Larry E. Schoening
Larry E. Schoening
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This obituary was originally published in the Star Tribune.
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Grandpa's Baby
December 19, 2007
Grandpa,
How can it be a year already? I cannot imagine it being a year that I haven't heard your voice, witnessed your smile, felt your whiskered cheeks. I miss you more now than I did the day you left. How has it been spending the past year in Heaven? One year compared to eternity... you've only began the journey. I'm sorry I haven't signed your guestbook in some time, things have been rough on my end. I know you'll help to get me through it. I love you Bumpa. Until next time...
Love, Nichole
NICHOLE OMMEN
June 27, 2007
I really miss you Grandpa.
I'm so mad at God for taking you. I can't think of ONE good reason that you had to go so soon, I don't think I'll ever forgive him for taking my Grandpa away so early in my life. I need you so much more than he does right now. He has a million other girls' grandpas up there, why did he need mine?
I will never know...
Not until I get there.
I was told that as days go by, things will get easier. But they only seem to get harder for me. The more time that passes, the more I need you, the more I miss you. Everything is so fresh in my memory, your voice, your face, your smell...
You were, ARE, the best Grandpa in the world. Much more than I ever deserved. I'm glad you knew how much I loved you. My love for you still grows every day Grandpa. More and more all the time. As memories come back to me, it's as though you're only 2 steps behind me. Still so close. Always "right there".
Just wish I could hug you, wrap my arms around your neck and tell you, "You always smell so good Grandpa."
Everytime I drive past the funeral chapel, I see your name up there. It was never supposed to be up there. Not that soon. Not until you watched me get married, met your first great-grandchild, watched me and Tina graduate from college... so much still for you to do here.
I want to be selfish and keep you here by your family where you deserve to be, where everyone hurts because you're gone. I know Heaven must be really great, but my Heaven was spending the afternoons out saling with you, finding the deals and bragging about how we talked people down in price. Spending my time with you was the highlight of my days, you weren't just my Grandpa, in a million ways you were also my best friend.
I really miss you Grandpa.
Love you Love you Love you
NICHOLE OMMEN
June 8, 2007
Grandpa with Wings...
It's so hard to believe that we buried your ashes yeserday, only to remember your birthday would be in 7 days.
Now you can rest in peace forever. I hope you like the spot they picked, you're close to Uncle Jack. I kissed your urn before we walked away and my lipstick left a kiss mark, so you'll have that forever. I hope you are the first one standing there to greet me when I come, it will be before you know it. I'm told there is no such thing as "time" in Heaven, so you wouldn't have had to wait long. The hard thing about that, though, is that there is "time" down here, and it will have felt like an eternity for me. As long as you are there, it will be well worth the wait Bumpa.
I'm going to shower and get ready for work. I love you love you love you!
Love your Baby Nichole
BABY
June 5, 2007
Hi Grandpa,
I just wanted to say "thank you" today.
Because now, as these days get hotter, I can always find my shade...
My shade is under your wings.
I love you and miss you so much. Thank you for being my ANGEL and watching over me.
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NICHOLE OMMEN
May 8, 2007
GRANDPA,
Jack left us today Bumpa.
Please welcome Uncle Jack into Heaven, sing and dance together, and watch over me.
"I AM THE BROOM......"
"AND I AM THE DUST PAN!!!!"
I know you held his hand and walked him into your mansion on the hilltop, but it's so hard for us down here on earth. I wish so bad that I could be with you guys, you two are my favorite, why did God choose to take my favorite people away?
Too hard of a question to answer...
He slipped away into your arms so peacefully, but the sadness doesn't go away for me. I can't even believe you're gone, how can I prepare myself for Uncle Jack?
Hey Jackson!
I love you guys so very much, more than you'll ever know. Just stay together you two guys, and think of me everyday. I miss you both so much.
Love you Grandpa...
Love you Uncle Jack...
LOVE NICHOLE
Please lift the pain from my heart.
NICHOLE OMMEN
April 30, 2007
I can't stop crying from that dream. Grandpa, I miss you so much. Words can't even begin to describe. I'm so lost without your advice, and your house is just becoming emptier and emptier. While I waste away emotionally, know that I love you more than anything and you are so special to me Bumpa.
Love Always, Your Baby Girl
Nichole
April 8, 2007
GRANDPA,
HAPPY EASTER!!!
I know you're happy that you are spending Easter in Heaven with Jesus, but I want you here with me.
