love you.
Vic and Myrna
Jamie & Katie Ruiz
May 17, 2007
Mom,
It doesn't seem possible that we've been without you for a whole year...it's been a very difficult year, but we find comfort in knowing that you are smiling down upon us...we love you and miss your beautiful spirit and always will.
Jamie & Katie
Jennie Lohde
May 17, 2007
As we remember this sad day, our thoughts turn to both of you, Jamie and Katie. May all the wonderful and memorable reminescensces of your Mom bring comfort and help to daily reinforce that she is ever living in your hearts and spirit. She would be so very proud of her girls!
With deep Love,
Uncle Heino & Aunt Jennie
Jamie Ruiz
May 14, 2007
Happy Mother's Day Mom! This year we are trying to remembering all the great times we shared with you in the past. Like last year, driving down to the beach in the covertible with our hair blowing in the wind and your oldies blaring on the radio! Such great memories...miss you so much! Love you with all my heart. Jme
Cheryl (Wall) Holle
March 20, 2007
I went to high school with Jana. For the last year and a half, I have been having dreams about her, and decided to look her up at classmates. I was so sorry to hear about your loss. We went from grade school to high school together. Jana, Diana Tellez and I used to always be together in grade school and junior high. In every dream, she is laughing and we are having the best time. I was so surprised to start having dreams about her because I had not seen her for 34 years. She was a beautiful and loving person.
I am truely sorry for your loss.
Jennie Lohde
December 26, 2006
Thoughts of your Mom come to mind, being aware of how much she looked forward to this season, the joy of decorating and looking forward to Grandma Jean's pecan pie.
We empathize with the difficulty of not having your Mom here for her birthday AND Christmas, but we pray that time and precious memories bring consolation and healing. How vividly I remember our gathering at
Grandma's a few weeks after her demise, realizing we'd not see her here on earth again, but thankful for the comfort, the strength and the support from the family she and Grandpa gave us. May you and Katie experience the same.
Love Uncle Heino & Aunt Jennie
Jamie Ruiz
December 25, 2006
Merry Christmas Mom...we miss you so much. Words can never express the sadness in our hearts, you were taken from us too soon and although we are grateful that we had you for as long as we did, our lives will never be the same without you. You had a certain way of making every occasion joyous. We have tried to keep that memory alive this Christmas, but without your spark it is difficult. WE LOVE YOU, Jamie & Katie
Jme Ruiz
December 4, 2006
Happy Birthday Mom! We miss you!
Happy Birthday 54th Mom!
Jme Ruiz
December 4, 2006
Happy 54th Birthday Mom! Katie and I are celebrating in your memory. We miss you infinitely and always will. Love you.
Amy Erickson
June 27, 2006
Jana,
You will forever be missed.
Anyone that knew you has special memories that will last forever.
For me, I will always remeber the time spent at your home. It made me feel like I was at my own.
Thank you.
Amy
Caesar Seas
June 26, 2006
baaad maama jana...i will miss you very much.
infinite blessings, caesar
Ryan Harney
June 26, 2006
I love you Jana and I miss you very much. I'm sad about you and I miss you a lot and wish I could see you again, but I see you in the clouds and in the butterflies and in my dreams. Thank you for the all the nice things you gave me. Good-bye and I love you, I cry because I miss you everyday.
Heinrich & Jennie Lohde
June 26, 2006
Jana,
Like the plants you nutured, memories also have their roots and fragrance. You'll ever be rooted in our hearts and thoughts with thankfulness for the fragrance of your life that lingers on in Jamie and Katie.
Love, Heinrich & Jennie
Mary
June 25, 2006
You are very much loved and missed Jana, but you will always live on in our hearts and memories. Especially the memory of Kobe tipping me into your pool! I will never forget your wonderful laughter as it happened, I can still here it today (= With all my love....I love you!
Linda Ruiz
June 24, 2006
Jana will always be in our hearts. Love, Rick & Linda
Jaclyn Jones
June 23, 2006
Jana....
There is so much I wish I could have told you before you left. I have so many memories of you and of your spirit... each one makes me laugh and each one I will always treasure. Over fifteen years ago when I met Jamie, I remember visiting your house on Wilson. It seemed to me back then that your home was something out of a fairytale! There was the big pool, the mermaid fountain in the spa, the jacuzzi upstairs, a fridge full of soda, a pool table, music playing at any time of the day and a fun and relaxing vibe. It was like a party there everyday! I recall that every few months the house seemed to have a make over.. you'd find something at a thriftstore to brighten a room or you'd add a fresh coat of paint or sew up some new curtains on a whim. I loved spending time there... you let us scavenger through your old boxes of costumes, make movies until the middle of the night and sleep on a raft in the pool... hey you even taught me how to drive a stick shift before I was legal :) ! It was'nt until I was much older that I realized that the magic and fun that overflowed from your home was not because it was part of a fairytale, but it was becuase of a kind of magic that you cultivated from your heart and spread throughout your home. Your spirit was everywhere and you took such pride and joy in making your family's home a HOME. As an adult I came to appreciate so much more about you, that I never knew back then. Your outgoing personality, free spirit and always ready for a party attitude! Even when Jamie was unable to make it to one of my parties, you did... I always appreciated that and knew I could count on your fun energy to liven a party. I hope you know what an amazing woman, mom, friend and human being you are! I hope you know how much of you I see in Jamie and Katie and how all of your good characteristics are reflected in them. It is because of you that I have one of the most wonderful gifts in my life.. my lifelong friend and companion Jamie. It is becuase of you that she is the loving, kind, open, fun and loyal woman that I love and cherish so much.
These words seem so insignificant now when there is so much more to say, yet no more time. Thanks for the opportunity of knowing you. I will never forget you and will always see you everytime I look at your beautiful girls. I am sure you are throwing the ultimate party now Jana! ENJOY!
Vic and Myrna Quinn
June 23, 2006
Our hearts and our prayers continue to be with you, Jamie and Katie, as we miss our dear Jana - your wonderful mom. She was a very special woman whom we loved so very much. She was kind and caring and loved you (and all of us). We hope that you are comforted by knowing that you are in our thoughts and in our prayers. We love you. Vic and Myrna - Rich and Michelle - and Scott
Mom and her girls at the Pomona County Fair, October 2005.
June 23, 2006
Joslyn & Michael
May 30, 2006
Jamie and Katie our thoughts and prayers are with you both during this difficult time. Your Mom will be deeply missed by all that knew her. If there is anything at all that we can do for you, please let us know. We love you.
heather hardeman
May 29, 2006
I didn't know your mother, but she sounded like a very warm hearted person.I found her page reading my daughter's. She was also born in December & passed on 5/17/06, her name was MIA. I am very sorry your mom was taken from you so early. My prayers are with your family.
Karen Parnell
May 23, 2006
So sorry to hear of your loss. What a beautiful woman she was. We will all miss her. Thinking of you Jamie and Katie and wishing you inner strength during this difficult time. God bless you.
Dolores Brown
May 23, 2006
Our thoughts & prayers are with you at this time. Dearest Jaimie and Katie, you know that we will always be here to help you in anyway that we can. You are very special to us. We will miss your Mom and so much enjoyed being able to spend time with her at family functions. Love, Dolores & Bob
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