[CORSA-NC-email-list] Loralee: Gone From Our Sight........

[MMDierks at aol.com]

Hello Friends,

I am sending this update in case you were not on the original distribution 
sent earlier. 

Also, in case you were interested, a reception is planned as follows:

Loralee Bruce
Friday 09/15/2006
06:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home
716 South Main Street
Landis, NC 28088
704-857-2494
www.linnhoneycuttfuneralhome.com

Directions to the funeral home are:
North on I-85 to exit 68 (China Grove / Rockwell - Hwy 152)
Turn left onto Hwy 152
Stay in the left lane and follow around curve, going past 29 / 601/ I-85 exits
Continue through traffic light (N Main)
Immediately move to right lane and look for funeral home on the right

Loralee requested donations be made to the charity of your choice 
specializing in neuromuscular diseases (Jerry Lewis / ALS / Muscular Dystrophy 
Association, etc.)

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Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:05 PM
Subject: Gone From Our Sight........


But Not From Our Hearts!

This is Sherri again to let you know that our sweet Loralee is whole again, 
walking and talking in the presence of her Lord Jesus Christ.  She slipped from 
this life into eternity sometime between 1:00am and 4:00am on this morning of 
September 13, 2006.  Tom checked on her at 1:00 and she was the same.  He 
checked again at 4:00 and she was not breathing and her Bi-Pap machine was still 
operating.  Tom called me and some others shortly after that.

Since Saturday Loralee spent her days surrounded by loved ones telling us 
things she thought we needed to know with the use of the visual cue and her 
spelling out the words.  She listened with great interest to the news of what was 
happening in the world outside her room.  Loralee especially loved the messages 
you sent.  I would print them and read them to her.  I decided to start a 
notebook with the messages and it was Loralee who told me exactly where I could 
find a binder notebook and the hole punch.  She always knew when I had been to 
the computer and her face brightened when I told her there were more messages. 
 I was so blessed as I read each one to realize how many people loved her as 
much as I do.

She had a great surprise yesterday when her cousin Jim from Virginia arrived 
and they spent the afternoon talking and reminiscing.  Sadly her mother 
Blanche was not here, but we are expecting her to arrive shortly.

Some of us here  were discussing the interesting texture of Loralee's circle 
of friends.  They are as varied as the flowers that bloom in the spring.  Each 
one beautiful in its own way.  One lady shared that she had missed the 
opportunity to have a long term friendship with Loralee because she has always 
stayed within the "box" of what was familiar and comfortable.  Loralee's great gift 
to us was to teach us to reach out and enjoy the people around us, learn from 
them and share yourself.  Loralee never forgot a birthday or your "favorite" 
whether it be a color or song or car.   She was someone you could tell 
anything!  She kept it in her heart and never had a judgmental thought.

As of now the arrangements are incomplete.  The funeral home is 
Linn-Honeycutt here in China Grove.  The address is 1420 N. Main St, China Grove 28023.  
704-857-2401.
You can monitor this link http://www.Linnhoneycuttfuneralhome.com/ in the 
coming hours for further information.

If you need to talk to a person you can reach me at 336-267-4746 or 
sfreemike at yahoo.com    Della Freedman can be reached at 704-650-2799 or 
djane23 at carolina.rr.com
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Best Regards, Mark Dierks

cell: 704-287-7191
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