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John K
October 10, 2025
To my Mom and Dad on their October Birthdays 2025
Raising nine children was no small job. The first child, Margie Ann was born in 1946 and the last Michael was born October 1,1963 (Mom's Birthday). I have concluded that the best things in life come last and there's a case to prove that point.
I go to work everyday and I tell myself "the best things in life come last". But that's just me, I am sure there are people that would disagree with that thought.
Regardless, this is your time. I get a chance to think about the impact you both had on my life and though I have made mistakes they were my mistakes not yours. I've said it before and I'll say it again, my parents did everything they could to give each of the nine children an example that would lead to success in life.
I live that example every day and it has made me a purposeful person. And I am happy with that assessment of myself. I don't think I would be that person without the love and guidance of my parents.
John
October 2, 2024
Hello Mom... Happy Birthday... You have a brand new little great grandchild Eloise Rose.... We all can't stop thinking of you and Dad. You are still the two most important people in our lives along with our Kinchla (John and Anna) and Whelan (John and Rosalie) Grandparents. The love doesn't stop because you are not with us anymore. Quite the opposite... I think the love grows stronger because we have had time to think about all the sacrifices and love you all provided to us as children too!!!... I only wish it all could have lasted much longer. Love to you all John
John
February 13, 2024
There are some people that were raised to share and then there are others and they have no clue. The idea that a possession could be shared is just plain foreign to them.
I am fortunate to have had a mother that reminded me to share. She encouraged us all to share but it's likely the lesson was absorbed by some and not by others.
Sadly in this day and age when there are very few families with an intact/nuclear mother and father and no more than 1 or 2 children, the concept of sharing is an abstraction. It is perceived in some lives but remains only an idea. They believe in sharing as a idea but it is nothing to be implemented in their lives. It does exist but it has no practical purpose. Why should I share when I am not compelled to share?
I see that attitude all around me in young and old and in rich and poor. It saddens me when I encounter it but I am not suprised anymore. I thank God for the blessing that my Mother and Father were to me. And though neither of them are physically present in my life, they are certainly present in my memory and in my thoughts. I miss them both but yet I still do feel them in my life and I feel them more when I am generous, when I am kind, when I take the time to help someone else. That is when I know they are still present in this world and in my life.
John
January 28, 2024
In Memoriam to my Dad and Mom January 28,2024
The legendary Jim Valvano coach of the 1983 NCAA Basketball Team at North Carolina State once gave a speech to the Million Dollar Roundtable Club where he spoke about what motivates him each day, his success, failure and inspiration. He spoke about his Mother and Father. He spoke about competing in the NCAA Tournament and how his Father would always say that "his bags were packed". "You'll make it".
The speech is well worth listening to. In many ways, he caused me to think about how my parent's bags were always packed. How both my Father and my Mother would always "be there" for all the important events of their children's lives. How even in disappointment "their bags were always packed". They would always say, "it's Ok, next time you'll make it, I know you will".
Even when I doubted myself, neither my Mother nor my Father would let me get too far down on myself. My Mother in particular would always encourage... "I know you can do better so get back out there and try it again". That was powerful persuasion. My Grandparents were the same way. They said less but you knew, you just couldn't let them down. All of them had traveled so far through harder times, you knew if you persisted you would make that break-through that took you to the next level. That's what I learned from my Mother, Father and Grandparents. Just never give up and never give up on yourself, always keep trying. Do more than you did yesterday and you'll be OK.
John
September 30, 2023
Tomorrow will be my Mother's 102nd Birthday. I am fortunate to still have dreams at night and many times I wake up laughing. I am not going to share the content of those dreams but they do remind me of my many happy moments with both my Mother and my Father.
I remember my Mother as being irrepressible... the definition of which is "lively and energetic and never seems to be depressed". I remember my Mother being that way when I was a child and I remember her being that way even into her last days sufferring from memory loss.
My mother's memory loss was not total. She had recall and often times when I would joke with her, she would surprise me by what she did remember. My Mother was a joyous, remarkable and funny woman. I'll never stop loving or laughing with her even now. She was always the Best.
John
February 17, 2023
Mom ..... On the year of your 101st Birthday...We still all think of you and love you. You are missed. John
John
November 29, 2022
It's just days before my own birthday and since I have been recently spending time in the company of small children, I wondered what my parents must have thought when I arrived in their world?! My mother was 26 and my Dad was 27 and here I am just this little person that likely fit in the palms of their hands. My Dad just three years removed from 4 years of war in the Navy. And my Mother now with two children under age 3 years. I think about my parents a lot, because they were remarkable people. I admired them both.Both were kind. Both were dedicated to caring for me and later for all of us (nine children in all). They no doubt had ideas and dreams for each and all of us individually and as members of the family. As the oldest son, I learned through my parents to heal the sick and bury the dead. I understood that to mean that I needed to be kind even when I didn't want to be kind. I imagine myself as a baby in my mothers hands. I see myself that small on this birthday. I think about the care they always gave to me. I was very blessed to have them for my parents. I find more reasons to appreciate them with each passing year.
