John E. "Eddie" Rehm

As director of planning at Providence, I appreciated the opportunity to meet and work with Mr. Rehm, and want to express my sincere condolences. He was a faithful friend of our health ministry and his many years of service are appreciated.

Safely Home



I am home in Heaven, dear ones;

Oh, so happy and so bright!

There is perfect joy and beauty

In this everlasting light.



All the pain and grief is over,

Every restless tossing passed;

I am now at peace forever,

Safely home in Heaven at last.



Did you wonder I so calmly

Trod the valley of the shade?

Oh! but Jesus' love illumined

Every dark and fearful glade.



And He came Himself to meet me

In that way so hard to tread;

And with Jesus' arm to lean on,

Could I have one doubt or dread?



Then you must not grieve so sorely,

For I love you dearly still:

Try to look beyond earth's shadows,

Pray to trust our Father's Will.



There is work still waiting for you,

So you must not idly stand;

Do it now, while life remaineth-

You shall rest in Jesus' land.



When that work is all completed,

He will gently call you Home:

Oh, the rapture of that meeting,

Oh, the joy to see you come!



To the Rehm Family:



I was so sorry to hear that Mr. Rehm died. I thought he was such a wonderful person. He was like the "John Wayne" of Mobile.

Someone gave me this poem when my parents died and I wanted to pass it on to you.



My sincere sympathy,



Mary Louise (Burgess) McPherson