Melissa Ann Roeser

Dear Josh,

I know that you are going through a really rough time right now. Just to let you know I am praying for you and I hope you stay in the family. But even though you don't I will still write to you and we will stay in touch. I love you so much Josh and I love Melissa too! It like finally hit me yesterday that Melissa was never coming back and started balling like crazy. And when I saw you walking behind the casket I lost it I just started crying I mean just looking at your face. I mean because when I saw you I was like wheres Melissa because she was always by your side. And she is going to be in your heart forever. But it still seems unbeleiveable. I miss her so much.

well bye lots of Prayers to you and the whole family I love you all!!!!

Dear Josh- I am very sorry about what happened to Melissa. SHe was very pretty and the pictures I saw of your wedding our beautiful. I am AManda Palosaari's friend. I hope that the years are good to you after this. I lost a friend last summer but she was only 14. I know what you aer going through. It hurts really bad when a loved one dies. She is a better happier place where noone can hurt her. You will be with her sometime but not for a long time. Kepp Strong for she is watching you. Feel Free to E-mail me anytime. Love Always, Stephanie Lynn LaBonte

Dear Josh,

I hope you are ok because i saw you at the funeral I just started crying like crazy and I know you miss her and I miss her too, but now she isn't in any pain and she is waiting for are turn. She was the most prettiest woman in the whole world and you guys had the prettiest wedding. I hope you got the letter I sent you and I hope you write me back but you don't have to right away I'm not in a hurry. And email me sometime I would like that. Stay in touch. I LOVE YOU your cuz, AMANDA

Thinking of you all, we cannot imagine your sorrow and pain with the sudden passing of your dear "Melissa". I was fortunate to have had the chance to meet her when she & my niece (Julie Jukuri~Raymond) were in 3rd grade and right thru my nieces wedding & the week before preparing. I have the video tapes and pictures of the "girls" and do cherish each and every one of them - who would have known what was to be so soon after. Our deepest sympathy to you and yours.

Love, Jon & Mary Kay Mottonen

(Sue Jukuri's sister)

To both the Dahlmeier and Roeser families, I'd like to offer my deepest sympathies. God bless you during this time.

Dear Mr. Roeser,

I am so sorry to hear about your wife. I will miss you in band and hope you will come back. Our family is thinking of you!

Dear Mr. Roeser,

We were saddened to hear of the loss of your wife. We only had you in our community for a year, but the children loved you. Ally had a great year in band with you and remembers meeting your wife to be and how excited you were to get married. While no words we can say to you will erase the pain you and her parents and family are going through, we know each day will be easier and happy memories will provide you with strength.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you. We remember Melissa as the cute little girl who played with our kids during the "good old days" of student housing. May God bless you and help you through this.

Dear Alex, Susan and family,



I just happened to see the news of your recent loss while reading the Star and Trib online. Karen and I send our deepest sympathy and we will have you in our prayers. May God bless you and give you the grace to get through this very difficult time.

Josh- We graduated from Delano together. I and so many others that you graduated with that I have talked to want to extend our prayers to you and your families. Please take care.

Marilyn, Steve, John, Jason, Josh, and family:



Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you. Your loss--our loss, is Heaven's gain. Our love is with you now and in the future.



Kathy & Kevin

Josh and families,



I am very sorry to hear of your loss. Our families have basically grown up together in Delano and at church and you have been in my thoughts. Take care.

I am sorry to hear about your tragic loss. Melissa and I knew each other from elementary school all the way through high school. My prayers are with your family.

Dear family, Our deepest sympathy at your loss. May you feel the the loving arms of Jesus holding you tight. May your faith in Jesus strengthen you until you meet again.

E.V. Hill preached this message at his wife's funeral,"TRUST ME."

We grieve with you today. We will rejoice with you when we cross over from death to life.

I(Paul) have fond memories of my interactions with Melissa at bible camp.

Father give this family your presence, peace, strength, tenderness and love now and in the days ahead. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Love, Paul and Anja

Marilyn, Steve, John, Jason, and Josh:



Please know that you are in our prayers. Your loss--our loss, is Heaven's gain. Our love is with you now, and into the future.



