December 24, 2006

• Something Bittersweet for Christmas Eve .....

  Rose and Ed moved to the suburbs in 1980. It was tough, at first;
  giving up the city lifestyle they had known their entire lives.
  They wasted no time, however, in establishing a new way of suburban
  life in this beautiful community. Rose joined the Newcomers club,
  the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion, and the Rosary Society
  of the Catholic Church. A lifelong member, Ed joined the local
  branches of the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion. An
  attorney, he commuted daily to his job in the city where he was the
  chief of the legal department of the State Court. After his
  retirement in 1990 Rose and Ed, along with her brother, Lou, became
  inseparable. The three of them were always seen together, whether
  for a shopping jaunt down Main Street, the many events and
  festivities of the American Legion, and most particularly as
  parishioners of their church. Saturdays at 5 p.m. would find them in
  their established seats in the fourth pew. There they greeted their
  many friends and neighbors. Rose was always a stand out in her
  meticulously chosen outfits, always with a matching hat. Rose took
  particular joy in tending to her flower garden on the corner of
  their property. Neighbors looked forward to her seasonal displays.
  Rose passed away on Nov. 2, 2006. Upon returning from her funeral,
  that Monday afternoon, her granddaughter called everyone outside to
  look at Grandma's garden. There, in the middle of the dead and dying
  fall plantings was the most beautiful and perfectly formed yellow
  rose, not a rose bush, but one single stem. Roses had never been
  planted in that location. Everyone present took it as a sign that
  she was in a happy place. Wednesday morning, Nov. 8, a heavy
  rainfall took all signs of the beautiful petals away. Eddie, her
  husband of 56 years, passed away that same morning. This was not the
  end of their love story but the beginning of their eternal lives
  together

  

  
  

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