** UPDATE ** On May26th my second Mother passed away from a long battle with Cancer. Obviously it was a very difficult time for anyone who knew and loved her. She was a great person. Wife, Mother, Stepmom and friend. It was only the second funeral that I have attended, the first being my Paternal Mother almost 20 years ago. I thought I could handle the service knowing that Ann was in a much better place than anyone on Earth. I did well until the Pastor read a passage my Father had written just days before the service. I have included it below. Thanks to everyone who was there for him and Ann during the final days and hours they shared together.

" We all have great recollections of Ann, some have been shared with us today. I would like instead to send a thank you note. When we receive a precious gift we want to send back a thank you note. Sometimes, because of a busy time, we often forget to do this. Here is my thank you note..... to the Lord.

Thank you Lord, for allowing Ann to visit this Earth 73 years ago. It wasn't a very friendly world in Ann's early years.... a depression, hungry times, hand-me-down clothes and shoes..... but the Lord was good to Ann and she turned to the Lord. It gave her inner strength and compassion for others in later years. Thank you Lord for leading her to the John and Lillian Williams family, with their children Helen, Lillian, Emma Jane, John and Frank, whom they loved as their own. She lived with them many years, loving them and also loving her own six sisters and two brothers living with their Mother and Father. Yes, there was alot of love in Ann's life. That was the reason she was such a loving person. Thank you, Lord. Thank you Lord for allowing her to marry and bear four children, Hal, Debbie, Donna and Don. She taught them to love the Lord also. Sometimes children's choices don't always turn out like they think they should, but she never gave up on them. She gave them support and loved them through any situation. She loved them until her last breath. After 31 years you took her husband Harold home to you. She perservered. Thank you Lord. Two years after you took my wife Jean to your Heavenly Home, you smiled down at Ann and I again. Thank you Lord for giving me another chance for a loving wife. My three children, Wally, Beverly and Dan were loved by her as her own, and they loved her too. Thank you Lord. Grandchildren were special in her life. She loved them as much as they loved her. She taught them much and they will remember her forever. And Lord, when disease and pain raked her body and put so much suffering on her that she could bear no more........ thank you Lord for taking her home. I know her suffering is over and she is in your care. You have answered my prayers. Thank you Lord."