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for Paula Dooner
June 6, 2025
Hi my name is Tim. I am sorry to hear about Paula. I was glad to have known her even if it was for a short while. She had a great sense of humor. I worked with Brenda at Mugsy’s restaurant. Not sure if she will remember me but I was thinking of them. I know it’s been awhile but I just found out.
Take care
Seana Geisler
May 28, 2025
I just wanted to say I love you mom and I miss you so much still. My kids are growing up so fast! It´s summer and they just finished school. Sophia is 15 and in 9th grade at high school. She just got her learners so now she can drive with another driver . Silas is 11. He´s in 5th grade and heads to 6th once summer is over. I love them both so much and they make excellent grades. I´m so proud of them. You would be proud to know I stopped drinking mom. I know dad is. God helped me through the horrific motorcycle accident I was in 2 years ago and I´m grateful to be here. You would be proud of me. Brenda and I talk every day which makes my heart smile. I´m so grateful to have her here. I´m happy and I´m working on rebuilding my life. I love you mom.
Seana Geisler
May 4, 2024
I miss you mom. It makes me sad that I never get to see you or talk to you anymore. It makes me sad. I have two children now. My daughter Sophia and my Son Silas. I love them so much. Sophia is about to start high school! I'm so proud of her. They both do well in school and make good grades. I love them so much. I will be 43 this year!!! I can't believe it. I am getting better though and they are going to operate on my left hand and correct it for me! I'm happy about that. Dad has been taking great care of me. I love him so much! I don't really like his new wife too much but I deal with her. I've been doing good mom. I was told I am getting 10k and I'm happy about that. I will do good with it. I love you mom. I can't wait to see you again. Thank you for always being here for me. I love you and I'll see you again in heaven one Tay.
Patricia
May 15, 2022
Hard to believe its been almost 14 years since you have not been with us. I love and miss you sister and think of you often.
Brenda Degler
May 20, 2020
I miss you every single day. I wish we all could have had more time with you, it just wasnt enough. The kids and I talk about you often and I tell them how incredibly Blessed I was to have you as a mother and them to have you as their own angel nana in heaven. We love and miss you so very much. Til we meet again xoxo. All my love, all my live
Silas Dennis
May 19, 2020
Hi,this is Silas your grandchild. I wish I could see you here with us today. I also wish you could meet me, Sophia, and tons more of us. we all miss you and love you so much. We all want you to be here today and see us all. Love, Silas :D.
Brenda Moore
May 19, 2020
Short and sweet, Miss you, love you, bye. I want to make it to 90 I'm not in a hurry. Catch in 10 years.
Seana Geisler
May 19, 2020
Mom, 12 long years have passed and it still feels like yesterday that you were here. I can still here your voice and smell your perfume. We went to see you today at St Matthews. I would have loved nothing more than for you to have met Sophia and Silas. Sophia reminds me so much of you. I know you're looking down on us and I feel you every day. We all love you so much and I look forward to that sweet day when I see you again. All my love all my life
Grainne McCullough
May 19, 2020
I've been having Dreams with you in them more and more. I love it! I love seeing you again, If I awake during a dream with you in it, I desperately try to go back into it..never works! I love and miss you...
Grainne McCullough
May 22, 2019
11 years gone from us!! Oh how I wish I could talk to you again...Love you lots, miss you more..
Patricia Voll
May 15, 2019
Miss you so much sister! Always and forever in my heart! I love you!
patricia voll
March 14, 2014
I love and miss you so much my sister. always.....
March 13, 2014
miss you paula .i will always love you .mom .
Grainne
May 21, 2013
I could not let it go away!!! :'(
Fran
May 19, 2013
So hard to believe that it has been five years since you left. You have beautiful grandchildren and one on the way, you would be so proud, and you also have a brand new niece.
Till we all meet agsin
May 18, 2013
my sister,i cant believe that it has been 5 years, it is still hard to believe that you are gone. i love and miss you my sister....so much.
Brenda Degler
May 17, 2013
mom,
it never does get any easier----you are still the person i go to call when i have something happen in my life and i want to talk. I love and miss you everyday...you are always in my thoughts <3
Grainne
May 13, 2013
Coming up to 5 years gone from us, I still miss you big sis. I dream of you at times, never enough though. I love you Paula
brenda moore
January 1, 2013
miss you so much paula .holidays are fillolomomve you led with great memories . love you mom.
October 10, 2012
I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH MY BEAUTIFUL SISTER. THINKING OF YOU ALWAYS.
