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1969
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2015
Michelle Roberts Obituary
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Rashan (Shani) Pearson
May 11, 2024
I miss you my sister, my friend. Often memories of our shenanigans surface and I smile. I love you dear one. You´re forever in my heart. Tell our Heavenly Farher I said hi
Momma
April 3, 2024
Happy Birthday my Beautiful daughter Michelle. I woke up with you on my mind, and in my heart. I can´t believe you have been gone almost 9 years. I miss you more than words can ever say. I am so glad we always said hello and see you later, with a hug and a kiss, no regrets. I can´t wait to see you, and we will never, ever say, see you later again. I´m not sure if there are Birthdays in heaven, but if there are, I´m sure it would never compare to your Birthday here. Until we meet again, know I was so proud, Jesus allowed me to be your Momma, 46 years. I love you my Michelle, today, tomorrow and through eternity.
Alissia Adorni
May 11, 2020
I love you auntie I will be with you one day and I know you are above us all watching me and our family grow up and soon to see my future kids grow up and little hunter kids too we love you
Jessica Smith-Guthary
February 11, 2020
Been thinking about you alot I hope you are holding Ashley in your arms.
Emmie Arruda Peterson
May 15, 2019
Michelle, oh how I miss you as so many others do! God gave you your wings, but we werent ready to let you fly! Its been 4 years and it just seems like yesterday! I know you are preparing a house for your Mom and family, I know you are watching over all of us and we will never forget you! You are our angel of the morning, until we meet again we all love you! Great Aunt/Godmother Emmie & Great Uncle John
Broham~
October 5, 2016
Hey sis,
I can't believe its been a year and half since you've been gone? A lot of people's lives came to a halt that day. I never truly imagined that you would die. I think that's the hardest part to grasp. You're gone on this earth forever. No more laughs, no more arguments, no more anything. I see you occasionally, and I want you to know that I notice. I notice the doves that seem to always be around, especially when I need you most. Little pieces of you show up everywhere I go, and I can't be more grateful for that.
I look back on everything, our childhood and all of the silly things we would do together. You were the best sister a sibling could want. Sticking up for me, disposing the food under my plate that I didn't want to eat without mom and dad noticing, and just taking care and loving me the way you did. When you were in high school and I was just an elementary school kid, you use to take me to school with you and Milt in his awesome Z28. Sometimes passing the bus! That was so fun. (Tell Milt thanks and I miss him as well please.) The pictures of us when I was just a little toddler. The Halloween costumes we repped every year. Countless great memories sis.
Even as we grew up, our lives never drifted apart. And I am SO great full for that. One of the last times I had seen you before Jesus called you home was at my house when you came by with Kiera, and I was planting my two cherry blossom trees. ( which are now memorized by your passing) I wish I had a clue that was going to be the last time I would see you alive. You shared some of your biggest secrets with me, and I with you. You had always turned to me for things, and I wish I had given you more in those times.
I really really do!
You know how it is when you lose someone, the stage of regret and the feeling that you could have done something more never really goes away. :( Regarding how you died, sadly there wasn't much more that any of us could have done, but the thought is always there. What if what if? I live with no regrets of our love towards each other though, and I thank God for that!
I just want you to know sis, that out of all of this, I am just glad you were my sister and I was there with you on your last day. Watching you depart was never part of my plans! but I'm glad I could help send you off into your next adventure while being by your side.
Mom, Alissia, bubbalishous and I miss you SOOOOO SOOOO MUCH! Every single day! We wish you were still here. But know even with the amount of love your heart contained for us you would probably stay right we're you are. We can only imagine how glorious it is in heaven. You will always be my big sister! I love you with all of my heart and I will see you again someday sis. Smile, laugh, dance, and Fly high my angelic sister until we meet again sis. xoxoxoxox Broham~
Broham Adorni
October 4, 2016
Hey sis,
I can't believe its been almost a year and half since you've been gone? A lot of people's lives came to a halt that day. I never truly imagined that you would die. I think that's the hardest part to grasp. You're gone forever. No more laughs, no more arguments, no more anything. I see you occasionally, and I want you to know that I notice. I notice the doves that seem to always be around, especially when I need you most. Little pieces of you show up everywhere I go, and I can't be more grateful for that.
