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Joan Wolak
March 19, 2022
We had our corned beef and cabbage Irish dinner the other night, celebrating Uncle Jerry's 80th birthday (3/14) and remembering the last time you and Tammy were at the dinner table. That was the last time we saw you alive, for it was the day after (3/18/10) that you were taken from us in a fall at the home of Tammy's aunt. Now 12 years later, we remember that last dinner together and keep you forever in our hearts. We miss you every day, Kat, but know that you are with Dad now, and soon I'll be joining you both.....
Love you.....Mom, Chris, Col, and Patrick, and Aunt Mary and Uncle Jerry
Tammy Kohnke
March 23, 2011
You have the most beautiful every little bit of you that could ever be imagined. I do not think I could ever imagine 11 and a half more beautiful years of my life, than those years you shared your heart and light with me. From the first time you came out and knocked on the door with your little kango and checkered vest, I have always been and always will be in total and complete awe of you, everything you have been to me, everything you shared with me and everything you ever share with me...and that still does and always will hold true. I will and always do love you and everyday I can pray, ask what would you do, than I still have a way of becoming a better me, too. You always believed in me and I believe in my heart you still do. I have been blessed many times, true, I can never doubt for one moment, love...God shared you. The swing, the woods, the deers,Montana, to Northwestern, to Good Sam, Indiana, Wisconsin, back again... God's country we have crossed, holding, sharing, and with praying hands...The best gifts God ever shared with me, to be connected to your little, beautiful gentle lady hand, for that I will always remain grateful, once in my life, I unpacked a bag...Love is the feeling I get when I would know exactly when you may be about to shed a tear, as we watched a movie. What I miss terribly is zipping you up and fixing your hood in the wee hour, so you wouldn't catch cold.You were and are still the very best part of me. Still so very beautiful to me. I love you and miss you and I thank you for loving me, even more for letting me love you. a.y.s.p.~**...~
you lighting up big sky
Tamala Kohnke
March 21, 2011
You are always a beautiful you, each day through and through...not a day goes by that you are not missed and loved, by many. I love you and miss you truly, still, always will and look for you and try to feel you and everything that I do. I pray to be more like you and one day to be near you again, my love, my friend. You have had my heart from day one and you hold it 'til the end. Thank you for Big Sky and thank you for your sunshine. May God hold you in His arms, like the shepherd girl. I love you. Thank you for such a beautiful sky. I feel you, know you are there...and here, love.
Tam ~**...~
Joan Wolak
March 21, 2011
Dearest Kathy,
...to some you may be Kathleen, to others Kate, but to your family, you will always be our beloved daughter, sister, friend and aunt, Kathy...
A year without your wonderful smile, but your love and memories have sustained us...we miss you terribly...but we know you're at peace and in the arms of your God...next week you'll rest in Sedona as you wished...No goodbyes, only "till we meet again..." Love you always, kiddo... Mom and Dad; Chris, Colleen and your beloved Patrick; Uncle Ed; Uncle Jerry and Aunt Mary; Tammy, Kelly, Dorothy, and Jill....
3/21/2011
debra
March 19, 2011
One year has passed since you left us yet it seems like yesterday love you always be at peace and free of pain Debra(Ma)
...beautiful you
Tamala Mary Kohnke
February 20, 2011
You are always beautiful. I hold you with me, grateful you share your spirit and your love with me. I love you. I miss you...thank you for sharing moments, memories, a family **, and your beautiful you.
your always tammy -@- **...
sleeping beauties
Tamala Mary Kohnke
February 15, 2011
beautiful awake, just as so when you sleep...i pray for this link, be blessed with the shared dreams we may keep. two sleeping beautiful darlings. i love yous. You are the love that lights my soul. I love you for you and your beautiful light. Thank you for sharing a beautiful heart. faith is the substance of things unknown, unseen...but i have seen and felt you most gratefully, all of you will continue to be the very most special part of me, you and this i will always keep with me. I love you, darlin'. love always, your, s.p.
Tamala Mary Kohnke
January 25, 2011
Everyday is a day in my heart that there is not a time that goes by for not a wish to see you, touch you, hold you, hear you, know you...as it always was and as it always shall be, you always remain the most dearest of all to me...and so I think of you, miss you, love you still, and hold my heart open in knowing that I will always remain open to all the beautiful love and light that is you...You will always be the most loving, gentlest, kindest, and most loving, wonderful friend, guidance, and beautiful womyn, i was ever so much blessed to know, praying that you can feel me still and so, i miss you and love you Kathleen, just the same as i did and do, whenever you left a room. You light my heart still and I love you. The sweetest of dreams are those of you, us, our babies, what a wonderful gift, and most precious of things that you shared a family....Kate, Mo, Faith, Cosmo, me...I pray that I may be always connected to my family, with you, starting and ending...the sun shines for you...i faithfully believe you are with me, always, as we are we...i love you, Kathleen - sweet dreams to you and with you...i love you, Kate ~**~ always we, love your s.p.
