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Lori Fallon
April 24, 2008
Billie, I can't believe you have been gone a year. You are missed so much but you will always be in our
hearts. You loved us all unconditionally.You and Danny showed me as a little girl to an adult what that meant.
Love you both always.
Betté Duff
April 10, 2007
My Very Deepest Sympathy to all of the Letner Family. I miss you Billie and our long phone chats. I have so many fond memories of many happy times that we have spent together in the past years. Thanks for being such a good friend, I will miss you always and will keep the many memories forever. Love Betté
Skeet Baker
April 1, 2007
Billie...these are some of my many happy memories between us. We were together for a long time and I now know through all your "helpful suggestions" you always thought of me as your "little Brother."
When we were young, you were always taking care of me just as Mom & Dad did since you were the "big Sister." You always told me during our family road trip to Kansas each year, after my cloth diapers were washed you would have to hold them out the window to dry them.
During the time Mom and Dad were building our home in Bell Gardens we lived in the garage which had been built first. You and I slept in bunk beds. Often I had nightmares causing me to jump up in bed with you to get away from the "boogy man." Then I would pee in the bed which, of course, got you mad at me. During this time we didn't have an inside bathroom so we took our bath in a washtub in the laundry room. You always refused to take yours after me saying I peed in the water. You never were very understanding!
When I was about 6 and you were 12 you came home from school and got on your horse Sheba. You had all your clothes in a big bag you had packed tied to the saddle. You said you were running away. You were crying and I was crying because I thought I would never see you again. Later in the evening when Mom & Dad came home they saw me crying and asked what happened. I told them and they went out to the corral and saw Sheba there. Dad went into the tack room where you were rolled up with the bale of hay...sleeping. Horseback riding in the evenings in the Rio Hondo riverbed with Mom, Dad, and you was great entertainment before TV came along.
Once you caught me after I stole a candy bar at the little gas station down the street. I just walked by and grabbed one. But, when I got home and you saw me eating it you knew I didn't have any money. You blackmailed me into doing your dishes or you would tell Mom. You always were very creative in how to get things done.
Working as an usher at the Warner Bros. Theater in Huntington Park, when you were a teenager, you would let my friends and I sneak into the show. A few years later when you were pregnant with Lynette and you did not have enough money for 2 admissions at the drive-in, I would ride with you in the front seat and Danny would sneak in by hiding in the trunk.
When I was about 12 you came over to our home all dressed up. I was really amazed at how you looked and told our Dad "boy, she is really pretty!" This, of course, made him laugh as he told me "it's about time you figured that out." I had always just thought of you as a Sister and could not get over how pretty you actually were.
During the days of Christian & Letner company trips to Las Vegas, you and I had what could have been a most embarrassing situation. You called my room and said you needed me to do something for you. I hurried over and you were standing in the bathroom and couldn't get your slip pulled down. I had to get on my hands and knees and reach up under your dress and pull it down. We got to laughing so hard realizing how difficult it would be to explain the situation if someone came in at that moment.
I still remember the day you came home from the hospital with Marty. I had ditched school and went by to see you and borrowed a dollar for gas to go to the beach...which I never paid back. Even in later years you were always there for me.
I love you Billie...your "little Brother" Skeet.
Brandon Hovard
March 27, 2007
Precious, I will always remember the great times we spent together reminiscing about my Mom, saying prayers at dinnertime, spilling milk, driving to the river and having the car break down, playing with my Matchbox cars on your glass table, turning a turkey carcass into soup...thank you for the memories. You will never know how much you mean to me.
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Dana Letner/Halopoff
March 26, 2007
Mom,
"Our" Love is forever...Now go, and Dance on for us!
Dana
danya
March 26, 2007
I Love You Forever....my Precious!
A-1 Grit Company Louis Medina, Molly Barbo
March 26, 2007
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Harold Newman
March 26, 2007
Please accept our deepest sympathies.
Sheryl Savord
March 25, 2007
My prayers and love are with your family during this time. I want to thank you, Precious and Danny, for showing me what a true great love is all about. And thank you, Danya, for introducing me to an amazing woman, your Precious, whom I'll always be grateful to for raising an amazing granddaughter :)
Gary Headding
March 25, 2007
May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.Billie was a special person.
Bill Burnett
March 24, 2007
It has been a very long time since I have seen any of you ,but you have been in my thoughts. Billie was always A kind and caring person as was Danny. In life you meet people that are genuinely good people and Billie was one of them.I am truly sorry for your loss... Bill
Darlene Ruttman
March 23, 2007
What wonderful memories I have of Billie. Such a true & thoughtful friend. Her get-togethers were the best. Oh how she must have hated leaving her loving family.. My prayers go out to all of Danny & Billie's extended family.
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