I look back on our childhood and all of the silly things we would do together. Sticking up for me, disposing the food under my plate that I didn't want to eat without mom and dad noticing, and just taking care and loving me the way you did. When you were in high school and I was just an elementary school kid, you use to take me to school with you and Milt in his awesome Z28. Sometimes passing the bus! That was so fun. The pictures of us when I was just a little toddler. The Halloween costumes we repped every year. Countless memories sis.
Even as we grew up and our lives never drifted to far apart. And I am SO great full for that. One of the last times I had seen you before Jesus called you home was at my house when you came by with Keira, and I was planting my two cherry blossom trees. I wish I had a clue that was going to be the last time I would see you alive. You shared some of your biggest secrets with me, and I with you. You had always turned to me for things, and I wish I had given you more in those times.
You know how it is when you lose someone, the stage of regret and the feeling that you could have done something more never really goes away. Regarding how you died, sadly there wasn't much more that any of us could have done, but the thought is always there. What if what if? I live with no regrets of our love towards each other though and I thank God for that!
I just want you to know sis, that out of all of this, I am just glad you were my sister and I was there with you on your last day. Watching you depart was never part of my plans! but I'm glad I could help send you off into your next adventure while being by your side.
Mom and I miss you SOOOOO MUCH every single day, and I wish you were still here. But you will always be my big sister. I love you with all of my heart and I will see you again someday sis. Fly high my angelic sister xoxoxoxox Broham
You are Beautiful inside and out! Miss you so very much!
Broham Broham
October 4, 2016
Jean Nichols
October 3, 2016
I miss her; beautiful lady.........
Bernadette Madonia
October 2, 2016
My BEAUTIFUL, PRECIOUS BABY GIRL MICHELLE, Momma misses you more than this world could ever imagine. I love you, and will see you when JESUS takes me home. I know you have my heavenly home all organized, thank you for that BEAUTIFUL. Love you till the end of eternity. Your Momma.
Xavier Ayala
June 27, 2015
Remembering your smile...
jessica smith-guthary
May 31, 2015
Rest in peace myshell. You will always be in my heart.♡
Nancy Cringle
May 31, 2015
My heart was sadden by the passing of Michelle. I am so sorry for your loss Bernadette, and I have been thinking of you and your family! Praying for the peace that passes all understanding! I love you my beautiful friend.
Rashan (Shani) Pearson
May 30, 2015
You'll always be my angel. Now go run, laugh, and be free! Love you girl!
May 30, 2015
Bernie,
I'm so sorry for your loss. May the peace that passes all understanding be with you at this time. You will see her again in glory and be able to dance with her in the presence of God.
Margaret Smith Robertson
Karen Mayille (Torgersen)
May 29, 2015
Oh, the Michelle memories! We spent lots of time together in the 90's. Traveling to Mexico, boating and parties! Always a very bright light. It was a joy to have known her. So very sorry, Bernadette. My heart breaks for you.
Ronda Kime
May 22, 2015
Bernie, I'm so sorry for you and your family. My heart goes out to you.
May 20, 2015
Even though we did not get to see her recently we still loved and miss her. Keep those beautiful memories in your heart forever.
Uncle John Arruda and Pat
Irene
May 20, 2015
What a beautiful tribute to Michelle that Adam wrote. I am sure she is smiling. This is such a hard thing to do. Writing about someone that should still be here with us. Michelle had a big impact on my life, probably more than she ever knew. Her kind words played a part in bringing me and my husband together. Michelle also came to our rescue once we married, taking on the hard frustrating job of babysitting all 3 of our children while we went on our honeymoon. I'm sure that aged her as they were a handful. She was wise beyond her years. Michelle and Bernadette seemed to have a relationship closer than mother and child, if that is possible. My heart aches for you. May the Great Comforter be with you and hold you in His arms through this.
Dianna Lee
May 20, 2015
Bernadette, So sorry to hear of you daughter passing. May God Bless you at this time and always give you his peace and grace. My love is always with you my friend.
Dianna (Benefield) Lee
Niki
May 19, 2015
Every time I think of Michelle, I think of a black t-top Z28 and her big perfect feathered blond hair, and that tan of course. She was always this beautiful, super cool older sister to us. I am so sorry that she left this earth so soon, left her family here hurting and in so much pain. That was a beautiful tribute you left here Adam, about who Michelle really was inside and what she meant to you and your family. May she rest in peace. I love you guys and my heart is broken for you.
Lenette (Arruda) Cowan
May 19, 2015
Praying Gods comfort and peace be with you and your family Bernie. May knowing how much we all love You, Michelle, and Your family give you strength at such a trying time.
