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JoniSmith2001@aol.com
05 September, 2003
Just wanted to be the first one to leave flower for my brother Jon. Thanks Again
Jodi

JoniSmith2001@aol.com
05 September, 2003
Just wanted to be the first one to leave flower for my brother Jon. Thanks Again
Jodi
Name at birth: Jon W. Scholl Date of birth: 2/29/1968 Place of birth: Atlantic, IA USA Date of death: 5/26/1999 Place of death: Council Bluffs, IA USA Place of burial: Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Council Bluffs, IA USA (Cedar Lawn Section)
Submitted by: Jodi A. Scholl (JoniSmith2001)
To my only sibling my Brother Jon. My your memory never be forgotten 5/26/99!!!
Love, your Sister Jodi (2003)

Venus J. Sanders (105236.1633@compuserve.com)
Sun, 22 Sep 1996
I would like to leave some flowers placed at my mom’s site.
Name at birth: June Marie Thigpen Date of birth: August 12, 1930 Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA Date of death: June 10, 1996 Place of death: Mercy Hospital, Detroit, Michigan Place of burial: Her own home, 5056 Cooper Detroit, Michigan
Submitted by: Venus Sanders (Almalthea@aol.com)
Beloved wife of Arthur Sanders, Mother of Robert and Venus, Grandmother (nanny) to Remecco, Shalun and Corrinne. A Beautiful, sweet, kind, gracious and loving lady that will be greatly missed by her friends and family.
She asked to be placed on this because her daughter, Venus was just teaching her about the internet and computers. She was just discovering this new world and learning it, before she was given relief from this life.

HAUSYMOM@aol.com
08 February, 2000
Mom misses you and wishes you were here to keep her company and warm up the bed on the cold winter nights. I miss you too, pop!!! Hope your having a good time with the angels. Love Eve and Me
Mildred Samarziya (milsam@gogebic.cc.mi.us)
30 March, 1999
Still loving you and missing you. May you rest in peace. Almost time for the pussy willows to bloom. Wish you were here.
From your wife and children.
22 September, 1998
Miss ‘ya, Pop. We love you. Watch over us.
From Don and Sharon.
michael samarziya (michaels@ameritech.net)
22 September, 1998
To my dear Uncle John, the man who showed me how to fish. Thank you Uncle, I miss you so.
Love
Mike Samarziya
Just a small token to the Uncle I miss. Thank you for teaching me the simple pleasures of life.
Mike Samarziya
Dan Chupinsky (danc@ace-tex.com)
20 September, 1998
Our times together were few and far between but I recall a ride to your back 40 which seemed a world away and your watchful eye while we were pulled along on the Powderhorn tow rope. Rest in peace Uncle John.
Do not stand by my grave and weep…..
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am a diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awake in the morning hush,
I am the swift upflinging rush
of quiet birds’ circling flight.
I am the soft star shine at night.
Do not stand by my grave and cry….
I am not there
I did not die.
Author Unknown

| Name at birth: | John S. Samarziya |
| Date of birth: | 31 December 1919 |
| Place of birth: | Bessemer MI USA |
| Date of death: | 11 January 1998 |
| Place of death: | Bessemer MI USA |
| Resting place: | Hillcrest Cemetery Bessemer MI USA |
| Submitted by: | Dan Chupinsky (dchup@flash.net) |
John was a simple man with simple pleasures. He enjoyed friends and relatives. He liked to garden and cut firewood from the 40 acres his father owned. He stopped at the local tavern for a glass of beer after a day in the iron mines in the Gogebic Range. When the ravages of time crippled his body, he found pleasure in a day of fishing, or a long ride through the country he loved in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan.
He was a cook in the Navy during WW2, an iron miner in the mines in and around Bessemer. He ran the machinery at Big Powderhorn Ski Hill, and in the summer, he could be found on a lawnmower cutting grass. John is missed by more friends and relatives than he could recall if he were put to the test.
Rest in peace, John.