...beautiful you
Tammy Mary Kohnke
January 19, 2011
...from you
God,
Please help me to have
the strength, patience, and security
that your path for me
will be the best imaginable,
and the journey will be well worth it
knowing that all other paths
are just distractions
from inner peace and being
love you - (by) Kate/KMW
Kathleen Mary Wolak
...for you
Sister
When I was born, you where there.
We laughed n cried, you did my hair.
So many memories, that we share.
Change any of it, wouldn't dare.
Through all of life's journeys,
I know that you care,
For all of the moments
We have been here.
Good times or sad,
Through the storms we weathered.
You are my best friend, sister, Angel from heaven, most precious gift Ever been given.
Days end and i think of you often.
Its almost as if I can feel you,
With every change of season,
With every different breathe of air,
The calm, you next to me,
The breeze blowing, the leaves.
Us, one in one, an embrace,
A simple hug,
The rain..We share laughter,
We share tears.
The seasons change.
The share years.
As time goes by,
We share our fears.
Through all
Our faith does not break
Through love heaven waits.
- to you - Kate/pate -
love, light, heart,n soul
all of which you were and are
for you with you about you
you have and are my heart
all days, always-
-love me-tammy
...faith
2 close your eyes & know it will be ok or how its supposed to be...oh boy to that...& yet you know its there...and necessary because I can lose everything & still have faith & it can be all that i ever have & still believe that is the most important, and all that i will ever need.
..to.. believe...for all of what we feel and see it is all i can do to just believe and everyday, i hope and pray for faith guiding me in that way...faith the connection to light, to love, to all of what we where and are maybe if it and she is with you than..even if i just believe that it is exactly what we always believed love and mo faith in everything 'cosmo' faith is the most precious thing...if your soul is through your heart, i keep faith in that knowing, believing you are there and i thank God and you for that everyday and every night, blow three kisses from my heart to the sky to you,(just like we always do,)hope you feel them, too...everyday we have been physically apart you are so much my heart still you with me a better me...thank you for all the beautiful everything that you shared with me, you being the most of everything, just you...beautiful.
...to you, with you, about you
> >Promise me right now
> >this day,
> >If I follow you
> >You'll light the way.
> >When you are with me,
> >And I with you,
> >With you in the lead,
> >I know what to do,
> >In your light
> >free of worry, dismay,
> >Your warmth
> >Your Love
> >Shows
> >the
> >Way
> >I
> >Love
> >U
> - Tamala
..i love you, i miss you, Kathleen please stay with me, you have my heart n i am with you always...sweet dreams, hope to feel you and see you in my dreams. I love you, miss you, love.
..from you..with you
God,
Please help me to have
the strength, patience, and security
that your path for me
will be the best imaginable,
and the journey will be well worth it
knowing that all other paths
are just distractions
from inner peace and being
love you - by Kate/KMW
Kathleen Mary Wolak
the light of day and night...
Tamala Mary Kohnke
January 14, 2011
I love you, miss you, Kathleen...always knew I felt this way whenever you left a room...so much time i wish we had still, hope we still do. Hope to see you soon, in my dream and feel you in my heart, everything, too..always make me zoom. Thank God and you for you. Always so very grateful, blessed he shared you, your heaven, love with me and the babies. I love you. I miss you sweet dreams, love, sweet Kathleen. I love you always, always will be your tammy...I love you, Kathleen.
Tamala Mary Kohnke
December 24, 2010
I love you, and I miss you hope you will be with me today as everyday I hope for the same but I miss you and hold you in my heart. I have been dancing and telling jokes hoping you can hear me cause i am looking up to you all the while, always made you smile, the best part of everything, that you shared that smile with me. damn i miss you you were and are quite the queen lovely light loving and beautiful indeed you still have my heart, Kathleen..you probably already know that...always will. Please stay with me and dream with me and be with me forever Kate. I know, I know but I am still hoping you will though, and when you are ready...kate mo faith cosmo and me that one day we will be a family again in heaven..still and always did and do believe in it because God shared you, so sweet and true. I always did and do love you. I love you and I miss you, lady. Sweet dreams and Happy Christmas eve...I got a really big cupcake for you...light love heart best friend indeed, thank you for sharing a family with me..my love and light with and to you always. I love and miss you Kate-leen
Kathie Boley
December 13, 2010
dear Joan & Clem, I was saddened to learn of Kathy's passing. Our children should not preceed us in death. I hope that as time passes, grief and sadness will continue to lessen. You will make the joyful discovery that Kathy's memories and love continue & live on in your hearts, for there is nothing that can ever really separate us from our loved ones.