Kathy & Kevin Liimata

Our deepest condolances. When we think of Melissa we see her smile. To God be the glory, now she is smiling at Jesus. Love Lloyd & Grace

May God comfort all who mourn in this time of deep loss. Melissa was a beautiful young woman whose faith and quiet confidence shined through as I got to know her through Bible camp and church. While we cannot understand why this could happen, I praise God that He assures us of eternal life and that we will see Melissa again. My prayers and thoughts are with her family.

It has been a long time since I have seen a smile as contagious as Melissa's. This smile helped brighten many rough days at the rink. It is hard when a loved one is taken and even worse when a loved one is young. But in my heart I know that she is well and happy in the hands of God. Lots of love to all in this time of need.

My deepest sympathy to Melissa's families. Your faith in God will soon heal the wounds left with her passing. I wish you peace of heart, mind and soul.

To the family of Melissa: Marilyn, my prayers and thoughts are with you always. I am so sad to hear about your beautiful daughter. May your strength in God get you through these tough times.

It seems like yesterday when Melissa and I were talking about skating at the Olympics. Oh and her and her dad were getting ready to do the Father & daughter number in the ice show at Brooklyn Park. I don't know who was more nervous ?!(lets see it wasn't Melissa.)

My heart goes out to both families and may God give you the strength to get through this time of saddness and just keep thinking about the fun times you had with her, it will help !!



God Bless you all.

We were so saddened to hear of the sudden loss of Melissa. We fondly and lovingly remember Melissa as a bubbly young lady. May God comfort you all now as you trust Him to carry you through this very difficult time. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with you.

Love,

Darrell and Kim

Melissa was a beautiful lady inside and out. We were a very fortunate family to have her touch each one of our lives.

I pray that God will help all of us through the pain. Especially Josh and the parents.

She will always be in our memories. We will not forget

We (the Alcorn family) are so sorry to hear about this tragedy. Marilyn Dahlmeier was our babysitter many years ago, and we remember Melissa as just a little girl, and then again at college when she attended Morris with Liz (Alcorn.) Our hearts & prayers go out to your family. We remember you all so fondly. We are all thinking of you.

To all stricken by the loss of Melissa, my heart goes out to you. Josh, your friends will always be here for you, now and forever and deeply regret this tragedy.



Peace,



Tim

Melissa, I will always remember your contagious smiling face in my Sunday school class years ago. You had such a wonderful, bubbly personality, even as you grew into a beautiful Christian young lady you retained you radiance. You and Josh were sooo in love, we all enjoyed seeing you two together. I was soo looking foreword to seeing you and Josh as parents some day, (and you as THE aunt, I hear).

We don’t know why the Lord took you home so early, His will not ours.

I will be looking for you in heaven some day.

I just pray that Melissa's family will find peace with this sudden tradegy and will grow stronger because of it. I knew Melissa from Wood Lake Bible Camp years ago and am deeply saddened to have heard her life was cut so short. I pray for Josh and all of her family to be strong and trust in the lord. My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of loss.

I knew Melissa for only a short while at the 50's Grill, but she was a nice young lady and she will be truly missed. God is keeping her safe and she will be waiting to greet us at Heaven's gates. In the meantime she will be watching over her family and friends.

God has truly blessed us all with her presence.

My heart goes out to Melissa's husband, to her family. I worked with her at Allina. Such a pleasant, easygoing woman. I send my heartfelt condolences.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this devastating week. No words can comfort the void in your hearts right now, but we are praying and trusting JESUS to carry you through, just as the "Footprints" poem states.



All week the vivid picture of Melissa's relationship with her Dad has been flooding my mind, as I feel the heartache of your loss; now that relationship has crossed over to her Heavenly Father, in whos keeping she resides. She has received her reward and is walking on streets of Gold. May you receive peace and comfort to your hearts, as only HE can give.

We Love You!

Pastor Jay, Theresa & Adam Weidner

It is so hard to put into words the grief I feel. Our memories are of a young girl and teenager so vibrant and exciting --- beautiful in looks and most importantly such beauty within. I just want to hug each and every one of you and tell you how much I love you and grieve for you. I know you are surrounded by love from God and also your church. May your memories and faith keep you going through this.