I LOVE YOU BUMPA.
NICHOLE OMMEN
April 2, 2007
"There is no shadow without sunlight behind it."
And Grabdpa, I know you're the sunshine.
Love you
NICHOLE OMMEN
March 29, 2007
Hi Grandpa,
Miss you alot today. Always thinking of you...
You mean so much to me. I love you.
NICHOLE OMMEN
March 27, 2007
Whenever I log onto this site, just seeing your name up there at the top brings the tears and I can't even wait till I'm writing to cry. We're working on the estate sale and I just keep thinking, "If this were a sale that my grandpa would be going to, wow, would he love it!" But I don't want to get rid of your stuff. I know we can't keep 6 of the same screwdriver just because they were yours, but I don't want you to disappear and when that house gets emptier and emptier, it's like that's exactly what's happening. :(
3 monthsyouv'e been gone?? No way.
Your tulips are starting to come up in the flower garden in front of the house...
Grandpa, come home and see them. Breathe again. For me.
I LOVE YOU.
Uncle Larry
Steve Jones
March 5, 2007
I cannot begin to express the sadness I feel for your loss, Nancy. The thought that Larry's in a better place is hardly a consolation in times such as these. The time I spent with him in Colorado is something I will treasure forever...I felt like I truly got to know my Uncle during that week I spent with him, and I remember it like it was yesterday. That is something very special for me, and I realize that we were put together at that time for a reason. Those are the memories that I carry in my heart, and the way in which I will always remember him. Please pass on my condolences to my cousins and their families...you are all in my thoughts and prayers daily, and I pray that God gives you all the strength to go on. Larry was a special man, and reflected the love that you all have for him, and was a better man for it. I will miss him dearly.
And hang in there, Nichole...believe it or not, it will get better. Be strong, and continue to make your Grandpa proud...
Love,
Steve
July 18th, 2006: Nichole & Grandpa celebrating Nichole's 21st Birthday at Granite City in Maple Grove, MN.
February 21, 2007
NICHOLE OMMEN
February 21, 2007
A Grandpa Day Today...
Exactly 2 months ago, today, you left me and walked through the gates of Heaven. The anniversaries are hard Grandpa. They validify the fact that you were taken away. I went to Ash Wednesday tonight with Mom at church and got a cross put on my forehead with ashes. I went for you, I knew if you were here, you would have been there. "Choir Boy" was there!!! I miss you so much. I held my keychain urn during the whole service.
This is not real, I know you're coming home. Not real, not real, not real...
~HUGS FROM HEAVEN~
When you feel a gentle breeze
Caress you when you sigh
It's a hug sent from Heaven
From a loved one way up high.
It's a soft and tender raindrop
That lands upon your nose
They've added a small kiss
As fragile as a rose.
If a song you hear fills you
With a feeling of sweet love
It's a hug sent from Heaven
From someone special up above.
If you awaken in the morning
To a bluebird's chirping song
It's music sent from Heaven
To cheer you all day long.
If tiny little snowflakes
Land upon your face
It's a hug sent from Heaven
Trimmed with Angel lace.
So keep the joy in your heart
If your lonely for a friend
Hugs that are sent from Heaven
A broken heart will mend.
Grandpa, I'm going to go to bed now so that I can see you in my dreams. Tonight can we go fishing? I'll see you soon...
Love you more than my heart can hold...
Love Always, Your Baby
NICHOLE OMMEN
February 16, 2007
2:45AM once again. I think I'm on sheep number 459,359,485,156 or something. This is unbelievable. I never knew death took this hard of a toll on those who survived it. I want to go shopping with you to Unique next week, will you come? How will I know where you are when I get there? Will you show me a sign? Make sure I know it's you. I'm usually really good at picking up on them. I wish I could be a psychic and really talk to you. This sounds crazy but it may be the only relationship I get to have with you until I meet you face to face again one day. I know you feel my pain and you see the tears stream down my face and roll down my cheeks, help me be strong Grandpa. I know you can. Be the Angel that I know you are. I love you. I love you Angel Grandpa.
Love The Baby
Nichole Ommen
February 15, 2007
Happy Valentine's Day Grandpa.