Sincerely,
Tamala Kohnke
November 18, 2010
...still love you and miss you, sweet Kathleen. So hard to believe you are gone. Know you are still with me...just love and miss you so much. You are my heart and you are in my heart and i hope you stay with me always...always a better place with you there...i know heaven was always meant to be beautiful, just know it has got to be the most beautiful thing with the smallest bit of you there... got you a cupcake today. Hope you can see it...always made you light up, the gift that kept giving, as you lit up, so did i every moment with you, and missed you when you left a room, so please stay in my heart. I love you and miss you, sweetheart. always with me, always with you, in my heart you will stay, true. "you have so much within you. I love the wonder that is you." Thank you for being exactly you. Hope to see you in my dreams. I love you, Kate. Always - Tammy
Tamala Mary Kohnke
November 13, 2010
Not a day goes by that you are not in my heart...apart of me, even though i can not see you, i know you are still here, i feel you and i hope to feel you always and i do in everything beautiful that i see and all of everything God shares with me...I miss you dearly which is what you will always be to me, dear, sweet, dearest Kathleen. You are the the most beautiful, ever shared with me, in everything i've felt or dreamed and our family. You are the best person and friend, i ever knew or shared with in this life, you were, are, and always will be in my heart and soul always. Faith...if she is not here, I hope she is with you and Mo...It says faith is the messenger that bears your prayers to God, so I do hope in my fullest heart, that you can hear and feel me, as I do feel you always. Wish you were here with me, but if it is true all we believe, than you are never farther than you seem, so I will continue to believe just that and that you are still here with me, in my heart, reminding me what love means...exactly what you were and are, a blessing, please stay with me. It says love is holding onto something special...that is you, babe...will hold you dear to me and keep my heart open always, as you did with me. Thank you for showing, sharing, and caring and believing in me and for making and sharing a family. Thank God and you for you, biggest gift, blessing was and is you, my love and dear friend. You are in my heart, thoughts, and prayers always, now pray to God and you... still I miss you and I love you, Kathleen, dearly and our time cherish truly. The biggest part of my heart will always be you...one more please stay there, here with me and know I love you and miss you kathleen, hope you walk with me always...what made me a better me was and is you, always...thank you for our days. yours always - I love you - Tammy
Tamala Mary Kohnke
September 8, 2010
a good Christmas, you and Faith...family
In my prayers, always, all days...
love you, miss you
Tamala Mary Kohnke
September 8, 2010
a good Christmas, you and Faith...
In my prayers, always, all days...
love you, miss you
Tamala Mary Kohnke
September 4, 2010
this was a beautiful day, a beautiful time that i will keep with me, as are you, always...loving and missing you, Kathleen...you always bring the sunshine, and i will always be grateful for the love and joy you brought and bring loving you friend
Tamala Mary Kohnke
September 1, 2010
i will always love you for being who you were and are thank you for being believing and being a family with me
the very best thing...i do hope to see you in heaven and in my dreams
i love you kathleen
Tamala Mary Kohnke
September 1, 2010
missing you and loving you as i always did and always do you are and will be in my prayers in my heart and in my dreams you to me will always be beautiful and the sweetest thing
happy times, happy acres
Tamala Mary Kohnke
August 17, 2010
a very happy time...missing and loving you dearly dear, sweet Kathleen
Tamala Mary Kohnke
August 16, 2010
the only thing......... in this life and in this world that i am certain of is how i so very much did and do love you and that i will hold in my heart always and all my days i know what heaven is like because you showed and shared it with me daily and for that and you i am very grateful
always missing and loving you
love you always
Tamala Kohnke
July 26, 2010
I love you dearly and know that you are and were the best person I have ever known...the best part of heaven would be knowing that you would be the first beautiful thing to be seen, if I were ever to make it. Knowing you and spending the time I did with you was the best, most wonderful part of my life....It is truly hard to know were to go from there because everything I envisioned included you, my dear. It never really mattered more than to know you would be by my side and you were, my best friend and everything all around, in-between. I never knew anyone like you and I love you tremendously...really do hope I make it to heaven, the most beautiful part being you. I love you and I miss you, Kathleen.
Tamala Kohnke
July 26, 2010
I still miss you tremendously and am greatful to have shared everyday that I was blessed to share with you.
