Memories

My mother, Deanna, was my best friend. It's taken me so long to start this because I really can't believe she is gone from my life. I miss her every day! When we got back from our trip at the end of June 2003, I visited her and we talked about the trip but it was too short of visit. The next day she was in the hospital and was very sick with Hodgins Lymphoma. She spent all of July 2003 in the UW Hospital in Madison but she passed away in August 2003 from complications due to the lymphoma. She was an awesome mom and grandma. She loved to bake cookies and get hugs from her grandkids!

Dan worked various jobs, mostly heavy equipment operator, all over the USA, including Alaska and Georgia. He always found time to be a tourist in the different places he worked. He also was in Hawaii for a short vacation. He was diagnosed with kidney cancer in January 1998 and passed away on June 9, 1998 after a courageous battle with the dreaded disease. There was something very special that happened on the day of Dan's memorial service. It had rained all day long, as the service began, the sun came out and shined brightly through the stained glass windows of the church. When the service ended, the sun went away and it began storming again. Almost everyone there noticed, even the priest mentioned the gleaming sun light. We all like to believe that it was Danny, wanting us all to know he was happy now. We will all miss him deeply and remember him always.