Jim
May 17, 2012
Hey Kiddo
Always thinking about you
Wish you could see the Grand Kids
and especially how Seana and Brenda have made so much progress in their lives, and how they have dealt with responsibility. They are doing it on their own. They wer nurtured the right way. Also your critters keep looking for you and heads raised when I tell them that you are watching us from above.
I love you
JIM
Brenda
May 17, 2012
Momma,
I can not believe it has been almost four years since you left this place and went home. I miss you every single day and think of you all the time. I wish you were here to hold all of your beautiful grandkids...they are amazing...we talk about you to them all the time...they know you in spirit, I carry you with me all the time and honor you by passing on all the beautiful things you taught me in your life to my children and to little Sophie...I know you are with us...I just wish i had just one moment with you....While your time here was way too short for us, your beautiful soul remains with all of us. I love you mom, and i will continue to miss you for all the days of my life.
My beautiful sister
May 14, 2012
Seana, Sophia
May 14, 2012
sisters, 22, 20, 21
May 14, 2012
Paula, Pat, Dad, Grainne
May 14, 2012
sisters..16, 18, 17
May 14, 2012
Robert, Brendan, Paula, Pat, Grainne
May 14, 2012
April 24, 2011
Grainne McCullough
May 19, 2010
I wish Heaven had a phone so I could hear your voice again. I thought of you today, but that is nothing new,I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories & a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, from which I'll never part. God has you in his arms, I have you in my heart...Until we meet again big sis..I love you...I miss you
seana
May 28, 2009
i know this is a random question but does anyone else ever smell her perfume out of the blue? i was sitting on my bed two days ago and out of nowhere i smelt her..it was so overwhelming i recognized it immediately..it was that perfume she use to wear way back in the day royal violets..i swear it was like she just poured the entire bottle on herself and came and stood next to me..lol..anyways i thought that this little story would be appreciated and i should share it with all her loved ones..
seana
May 28, 2009
inner workings
Sad, sad thinkin of you remembering pictures I saw of us. You a loving, young mom, and me just a baby. You looked so beautiful and happy. Really, truly happy mom. I wish that you are like that again..young, and beautiful and happy..Peace, peace all you wanted was some peace..I hope you have that now mom..you deserve that peace..i miss you mom..part of me still feels like that little girl..admiring you, looking up to you..To me, you were my entire world..I looked up to you..I thought you were the most beautiful, kind, graceful, caring being in the world..you could do no wrong in my eyes..I ll always be that little girl..Still wanting her mother's love, approval, her mothers touch..Those encouraging words that in her eyes, I could do no wrong..In her eyes, I was perfect..Her love, her life...I could do no wrong..She always knew how to make me feel special, how to make me feel loved..Every birthday, christmas. easter, valentines day..she made miracles happen..My mom made it special for me and my sister..just by adding her one of a kind touch..What am i gonna do now?? Where do i go from here?? She's gone..There will never be another birthday, christmas, easter or valentines day with her touch..My life will never be the same..I feel a hole in my heart that will never be filled..All i think about it my mom..Every little detail is now so important..I cant forget anything..Her voice, her laugh, her smell, the way she wore her hair, the way she did her make-up..her witty comments that always made me laugh..Its not fair..why did she have to leave so soon?? Why?? She didnt deserve this..She was too good of a person to have to leave so soon..So many things that my mom wont get to be a part of..Why??...I know she is in a better place but why?? Why now must two young girls, who she loved more than life itself, now must live out the rest of their lives without their mother??? The one person who can add that special touch to everything..I cant describe the pain and emptiness I feel right now and that will continue to haunt me for the rest of my life..it will never be the same again..all i can do is live in her memory..and live my life in a way that i know will make my mother proud...those are big shoes to fill..but if anyone can do it..i know that i can..
Patricia Voll
May 25, 2009
My Sisters, Arms Wide Open
You were there waiting for me when my life began, with your arms wide open,
so unaware at that time, that the love in those arms were so potent.
Throughout my life you were ALWAYS there for me, an ear to vent in, a shoulder to cry on, a shield
to protect me, a hand to grab on to.
no matter what adversities life threw my way, when i needed someone, there was ALWAYS you.
the fact that your gone, still dosent seem real,
does reality ever sink in, do the tears ever stop
does the pain ever heal?
my mind has been in a constant rewind,
the could haves, the would haves, the should haves,
the good times, the bad times, the heartaches,
the heartfelts,
the pain of your loved ones, that you left behind,
physically feels like bruises and welts.
i KNOW that you are at peace my sister, and never again will you know hurt and pain,
and the beautiful person that you were, and all of my memories will forever in my mind remain.
