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Laura Mae Schrock

December 8, 2009

Tomorrow I bury my last grandparent, Laura Mae Schrock who passed away on Wednesday morning, November 11, 2009 at the age of 97 at Belmont Village in Carol Stream, IL, with her daughter Donna present.
Laura was born May 2, 1912 in Champion City, Missouri, daughter of Grover E. and Effie Blackwell Park.
On December 24, 1931, [...]

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A Time for Everything

May 18, 2009

Today is a time to celebrate and a time to mourn.
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a [...]

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Del Birkey

May 13, 2009

Obituary – Delmar G. Birkey
Delmar Gene (Del) Birkey was born Feb 16, 1933 at Foosland, IL, son of Alvin and Amelia Birkey. He died May 13, 2009, at Central DuPage Hospital at the age of 76. Del attended a one-room country school, then Fisher High School, graduating with the class of 1951.
In June 1952, Del [...]

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We Laid Steve to Rest

October 6, 2005

Today, at 10 AM, we met as a small band of family and friends, to lay the ashes of Steve Meyer to rest. It was a beautiful, cool, end-of-summer day. His remains are buried between two Maple trees in a quiet corner of Concordia Cemetery in River Forest, Illinois. I think Steve would like this [...]

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