Jay and Alberta

Josh, I am very saddened to hear of your tremendous loss. Our hearts go out to you and your family and Melissa's family.



Sincerely,



Jerry Johanning

To Melissa's Family,

I have no words for such pain, but know that God loves each of you and knows what you are going through. He is able to hug you and hold you up and carry you through. We sat 6 rows behind you on Sunday and I thought that just is so special - they're all together and I thought how cute Melissa looked in short hair (after she donated her hair for a cancer wig). Lean on Jesus. Love you all and lift you up for comfort and strength. Myrna

Melissa....there is just so much you could admire and love about her even in the first 5 minutes of meeting her. She had such a strong and radient, charismatic quality about her that people couldn't forget. We certainly can't. Even if she wasn't standing right next to you, you could still feel her ENERGY in the room! she will truly be missed by the entire Roeser family. She was such a wonderful and inspiring addition to our bunch and will always be close and dear to our hearts. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her entire family. We hope that her incredible spirit will help guide them through this difficult time... and Josh, We hope you still feel her energy around you as well. We KNOW its there. Take your time. Time and great memories will heal you. If there is anything we can do for you, dont hesitate to ask. You have such a tight, strong, and loving family. I know they will get you through this.



see you soon, Marlo & Shawn

Our hearts are deeply saddened to hear God has taken Melissa home

to be with Him. She was a beautiful Christian woman.

May God wrap his arms around you and comfort you at this

difficult time. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

even thought melissa was my 2nd cuzin i still loved her very much. it is sad to hear that such a great person died at such a young age. i always thought she was kool and very pretty and even idolized her. her and josh were such a great couple. it is hard to believe that she is really gone it one of those things taht u just say no its not true, it just cant be. well josh im very sorry and i'll pray for u and for her.

It has been a long time since I've seen or talked to Melissa. We were good childhood friends until my family moved out of state. In spite of that, I never lost my respect and warm feelings for the kind and gentle person Melissa always was. She always had something to smile about. I feel honored to have been a part of her life even for a short time. My deepest sympathy, love, and prayers go out to the Dahlmeiers as you mourn her sudden departure. She's in the Father's hands now.

Words cannot express our sympathy over the loss of Melissa, a beautiful wife, daughter, sister and friend. Our prayers are with you through this difficult time. Please know that we love you all dearly, and are praying for God's arms to surround you and comfort you.

Melissa,

Even though you were my friend for a short time, I will miss you dearly. You touched my life and the lives around you in more ways then you will ever know. I feel truly blessed to have been a part of your dream wedding to your knight in shining armor. Thank you for being the angel that you are. I will miss you and I love you my friend.

Lisa

We were deeply saddened to learn of Melissa'a sudden and tragic loss. We share your indescribable pain and sorrow. You have our deepest sympathy at this very difficult time.

Melissa will always be remembered in our hearts. She was a sweetheart and I feel honored to have been a part of her life. Her radiance was exciting and she had such a spark to life. We love Melissa and her whole family dearly. Our prayers are with all of you. As I sat in church behind Lisa, John, Marilyn, Steve, Melissa, and Josh on Sunday morning I thought what a wonderful family. Then I started thinking back to a day where Melissa was a little girl and coming out of Church on Sunday holding Steve's hand and singing away. She loved her daddy and you new it. Then I thought about other times in her life like working at 50's Grill (where we seen her allot), dating Josh (I meet the greatest guy), graduation, college, and a wedding to remember, and all the joy this family has bought to our life. We couldn't ask for a better church family as the Dahlmeier's and Josh. We treasure it all and Love you. Neil, Deb, Nathan, Amanda and Jennie Sunnarborg

There are no words to express the sadness in my heart, no words to make the pain any less. I remember a little girl with long blonde curls and a beautiful young woman on her wedding day and my heart aches. I ask God why? We shall not know that answer until the day he calls us home, when once again we will be with those we love. I take refuge in Revelation 21:4 "he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. There willl be no more death or mourning or crying or pain" and Psalm 119:50 My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

John and Sherri Busser