I stared at your picture tonight for what seemed like forever. Your eyes just gazed right back at me. I know today is supposed to be a celebration of love, but it's so hard. I'm sleeping with your sweatshirt tonight. I want you back so bad, am I just repeating myself? When do the days get easier, when will my heart seem to lift even a little? Help me Grandpa. I know that I am trying my hardest to remember all of our cherished memories and I am grateful for all that we shared, but I feel like I am still being stubborn by not letting go even the least bit. I know that I don't have to let go, that's not really the word that I'm looking for.... more like.... coming to peace with this absence of you. I can't accept that. I don't think I ever will. I know I will have to someday if I ever want this to feel any lighter, but I'm not ready any time soon. I'm ready to lighten the load, but not ready to let you go. What's going to happen when it's 5 years from now, 10 years from now? When my future children someday turn 8, 9, 10? How will it be then? I always invisioned you helping build my dream house some day. Will your voice slowly fade from my memory? I hope that never happens, but I am still scared of things like that happening. Bumpa, please don't ever let that happen. I don't ever want to have to watch a video of you to remember your sweet voice. Please lock it in my memory forever. I know you have me locked it and that's what keeps me dreaming at night. I'll talk to you soon, don't leave my side. I'll be holding out my hand.
I know you just wiped that tear that just fell down my cheek. Thanks Grandpa.
P.S. Will you be my Valentine?
It will probably say February 15th on this entry because it's 12:01AM now. But it was still Valentine's Day when I began writing it Grandpa. When I write to you on here, I can sit here for an hour and it feels like 5 minutes.
LOVE U
Nichole Ommen
January 27, 2007
Oh Grandpa,
Do the days get any easier? 1:18AM. Can't sleep...
I want to because I know I will see your sweet face, you haven't let me down once since you've been gone and I am so thankful for that. I am so grateful that I have the ability to read all your signs and all the things you show me. I don't know if it's a 6th sense or what, but everytime you send me a sign, I get it every time. I love you so much, we were just "that close". Mom gets signs every once in a while, but when I tell her about mine, it's like her eyes well up with tears and she wishes she could have that. I wish other people would write in here to you. I want to sponsor your guestbook but if I'm the only one writing in it, I might as well just keep it in my journal. I just feel like in some weird way, this is your email address and the second I get done writing, poof, it goes right on up to Heaven and "you've got mail."
....Oh how much you hated computers.
Well, my love for you is stronger than your hate for computers, wow that's alot!! :)
I miss you more today than yesterday, but less than I will tomorrow.
Nichole Ommen
January 18, 2007
GRANDPA,
....A poem for you....
Grandpa's Sparkle
A sweet man's face marked with endless
stories and adventures of the past.
I am given a great big hug and told
that I am growing much too fast.
Joy lights up his face as if there is
nowhere else he would want to be.
And I know that the sparkle in his
eyes are there because of me.
I have a special kind of love for him,
and towards me I know he feels the same.
He has given me a friendship like
no other; and Grandpa is his name.
I miss your silly quirks and I'd give up my whole world just to hear you say again...
"Whatsa happenin???"
I know you want me to be happy and remember you the way you were, but much easier said than done. Come home. I need you more than He does Bumpa...
Nichole Ommen
January 11, 2007
Bumpa, I miss you so much. This doesn't seem real. Your voice is so fresh in my mind, I hope it never fades. I had a dream about you last night and woke up crying. What about my college graduation? What about my wedding? What about us garage saling this summer just like always?
....I know you will still be with me, but I want to be selfish and hold you, give you kisses, talk with you. I never thought I would lose you this soon. Grandpa, make me strong, strong like you, strong enough to get through this. And never leave my side...
I love you so much.
Love, Nichole
Nichole Ommen
January 3, 2007
Happy New Years Grandpa. Love you.
Love, Your Baby
Vince Dahlheimer
December 27, 2006
We are so sorry to hear of Larry's passing. We only knew him for a short period of time but became good friends. We will keep you and him in our prayers.
Neighbors Pam and Vince Dahlheimer
Nichole Ommen
December 26, 2006
You weren't supposed to go yet Grandpa. I keep thinking that you'll come back home, that you're just gone fishin'.
I miss you so much. I'll see you tomorrow afternoon. I love you.
Wendy Turnidge
December 26, 2006
This is Jeni's friend and I am so sorry to hear what happened.
I am praying for all of you and I know your very close family has each other during this hard time.
Susie (Schoening) Ruchti
December 26, 2006
To Nancy and Family,
I am so sorry to hear of the passing of Larry. My thoughts and prayers are with you all of you at this difficult time.
Nichole Ommen
December 24, 2006
Love you more than you'll ever know Grandpa. Until we meet again...
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