Monday, December 10, 2012

IN MEMORIAM

We're almost half-way through December already and it became clear to me that in the past year (since December of 2011) I have lost so many people. And the list is actually longer if I would consider the people that I heard about but I didn't personally know. But, I wanted to at least put the names down of those that I knew and loved who passed away so quietly, so gracefully, so loved in 2012. I will never forget any of you.
JACK ANDERSON---FIRE CHIEF
MARY GULLEY PACHECO---FRIEND SINCE HIGH SCHOOL
KELLY KAWASHIMA---FRIEND AND FELLOW BASEBALL PLAYER
SANDY--CO-WORKER AT HALLMARK
DELBERT-CO-WORKER AT PLACER COUNTY
KIRBY ROOT--FRIEND AND MENTOR
KEN COMPTON--CO-WORKER AT PLACER COUNTY
VINCE CHIODO-HUSBAND TO COUSIN KATHLEEN
TOM MC LELLEN--FRIEND AT CHURCH
RUBY MAE--GREAT GRANDMOTHER TO NATALIE AND MAE
UNCLE CY--MY LAST REMAINING RELATIVE ON PATERNAL SIDE
TRAVIS--HUSBAND AND FATHER OF TWO
TRACI--DAUGHTER TO CINDY
HERMAN OSORIO--CO-WORKER AT HALLMARK AND DEAR FRIEND
JOHN O'NEAL--LIFE-LONG FRIEND SINCE CHILDHOOD
JOHN HEMPHILL--NEIGHBOR
JOYCE MC LELLEN--WIFE TO TOM AND FRIEND AT CHURCH
HAWKEYE SHARPE--FRIEND AT CHURCH
STEVE KESSLER--FRIEND AND FELLOW FIRE-FIGHTER
ARMAND FENECK--FATHER TO JANET AND JUDY, FRIEND TO MANY OTHERS

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4 comments:

  1. Brian MillerDecember 10, 2012 at 10:33 AM

    wow, that is quite a list...mine is not so long but definitely as felt...this is a time of remembering as well...hopefully we can live in the good memories we had with each of them...

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  2. TeriDecember 11, 2012 at 1:19 PM

    Brian...this year (since December of 2011 until December of 2012) Bill and I actually kept a list because it seemed that every month or so we were getting notice of someone that we knew that had made their transition. I think in all the years of my life (now 62) this is the longest list I have ever known. I'm not sure if it's just my age or the fact that it seems that things are speeding up and people are transitioning faster too. Whatever the case, I felt it was important to put a list down and remember them. So often we forget about so many people because they are not in our focus every day. Lots of good memories, like you said!

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  3. UnknownDecember 12, 2012 at 6:31 PM

    that seems like a long list to me too .... but I'm thinking that it's you and your husband having a wide circle of love and friendship .... I have lost touch with many old friends from high school and from previous jobs - even with Facebook - I often wonder how those people are doing

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  4. That gentleman's ladyDecember 13, 2012 at 3:23 AM

    That's such a long list. Too much loss. Hugs to you this holiday season Teri.

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