Today I am saddened to hear of your passing and wish that I could be there to celebrate your life. You were an amazing women and I want you to know you were an inspiration to us all, even if we were not the best at showing it. I know that you touched a lot of lives in Ketchikan with your work at the hospital, and volunteer work at the church and the soup kitchen. I think you were an amazing women alone in just raising your sisters five children like they were your own after she passed. I could only imagine how hard it would be to raise five children that weren't even yours all by yourself. I have so many memories of playing at your house as a child and only now realize as an adult how truly patient you were. I remember making you watch me play with toys and if I caught your eyes closed I would wake you and make you watch me play. You always said you were just resting your eyes and not sleeping. I cant even count how many times you walked up Bryant street hill for me so I could play in the park, and I know that was hard for you but you did it anyway. In also remember playing the piano, and I know I wasn't good, probably just banging all the keys and you never got mad or irritated. We used to go to the landing and get a stack of pancakes for breakfast on the days that I stayed the night with you. I have wonderful memories of you from my childhood and I know that you had a long and wonderful life. You will truly be miss by many and I hope you are in a happier place with the rest of your family that has passed before you. I love you Aunt Rose and I hope to see you again. I really wish you could have met your great great niece, I think you would have liked her.
Love Always,
Monica
Aunt Rose on her 90th Birthday
Aunt Rose and I when I was little
"When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure"
"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal"
