Tribute to Gramps

A TRIBUTE TO GRAMPS

You touched our hearts in many ways and words cannot express the heartache we each feel with your physical absence. I know you are still here in spirit and really not so far away. I look forward to having you and Grams combined as guardian angels for your posterity.

We are comforted to know that you have found at last PEACE in the Lord Jesus Christ, JOY in the face of your sweetheart, our Grams, LOVE in the service of your family, HOPE in a glorious resurrection, hearing in both ears and youthful grace once more.

You have left a legacy of love that cannot be equaled. We are better people for having you to guide and teach us. I hope we will honor your name in all we do and become.

You taught us patience by your example in not only using a soft voice and kind words ( I cannot in memory recall a harsh or unkind word) and everlasting back rubs.

You taught us the value of hard work by taking good care of your home and family and spending time toiling in the soil and working hard to put food on the table.

You taught us patriotism by facing the foes of America and her friends abroad. You faced evil in one of its darkest hours and overcame it. You served those who could not serve themselves. The horrors you faced you overcame while in your silent humble solitude so you would not burden us with memories to painful to bear.

You taught us how to love, honor, and cherish by always treating your wife, our mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother with respect, dignity, devotion, and love. You taught us that we deserve to be loved, honored, and cherished.

You taught us that it is okay to find beauty in the creations of the Lord as you tenderly tended to plants, flowers, trees, vines and lawn. Your love of the outdoors and mountains has been passed down through the generations. Your love of fishing and hunting and camping and huckleberries was taught to us from our tiniest memories. You taught us to respect nature as we enjoyed the bounties we received.

You taught us that sometimes we can understand, feel, and learn more from a soft nod of the head and a smile than by a thousand words spoken.

In your last years, months, weeks, and days you taught us humility as you allowed your family to do for you what you no longer could do for yourself. Through your humility you taught us how to serve through words, actions, laughter, tears, music, song, heart to heart and spirit to spirit. You reconnected family ties once broken and gave opportunity for broken hearts to be mended.

I am ETERNALLY grateful for you GRAMPS and I look forward to a wonderful reunion someday…..

I Love You,

Nee