May 19, 2015
No words can express the loss you are all going through. May God console you in your sorrow. Love, Ray & Angie
Emmie Peterson
May 19, 2015
Bernie,Adam & Ashley... I am so sorry for the loss of Michelle! I surely will miss my Great Niece/Goddaughter Michelle...she loved being around her family and going to parties involving her family members! I will miss seeing her beautiful face and her infectious laughter! May God hold her family up and give them strength while we allow Michelle to enter into Gods arms! You will forever be missed! Godmother/Great Aunt Emmie & Great Uncle John Peterson.
Jean Nichols
May 19, 2015
My memories of Michelle are of a beautiful, caring person. I liked her from the time I first met her; here in So. Trinity.
Bernie; Ashley; family please know that you are ALL in my prayers.......Love you.
Clarence And Jan
May 19, 2015
May she be rocked in the arms of Jesus.
Our prayers go out to the famy and friends of this precious child.
Gloria Chambers
May 18, 2015
Bernadette,I'm so sorry for your great loss of your beautiful daughter Michelle . I pray that our Lord gives you the strength in helping you & your family start the healing process. My dear great niece may you RIP. Love you
Broham
May 18, 2015
My sweet and dear high octane sister Michelle Renee'. So how do I describe such a unique woman such as her. Well when I sat down to write this, there were so many beautiful things that I wanted to say about my sister that literally I did not know where to start. I can assume none of us have had easy lives by any means, but this is by far the hardest thing I've ever had to do.
Michelle was not only a sister, my rock, and mentor to me, she my best friend, I was her only brother. She was not only beautiful on the outside, she was a beautiful soul. She also saw the beauty in others. Michelle took her time, forming her own thoughts and opinions about the people and things around her, rather than others.
The average American woman can expect to live for over two-and-a-half trillion moments in time, while Michelle's life lasted a mere one-and-a-half trillion, give or take. She spent only one of those moments taking the leap from this life to the next. She likely spent about a third of them asleep. While awake, she spent billions of them doing things like being a child, growing into a young woman, and evolving into a full-fledged adult.
Billions of her moments were spent on being a loving daughter, a sister, an aunt, a spouse, a parent, a niece, a cousin, and a friend. Many moments were spent on developing a career, traveling, living through triumphs and tragedies, giving and receiving love, and cultivating her faith to the extent that she came to know, with surety, that this two-and-a-half trillion moment excursion is a mere drop in the bucket in comparison to eternal life.
I personally will never understand or grasp how she could go to work one day, then to the hospital after work with pain to the chest. Go home to rest over night, just to be rushed back into the ER the following morning to pass away just a couple hours after arriving. She was far sicker than anyone or even her self knew. Michelle should have had another trillion moments of time, and in this, our collective moment in time that is now we feel cheated and hurt both for her, and for ourselves. I truly believe however, that from where God stands, my sister Michelle has satisfied her quota and has been called home. Far too soon for us, but to the beautiful soul who now rests in the crook of God's arms, not a moment too soon. I know in my heart that she left us with God's permission, otherwise he would have sent her back to finish her work.
Michelle may have seemed complicated to some, but yet, on the inside lived a woman who strived for simplicity. She may have seemed meek and gentle most of the time, but when one of her family was threatened or hurt, her immense and powerful soul would rise from within her like a Phoenix, banish the offender, and heal her loved ones. In such moments, when that powerful soul emerged, one could only feel safe, protected, healed, loved and awed at the power, and love that this soul contained. When Michelle laughed, the whole world had to laugh with her, they had no choice for that beautiful sound was contagious to all. When she was funny, she was funny beyond means, I remember she once disrupted a dinner, hijacking a fancy candlestick to use as a microphone, and sung a song that was playing. When she felt joyous, even in her middle age, she would pull the curtains in her home and dance.
Right up to the age of 46, Michelle could still do a perfect cartwheel, which she often incorporated into a dance. There was nothing more gratifying than to watch her interact with her nephew and nieces, being not only entertained, but bearing witness to the love, joy, and laughter that exuded from her during this interaction. Michelle would often open her door for people. In one such case she took in a family member and would feed them and just be there to lift them up with her unique power, and her unconditional and caring love.
She could be described in the simplest of terms, she wanted to love, and she wanted to be loved. She loved her family, her friends, and animals. I always referred to her as an animal activist every time she would come to visit me. She would make sure my pets had FRESH water, sometimes adding ice to it, and their food dishes were full.
