mrs irene crust  Irene Crust - on 3 Nov 2012

dearst mum you will always be in our thoughts . sleep tight night, night , . love you lots brian, brian , grandchildren , and greatchildren xxxx

Playing cards  May Roberts - on 3 Dec 2011

I always remember the time we played cards together and you let me win

Eulogy  Wendy Mulford - on 24 Nov 2011

“Mum started the originals making custom ski jackets…”

Mum had a very full life. She loved her family very much and enjoyed every minute she had with them. She has three grandchildren and six great grandchildren that she was so fond of.

She was very involved in so many activities and community services.She was the past president of the local scrabble team, Director for the Hitching Post Follies for 21 years . Assistant leader in girl scouts involved in PTA taught sewing at the Senior citizens Center represented Home Bureau at the ACWW conferences.

She loved to travel with her husband Charles. As soon as they came back from a trip both of them were so anxious to share their experiences. They were involved in craft shows for many years selling crafts made from sea shells. Mum started the originals making custom ski jackets. Mum loved to go camping on the islands and Indian Lake for many many years with family and friends.

Not only was Mum called Gram by her grandchildren but she was also Gram to everyone else.

Mum was always ready to do make a meal at anytime just to entertain! She was fantastic at scrabble cribbage and pinocle . She loved the challenge and the competition! She was an avid reader. Mum had the touch to be able to sit down and talk to anyone no matter what their age was and no matter what the subject was about. She had so much knowledge to share.

Mum always had time for anyone who stopped by her home. The door was always open and coffee was ready to pour!

Poem for Dorothy  Kimberly Best - on 24 Nov 2011

“Let it be spoken without an effort without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant…”

Death is nothing at all. It does not count.

I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was.

I am I and you are you and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched unchanged. Whatever we were to each other that we are still.

Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.

Put no difference into your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.

Play smile think of me pray for me.

Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort without the ghost of a shadow upon it.

Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity.

What is this death but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?

I am but waiting for you for an interval somewhere very near just round the corner.

All is well.

Doll making  Amanda Lulieu - on 24 Nov 2011

We always treasure the dolls you made for our girls. Thanks for everything. You will be greatly missed. We love you.

Great Lady  Patricia Binck - on 24 Nov 2011

“  She was one of the first to welcome me to the neighborhood some 35 years ago…”

She was such a Great Lady.  I will miss not having her wave to me when I walk by. 

She was always ready to offer a good word and a helping hand if you need one.  Recently, she even found time to make catnip bags for our local pet rescue group.  They were much appreciated.  Years ago she helped make a dress for my daughter. 

She was one of the first to welcome me to the neighborhood some 35 years ago. 

Like meeting sunshine

An angel on earth and in heaven  Tamara Scannel - on 24 Nov 2011

“ Her creativity through sewing, crafts and cooking were a joy for her to produce but continued to make others smile, give comfortable or show love…”

Mrs. Edwards (I have called her that since I was a kid) Has always been an angel on earth. She demonstrated what most humans only think they will find in heaven. Pure LOVE.

She is one of those rare people that you know makes a difference in the world. And the beauty of Mrs. Edwards, is it all flowed so easily. Or seemed to by the rest of us mere mortals. She fully embraced life and helped all of us around her to do so. Her humbleness and sharp wit give each person she encounters reason to feel joy and to streach their imagination.

Her creativity through sewing, crafts and cooking were a joy for her to produce but continued to make others smile, give comfortable or show love. My memories as a child were going to her house and seeing what she was making, smelling Mr. Edwards's pipe and just feeling totally at home.

And their dog Lucky - he was so lucky.

In my mind I see the many summers at the beach where she would play games with us kids and laugh with the kids, just as much and as easily as the parents. All of my life, I never saw her age. Her beauty was inside and timeless. The inspiration she provides me is always here. Dorothy Edwards sweeties recipe is still taped to the inside of my kitchen cabinet today. I will be making it this year!

Golfing in her 70s and 80s, in charge of the Follies, having time to listen to people. I can only hope and try to live life so fully. In some ways I almost feel closer to her now.

Mrs. Edwards is still with me, I know she angel in heaven, and we are no longer seperated by distance because she is with me right now inspiring me to be a better person.

Thank you for the love and the inspiration you gave to me and all of those who you have touched.

I love you,

Tami

The Special Things I Will Cherish About Gram  Tracey Best (Granddaughter-in-law) - on 24 Nov 2011

“ 4. How much she enjoyed creating things (clothes new recipes things for the children and grandchildren)…”

Here are the special things that will always bring love to my heart and a smile to my face:

1. Playing Scrabble with Gram and actually thinking you have a chance to win!!! That woman knew words I didn't know existed.

2. Her wonderful ability to listen to everyone and never pass judgement.

3. Her enjoyment of life and all those in it.

4. How much she enjoyed creating things (clothes new recipes things for the children and grandchildren). She always had such a smile when she was doing something new.

5. Her Competitive Spirit (you all know what I mean)!

6. Her Smile and Laughter! Gram I'm blessed for having known you and that my daughters were able to have such wonderful memories to carry with them. I will miss you with all my heart!