John
October 2, 2022
Mom....Happy 100th Birthday. You live on in all our memories and there isn.t a day that I don't think to make you proud. You and Dad were the best of parents. How many others could ever say they never heard a curse word nor saw their parent(s) intoxicated??! But I can. You and Dad were the best examples of parents and we love you and continue to love you both, John
John
May 6, 2022
It's Friday, two days before Mothers Day and they just played "Taps" marking the end of the day here in the dry mountain air of Colorado in the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave". "Taps" reminds me that I need to be appreciative and hard working. When it is played everyday at the end of the day, I often think of you and Dad and I am proud. There is no achievement without effort and effort directed towards good brings joy.
John
February 4, 2022
Thinking of my Mom just days before the commemoration of her death. My Mom was a most interesting person, possibly the most interesting person I have known. Here is why.
My Mom never let a bad situation get her down and she always counseled us (her children) to consider other available good alternatives. Here's a simple example.
Perhaps you were a terrible card player, gin rummy, poker, 21, you just never could win. My Mother might suggest you try checkers or chess.
Maybe you couldn't shoot a goal in basketball, my Mother might suggest you learn to play the piano or knit.
My Mother's goal was to encourage you to find the thing you did the best and practice that, master that and then with renewed confidence maybe try over.
Pick up the basketball again with a new confidence and apply the same practice to basketball that allowed you to master the piano or knitting or card playing.
My Mom wasn't a child psychologist. She was a practical woman and she monitored her children looking for ways to get them to excel.
She did well all the little things that a mother should do for a child and when she discovered that you had learned your lesson well, she stepped aside. She didn't attach strings or make demands. She let you go make your own decisions and live with the consequences.
Other kids may have had mothers that were more protective or overbearing, but I didn´t feel I needed more protection than I got. It was just enough.
John
October 9, 2021
Mom and Dad....... I have been thinking for weeks about your birthdays...Mom was born on October 1 and Dad was born Oct 9. Dad would be 100 today.... Happy Birthday and Mom will be 100 next year on October 1. You have both been gone now for over 10 years. Whatever I have to say today, I can save until I am with you both again. You were both right. You were both loving parents. I remember you both often as Mike and Suzi do as well. We miss you and we love you John.
John
February 11, 2021
I've been thinking of my Moms death for quite a while this year. This is the 11th year that she has been gone. And just a few weeks back was my Dads 10th year gone. This may be an odd way to commemorate both of my parents but I am too far from their gravesite to visit. I am fortunate I can truly say that my parents were the best. My Dad was a worker but he always had time to be my Dad. And my Mother worked at everything, there was nothing that could stop her. There is no need to get flowery describing them. They worked well together and cared for each other their entire lives. No son could have had better role models for life.
John
October 2, 2020
My Mom was a gift to this world. There was nothing that she could not . do. My Grandfather Jack Whelan would talk about my Mom working with him to repair his car. She was an eager participant in fun and an intelligent woman with a wonderful heart. My Dad was lucky to have such a thoughtful and kind wife. And I was lucky to have such a good example and counselor in my life. Today was her birthday. Her and my Dad's best gift to me was my brother Mike also born on this day and my sister Suzanne. My Mom and Dad always had a good plan and stuck with it. Happy Birthday Mom.
Vivienne Smith
March 16, 2010
Michael W, My deepest sympathy goes out to you and your family and I pray the Lord strenghtens you and your family in your time of loss.
Carl Olivieri
February 25, 2010
I saw that your dear mother passed on, while perusing the Newton Tab. At first I was very saddened, but when I read about her life and all her children and time well spent. My sadness turned to joy and I thought to myself this wonderful woman had a full life,accomplished much and enjoyed life well into her eighties. She left a legacy of children that will cherish her memory for the rest of their lives. Thank-you, Joanne and Maryanne for wonderful memories of Our Lady's High School. The times at Star Market with Joanne and having Maryanne partake in a drawing class we took together her being a sophmore and me a senior. Where on earth did those 39 years go? May God bless all of You during your time of grieving for your mom.
Barbara Drew Labadie
February 24, 2010
Most Sincere Sympathy and Prayer for Margie Kinchla and her wonderful family
Anne Cronin
February 21, 2010
A beautiful tribute to a beautiful lady. May the hand of God be with the Kinchla Family.
John Carter
February 21, 2010
Sorry for your loss
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