“tomsuesummy” (tssummy@email.msn.com)
31 July, 1999
These are the first Flowers I have ever left in the Cemetery. I was browsing through and read the sweet Memorial from your Family, Anthony….I also noticed that there were no Flowers for you. That gave me a hauntingly sad feeling. And so I leave Flowers and Love for you Anthony. You died so young. That’s what brought me to you….your youth…I have a son named Anthony too, he’s going to be 34 yrs old tomorrow. I nearly lost him in 1989 from a near fatal drug overdose. He didn’t die, but he is permanently brain damaged and once more he is my “little boy”…. I thank God that He spared his life. My heart goes out to your family, Anthony…How they must long for you….your strong arms to hold them just one more time….just the sound of your sweet voice one more time…..to hear your laughter one more time…. O, the things that we ponder in our hearts after we’ve lost a loved one…. We re-live our lives with them over and over again……never wanting it to end anymore… Your dear young life was so worthwhile….I don’t know how you died…but it really doesn’t matter….we all love you. Please know, dear Anthony, that your short life had purpose and meaning….and it will go on having purpose and meaning…for every life, however short or long was meant to be in God’s Great Scheme of Things… Your death has affected me….I am diminished some because you are no longer here….because there is a family and friends who miss you so….and that affects me. That God chose to give you life is the Greatest Honor or all…I’m sure you tried to live your life in such a way as to bring love and caring to others around you. Your life means something to me, Anthony. Fifteen months ago my little 21 month old Grandson, Andrew, was killed by a car running over him. His short little life has touched me in a way that no other has. Because of him, Anthony, I have learned to value life….to treasure it….for life is very fragile and we don’t know how long we have. So it is my gift to Andrew and to you, my young friend, to live my life with intensity and passion and unselfish love for everyone around me. If you see my little Andrew….will you run and play with him??….Will you roll down hills with him and let him climb up into your lap and love you…..? For Andrew loved everyone. May you rest now in peace….The Peace that only God can give….He loves you and He is taking care of your family. They are in my prayers….. Rock Baby Andrew to sleep tonite, Anthony, for he has a lot of love to give you….May God Bless you and your Precious Family…and I, too, send you my Love…. Held By God’s Love and Grace… Susan Summy
Name at birth: Anthony Andreas Ruffer
Date of birth: 25/07/70
Place of birth: New Westminster, BC. Canada
Date of death: 21/08/1995
Place of death: White Rock, BC, Canada
Place of burial: Tony was cremated in White Rock, BC.
His ashes were placed in the ocean.
Submitted by: Angela and Petra Ruffer (exec@whistlerweb.com)
Requiem For Tony
Although we mourn his passing
Let us celebrate his life, Remembering all the good times
Of which his years were rife.
He had not an enemy,
For he made of each a friend,
He was a young free spirit,
Let not his memory end.
He so loved the great outdoors,
The high mountains and the seas,
His life shall be remembered
In the waves and in the trees.
And now we here are gathered
On the constant rolling sea
To let the winds and waves he loved
Care for him in eternity.
For Angela, Horst and Petra.
Tony, my Son we miss you so deeply, every day. forever Mom.
You are forever missed by: your Mom, your Dad, Your Sister Petra; Your Oma Hartl, und Oma Ruffer, Your Tante Beate, Tante Mary, Tante Sonya, Tante Ursula, Tante Irene, Onkel Richard, Onkel Otto, Onkel Franz, Onkel Heinz, Onkel Peter Ruffer, onkel Peter Kaufman, Cousin Rick, Cousin Heidi, Cousin Tina, Cousin Richy, Cousin Tommy, Cousin Chad and Cousin Ina.
Name at birth: GEORGIA ELIZABETH WITCHER Date of birth: 9-24-1917 Place of birth: MERTZON, [ IRAAN COUNTY ] TEXAS Date of death: 12-10-95 Place of death: LINDEN, [ CASS COUNTY ] TEXAS Place of burial: LINDEN, TEXAS
Submitted by: ELIZABETH KANE-ALFF (talffgeo@hotmail.com)
MY BELOVED MOTHER…RAISED FOUR SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER, IS NOW ASLEEP IN THE ARMS OF JESUS