Tamala Kohnke
June 27, 2010
I miss you everyday but i wanted to say today is the day we or they are celebrating pride. everyday i miss you today included. many, many beautiful folks, none from the left or right can touch your beautiful you. today i thought and missed you, still do, and always will. best part of me is, was, will be you. just wanted to say because maybe you can feel me, dear, i do and want to feel you always. i love you today, tommorrow, and yesterday, dear Kathleen, Kateleen, Pate, and Kate...you touch my heart and hope you stay and do stay there always, that i am proud of and most of all knowing and being blessed with you..."The two shall be as one", it said and I hope they always shall be, said, meant, and always will mean yes, always you. another reason to believe what we believed, faith, angels, everafter, hope Mo is with you. i love you kate - tammy, hope you know, you are in my heart and you are my heart. if i say it forever, maybe you will hear me, if i feel it forever maybe maybe you may feel me, too. goodnight angel one more -
i love you - tam
Tamala Kohnke
June 13, 2010
There will never be a moment that will go by that I will not love, miss, and adore Kathleen. She was the best part of me, my best friend, and the biggest part of my heart. I cannot think of what would have brought me more joy than knowing Kate,and it will always be the best part of my life no matter where it goes from here. She will never not be in my heart and I will love her always, as she loved me more than anyone in my life perhaps that was not my family. Kate Mary Wolak was and will always be the dearest part of my heart. I love you, Kathleen and miss you by moments. I truly hope that one day I make it were you are...all the more reason to believe in heaven, I cannot think of a more beautiful angel then you. I hope to see you again, what dreams may come...
I love you - Tamala Mary Kohnke 6/13/10
April 18, 2010
To everyone who has signed Kate's guest book, we thank you for remembering us with your kind words and prayers. It is so hard to believe that it has been one month since her passing. It is still surreal to us. Her memorial service was a tribute to her life and her work. She was a beautiful and loving daughter, sister and aunt and we shall always carry her in our hearts and memories.
Thank you.
Clem and Joan,
Christopher, Colleen and Patrick
April 5, 2010
To the family of Kate Wolak,
We were saddened to hear of Kate's passing. We have fond memories of Kate here at the Park District of Oak Park. She was so talented and vibrant with a kind spirit. We enjoyed working with her. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time. May her soul rest in peace. Judy and Diane
Gregory Evans
April 2, 2010
To the Wolak Family:
I have just learned about the death of your daughter. I worked with her in Oak Park. She was very talented and had a quite spirit about her. We would often speak about life after death and man's search for meaning.
We are all here on this earth plane to learn lessons. She learned hers' early, graduated and went home. Behold, our child has arrived. She will be with all of us in the future. I pray that her soul is more joyful in heaven.
she has arrived
Sherrill
April 2, 2010
I am so sorry to hear about Kate. I have many fond memories of working with her in Oak Park. My heart goes out to the family and her many friends. My prayers will be for all of you.
Don Spadoni
March 29, 2010
For many years Clem and I worked at EMD. Clem would speak often of things that Kathy had done. Clem & Joan were so very proud of all of their children.
March 27, 2010
Dearest Kate,
I have and always will love you! You are special! Love Debra Kohnke
D Kohnke
March 26, 2010
To the Wolak Family,
Love Kate forever
Debra
Jill McGowan
March 26, 2010
To the Wolak family,
I am so, so sorry. Kathleen was a wonderful person and dear to me. I have many cherished memories of time we spent together: all the silliness at Leo Burnett, our fabulous trip to France, going out dancing or eating or riding bikes, countless hours giggling and gossiping and solving all the world's problems...
I know recent years have been very difficult; the sadness of that is tempered only by knowing now she is at peace. Kathleen was fun-loving and funny, but deep and spiritual too. She was a great friend and I will miss her.
March 25, 2010
Joan & Clem - - There is truly nothing harder in this life than losing a child - - it's just not the natural order. We will keep you all in our thoughts and prayers in the future for peace and consolation knowing that she is with our Lord. Rex & Sandra Cummins
March 25, 2010
Clem and Joan
I cannot imagine a greater sadness than losing a child. Kathy was a beautiful girl. You, Chris, Colleen and Patrick are in my thoughts and prayers.
Anne Bartha (Aunt Annie)
March 25, 2010
To the Wolak family..we were so shocked and saddened to hear of Kathy's passing...we recall many memories of Kathy and our daughter Katharine's friendship some years ago...Kathy was a lovely person...we remember her wedding festivities downtown and all the special thought she put into making her guests enjoy the celebration...but a lot of water under the bridge since then, eh?...we always thought the Wolaks to be a lovely family...I believe Katharine, not too long ago, ran into you folks at Fox's in Oak Lawn and you got to visit a bit, though briefly...we surely are thinking of all of the Wolaks and hope that time will erase the sadness you feel and once again can think of your daughter with great happiness...
Carol and Ernie Ambrose (parents of Katharine Ambrose Zukowski)
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