I LOVE you my sister, and I miss you so much it hurts, and at times its hard coping,
my only comfort is in knowing, that when Jesus calls me home, and I then enter the gates of Heaven,
there again will be my sister.....with her arms wide open
JIM
May 20, 2009
Well PG it's slightly over a year. There is not minute that I don't think of you. You are with me always and your spirit lives on, forever and ever, as does our love. Me the critters are hanging in, but
I know you are watching out for all of us,espically me and the kids, and grandkids. We all miss you and look forward till we meet again. I will always love you forever.
seana
May 19, 2009
its been a year today since you have passed away and i miss you more and more each day.. i try not to think about all the things i didnt do and say but i know you wouldnt want me to dwell on those things.. all i can do is honor your memory by being the beautiful soul that you raised me to be.. your children and family were your life and i promise you mom i will make you proud.. i love you now and forever you are my angel in heaven..
Grainne McCullough
May 11, 2009
Why did she have to go
So young I just don't know why
Things happen half the time
Without reason without rhyme
Lovely, sweet young woman
Daughter, wife and mother
Makes no sense to me
I just have to believe
She flew up to Heaven on the wings of angels
By the clouds and stars and passed where no one sees
And she walks with Jesus and her loved ones waiting
And I know she's smiling saying
Don't worry 'bout me
Loved ones she left behind
Just trying to survive
And understand the why
Feeling so lost inside
Anger shot straight at God
Then asking for His love
Empty with disbelief
Just hoping that maybe
She flew up to Heaven on the wings of angels
By the clouds and stars and passed where no one sees
And she walks with Jesus and her loved ones waiting
And I know she's smiling saying
Don't worry 'bout me
It's hard to say goodbye
Her picture in my mind
Will always be of times I'll cherish
And I won't cry 'cause
She flew up to Heaven on the wings of angels
By the clouds and stars and passed where no one sees
And she walks with jesus and her loved ones waiting
And I know she's smiling saying
Don't worry 'bout me
Don't worry 'bout me
Don`t worry 'bout me
Grainne
May 7, 2009
Still Missing You
They say there is a reason
They say that time will heal
But neither time nor reason
Will change the way we feel.
For no one knows the heartache
that lies behind our smiles,
No one knows how many times
we have broken down and cried.
We want to tell you something
so there won't be any doubt,
You're so wonderful to think of
but so hard to be without.
We cannot bring the old days back,
when we were all together
The family chain is broken now,
but memories live forever
Savannah McCullough
September 25, 2008
This is a song I wrote for you aunt Paula:
The time we've had together has come to an end.
The things we learned, the laughs we shared, the time we had to spend.
Until we meet again some day, our hearts will be near by, but till that day and just for now, it's time to say good bye.
In our hearts you'll live on, althought your not on earth, we cant wait to see you again, we'll count the days until we do.
Good bye.
To my beloved Aunt Paula
I love you forever
Savannie
brenda geisler
July 2, 2008
i love and miss you so much..it is really hard without you here...i know you are watching out for us....just wish i could see you one more time....your lil lamb is starting to walk...he is growing so fast and i am so sad you aren't here to see him grow up...but he will know all about his amazing nana and how much you loved him...all my love all my life
seana
June 3, 2008
Hi Mom,
I wanted to let you know that i think about you all the time..i miss you so much..ive been working alot trying to keep myself busy so the pain of losing you doesnt have time to set it..i dont know if thats the best way to deal with things but its my way..i dont even know where to begin to pick up the pieces..you were such a wonderful, kind loving mom and even though i didnt show it to you all the time you were my rock..i always knew that no matter the situation i could always count on you to be there for me..i can still hear your voice telling me "seana i believe in you and i will never give up on you" and you didnt..you had my back through everything no matter the situation mom, you didnt judge me you just loved and supported me..and now that your gone that comfort and security you provided for me went with you..i feel so lost..im trying to be strong and live my life the way i know you would want me to but its so hard without you..its hard for me being in the house without you here..it just doesnt feel right..i hate that my children will never get to experience the love that only you could give..that they wont get to know the loving nana that i know you would have been..i know you'll always be with me but its still hard..i know your in a better place and thats the only comfort that i have..its what keeps me going everyday..and i thank you for the signs you send to me when im feeling really down..some may say they are coincidences but i know thats its you still being a mom..worried about your daughter..telling me "hey boo im ok dont worry" i know your ok mom and i know you are happy..i just really miss you..and im sorry that i wasnt here for you more like you were always there for me..i live with that guilt everyday..that i took advantage of everything when you were here..i wish i would have spent more time with you, i wish i wouldve talked to you more or even just listened to you more..you gave and gave and gave never asking for anything in return..and i regret not living everyday with you like it was your last..please forgive me mom..you didnt deserve what happened to you and i wish i wouldve done more to try and stop it..im sorry i love you..and i cant wait until we meet again..please look after all of us..we all really miss you and still need your loving..tell Jesus i said hi and to take good care of you..cause you are my hero..because of you i will live my life with love and teach my children to do the same..goodbye for now but not forever mom...
