YOU WERE "ONE IN A MILLION".A BEAUTIFUL ROSE FROM GOD'S OWN GARDEN. I OFTEN THINK OF WHAT A HARD LIFE YOU HAD BUT YOU ROSE ABOVE ALL OBSTICLES,YOU MADE THE BEST OF EVERY SITUATION.YOU TAUGHT US THE VALUE OF FAITH, GOD KNOWS WITHOUT IT ,I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD HAVE SURVIVED SUZIE'S, CAROL'S AND GEORGES ILLNESSES AND THEIR DEATHS. MOM,YOU WERE AND ALWAYS WILL BE MY INSPIRATION. YOU WERE SO WISE, GENTLE, KIND, COMPASSIONATE, AND CHARITABLE TO ALL, YOU SHARED OUR JOYS AND FELT OUR TEARS,YOUR WORDS OF COMFORT WARMED OUR HEARTS OND SOOTHED OUR FEARS. YOR ARMS WERE ALWAYS OPENED WIDE, YOUR FAMILY YOUR PRIDE AND JOY. THANKS MOM FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE AND LOVING US ALL DESPITE OUR FAULTS. CHARLIE SAYS YOU TOO WERE A #1 MOTHER-IN-LAW. YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. GIVE DAD, MARGUERITE, SUZIE, CAROL, GEORGE AND ALLOUR OTHER RELITIVES AND FRIENDS OUR LOVE. LOVE YOU MADLY! TILL WE MEET AGAIN.YOUR ELDEST CHILD, MARY ANN.