January 23, 2009

Shirley is in Heaven

Shirley passed away peacefully between 6:30 and 7:00 this morning while everyone was sleeping. The nurse checked on her at 6:30 and she was still with us and when they checked again at 7:00 she was gone.

Thank you again for all your prayers and we will post the arrangements a little bit later.

Love,

Shirley's Family

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

My love to you all! Janet Anne

Anonymous said...

I love all of you and my prayers are with you. Be strong and we will all get through this somehow.
You have been a great family and great sisters teresa and given 100 percent. Debbie I love you Sis,
Love, Connie

Anonymous said...

My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Angie LaRocca (Elliott)

Anonymous said...

As sad as we all are, here on earth, we can find peace in knowing she is finally home with God. She doesn't have to worry about anything and she doesn't hurt anymore :) And she gets to see Grandpa again too. :)
Thank you again for having this blog set up. I think it has helped all of us...
Love you all and many hugs,
Tracy

Anonymous said...

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.
Please know you are all in my prayers.
Mauria Stonestreet

Anonymous said...

My thoughts and prayers are with your family.

Tina

Anonymous said...

I am so sorry My heart and love goes out to all of you. Aunt Shirley will be missed greatly. She was one of a kind. Aunt Teresa what you have done with this blog has been a blessing and it has touched us all. I will keep you all in my prayers that you will get through this. I love you all I can not express that enough.
Grandpa and Grandma I am so sorry
I love you
love Rachel

Anonymous said...

Although no words can really help to ease the loss you bear,
just know that you are very close in every thought and prayer.
Love,
Robin

Anonymous said...

I AM SORRY TO HEAR OF THE LOSE. BUT SHE MUST OF BEEN READY TO LEAVE HER LOVED ONES AND THIS EARTH. IT IS TIME TO TRY AND FIND THE STRENGTH TO HELP EACH OTHER THROUGH THIS TIME OF NEED. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH THE FAMILY.

Anonymous said...

We are deeply saddened to hear of Shirley's passing.

Please know that you all are our prayers.

JoAnn Fulcher & Kimberly Pitts
(The Abbott's)

Anonymous said...

May god watch over your family during this difficult time.

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Jennifer Blevins (Vogel)

Anonymous said...

You all are in our thoughts and prayers every single day. We love you all and hate the pain that this has caused you. It doesn't seem fair that Shirley has been taken from this earth so soon, but know that she is walking with God now, and is still with every single one of you. We love you.

Joe and Kelly

Anonymous said...

Our Prayers and thoughts are with you and your family!!!! Shirley's smile will always be a beautiful memory to me, now she can smile again without any pain. God bless and keep you through your time of loss! Keep us posted!
Laura and Reece

Anonymous said...

Thoughts and prayers.

Diana

Anonymous said...

Tracy and Mauria's comments seemed to say what's in our hearts too.

I married into the family so I didn't know Shirley until sometime after 1974. And even though we only saw her on our annual summer visits, (we live in Roseville near Detroit), this beautiful freckle faced red headed country girl always wore a big smile and was generous with hugs.

Shirley:I know you're busy today reuniting with all who have gone before. And I know you're busy spending time with the Savior asking all those questions that we save for such a time as this. But through hope and faith we look forward to the day when we'll be together again and reminice. We're told there will be no tears where you are but my earthly form thinks there'll be a few tears of joy. A small request; we've sent Penelope our little Puggle to you today so that you can care for her since we no longer could. You can take care of each other. We'll miss you both.

Teresa, you did an oustanding job maintaining this blog especially for all of us so far away. Thank you.
Kathy, Debbie, Tom and the entire family, I pray God's peace to fall upon you as we all collectively say goodbye to our sweet girl. Prayers have not stopped. We will see you soon.

Love Uncle Dan & Aunt Carolyn

Anonymous said...

Our thoughts and prayers are with you! Thank you for updating all of us throughout this difficult time. It helped us feel a little closer to you. Please know our hearts ache with you! We are praying that you will feel God's peace and comfort close around you! We love you!

Uncle Curt and Aunt Brenda and Family

Anonymous said...

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Shirley was a wonderful person and will be missed.

Nicki Taggart (Chaffin)

Anonymous said...

Debbie,Tom & Family,My Heart goes out to all of you We are praying for Stength for all of you. It will be the hardest thing you ll go thur but with gods help you will. Don`t hurry yourself or let anyone rush you. Share the pain of your grief with safe people who will listen to you and appreciate what you have lost.Each time you open up and share, you`re letting go of a little more hurt and allowing a little more healing to take place.That`s the way grief-- goes a little at a time,day by day,for as long as it takes. Thats what i have to do. Love and Prayers Linda Allen (Cash)