all my love
all my life
Susan Taylor
May 31, 2008
Paula, You are gone but not forgotten. Nor never shall you be. As long as life and memory lasts. Your Mom will always think of thee.
I will remember you Paula at the altar of God., and please remember your Mom and all of us here in Exile.
Rachel Holley
May 29, 2008
Aunt Paula was a great woman.
She loved everyone and everything.
She touched my life like no one else did.
There will always be a special place in my heart for her.
I will miss her voice and her beautiful smile, but I know she is up there watching me and helping me wherever I go.
I will always love you Aunt Paula.
Brenda Geisler
May 29, 2008
there are no words that could ever come close to describe the love you gave to all of us. Your the most amazing mother and nana that anyone could ever ask for. I miss you will every ounce of my soul but i know you are in a much better place watching over all of us. At least I know your lil lamb has one unbelievable guardian angel. I love you mom and will see you again.
Miss your smile
May 29, 2008
Lou Vital
May 28, 2008
I sure do miss auntie Paula & I love her dearly. It's hard to believe she's gone but I know she's in a much better place, happy as can be. I'll always miss talking to her on the phone about anything & everything. Most of all i'll miss hearing her say, Hi Lou. i love & miss her with all my heart, & i know she's living it up in Heaven, with my dear Kimmy and Jesus! much, much love.
Brenda Moore
May 28, 2008
There is an old tradition
That God sends each person into the world with a special message to deliver,
With a special song to sing for others,
With a special act of love to bestow.
No one else can speak Paula's message,
Or sing her song,
Or offer her act of love.
These have been intrusted only to her.
According to this tradition
The message may be spoken,
The song sung,
The act of love delivered--only to a few,
Or to all the people in a small town,
Or to all the people in a large city,
Or even to all the people in the whole world.
It all depends
On God's unique plan for each unique person.
So from my heart I want to say this to you:
Please believe that
Paula had an important message to deliver,
She had a beautiful song to sing,
And a unique act of love
To warm this world and to brighten its darkness.
And when the final history of this world is written,
Her message, her song, and her love
Will be recorded gratefully and forever.
Deirdre
May 28, 2008
I'll always remember the happy memories I have with you. You're loved and missed more than you will ever know.
Heather Vital
May 28, 2008
One of the most affectionate and admirable people I've ever known.. I love and miss one of my very BEST friends! Love you Aunt P!
seana geisler
May 28, 2008
The love a mother has can never be replaced
The love a mother has is one you can't mistake
Theres a hole in my heart
And a void in my life
That even time won't heal
But I know your in a better place
And I hold memories that no one can steal
You left us way to soon
I miss you every day
You touched so many lives
In a very special way
I pray that God will watch you
And angels lead your way
I know that we will meet again
One sweet, sweet day
I love you mom
All My Love
All My Life
Manon Hagan-Stevens
May 27, 2008
Paula was always a loving example
to all. She will be Missed!
Her Cuz.....Manon & Family
JIM Dooner
May 27, 2008
MY DEAREST P. J. Thank you for the best years of my life. We did things right. I will miss you every second of my life,while your memories are alive with me forever. I will always love you forever and every.Our marriage was the best thing for us and there is no equal. I was and am so proud to be your husband and partner. Now its God's turn to take care of you till we reunite again.
Grainne McCullough
May 27, 2008
If tears could build a stairway
and thoughts a memory lane
I'd walk right up to heaven
and bring you home again
No Farewell words were spoken
No time to say good-bye
You were gone before I knew it
And only God knows why.
My heart's still active in sadness
And secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No one can ever know.
But now I know you want us
To mourn for you no more
To remember all the happy times
Life still has much in store.
Since you'll never be forgotten
I pledge to you today
A hallowed place within my heart
Is where you'll always stay.
God knows why, with chilling touch,
Death gathers those we love so much,
And what now seems so strange and dim,
Will all be clear, when we meet Him.
I Knew you for a Moment
I love you Paula, my big sis!
brenda moore
May 26, 2008
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