She loved God, and loved that God was watching her, and enjoyed pondering where he was watching her from. Thinking of her worst trait, not much comes to mind but one thing, she sometimes did not love herself as she did others, she did not always see all of the beauty in herself that others saw, and she sometimes had a hard time seeing what a gift it was to love Michelle.
We all know that a little humility goes a long way, but for my sister there may have been too much of that trait, and she could not always love the beautiful soul that God, her family and friends, and even some strangers saw. She wanted to be more, when she gave, she felt she did not give enough, when she helped, she felt she could have done more. I speak here of our loss of a golden heart that loved to love, loved to be loved and loved to live. One who strived to be the nicest person in the world. One who could laugh and make others laugh, or soothe the tears of others with her one heart and two loving arms. I speak here of a woman, who felt inferior to her own superior goals, a woman who could rise like a Phoenix when most needed, and shrink into a fragile trinket when she felt that she was not.
It may have never occurred to her that she was always needed, and always loved, but guys let me say,.. she knows now! My gift to my sister is not to reduce her entire life to that one moment that she made the transition from being alive in this world, to being alive in the next world. That was only one moment of well over a trillion. Like all of us, she leaves a legacy. She leaves a Mother, a Grandmother, she leaves a Brother, a Sister, she leaves one Nephew, and Two nieces, she leaves loving aunts,uncles and cousins, she leaves many friends, and she also leaves us each with a billion moments in time with her to cherish as we carry forth the memory of the soul that was our Michelle.
My sister Michelle was always bright, colorful, creative, and lived life to the fullest.
Her personality was too big for this world to contain.
Words cannot adequately describe how much I will miss the warmth of her beautiful love and soul.
I feel like we still had so much left to teach ONE ANOTHER, and so many more inside jokes to create.
I had always thought I'd be able to see her grow into the beautiful old lady that she was meant to be.
I know there is something that she found to love in every one of us that are and are not here today.
We must remind ourselves that when we look for her, we can look to the stars at night and we can look into the eyes and hearts of everyone she touched and find a little piece of Michelle. In that sense she will live on forever
When remembering my sister Michelle, Choose the moments when she made you laugh milk through your nose, or slightly wetting your pants a little without admitting it. Choose the moments when she made you feel like the most beloved person alive. Choose the moment when you caught her dancing when she thought nobody was looking. Choose the moment that she made you know that you were beautiful inside and out. Choose the moment when she surprised you with a cake, or some cookies, a card, a txt, a call or a hug. For me, one of many, I will choose the moments when she made me feel that everything would be alright. Let us each choose a moment in time that Michelle brought us laughter, joy, and love. Let us not resign her life to that one moment in time when she left us, but celebrate her life through the many moments in time that she left us with.
God made us creatures of choice. Let us choose to remember the moments in time where he loaned us one of his sweetest and most loving creations, and let us thank him for the brief and glorious gift that was our Michelle. I ask you to honor my sister by carrying that chosen moment with you as a talisman to honor the life of the one that we lost too soon.
May God rest and bless my sweet sisters beautiful soul, and when each of us reaches our final moment in time, may we each achieve the pinnacle of ecstasy in that moment in time that we will all be together again. Go now in peace, knowing that my dear and beautiful sister Michelle Renee' is safe, warm, and in receipt of His perfect love in this, and every forthcoming moment in time.
I will leave you with this last thought.
Tell people you love them more times than you think they should hear it, especially if you think they already know.
I never got to tell Michelle just how important she was to me, although I know in my heart without any doubt she knew and felt it.
Appreciate the good times, because you never know when they will be your last good memories of some one.
Leonard & Debbie Arruda
May 18, 2015
Your forever in our hearts!
Maggie Heim
May 18, 2015
I miss my dear friend every day. We only knew each other a short time but it seemed I had known her my whole life. She was so beautiful inside and out. She had the greatest laugh! She was a huge presence in this life and she will be missed.
Candy Boak (Moe)
May 17, 2015
Bernie, You are in my thoughts and prayers. I did not know Michelle but she sounds like she was an amazing woman.
Sharon
May 17, 2015
I did not know Michelle but by reading about her... What a beautiful person she was... I am so sorry for your loss. May she always be with you in spirit.
May 17, 2015
We had some really great times sister. I will cherish every moment we had together. I love you so much!
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