November 17, 2017
Sweetheart, Five years have passed. A day has not gone by that you are not in my Thoughts.  I still think of you every single day. I still hurt every single day, I still wish you could have stayed. I still wish we could all sit around the dining room table and enjoy our Company and Family  Life is so very different now. The new normal is not a pleasant place to be. 
I thought I was supposed to spend the rest of my Life with you, then as it turned out you spent the rest of your Life with me. I am happy though because I know that you loved me till you went away and will till we meet again. 
On a positive note Three new Great Grandchildren have been born since December of 2016, Three little girls.
 Watch over all the Great Grandchildren, Grandchildren and the Children.
Love, Forever and Always
Janet

April 15, 2017
Hi Sweetheart,
Happy Birthday to you on your 86th Birthday, I remembered not to say Happy Birthday before the Day. Missing you so very much, life isn't much fun without you. Heard something the other day "When a loved one is gone, they are where they're supposed to be" I hope you're in a super place and very Happy. You so deserve it for all you endured that last year. We are having Great Grandchildren at a rapid rate. Anthony another little girl, Fabien a Little Girl and Valerie a little girl in May.  Fabien is Graduating from College this year. Anthony still in the Navy. Stef and Brandon are both doing Good as are Aurora and Jake and all the current Great Grandchildren. Brittany and Asia are blossoming doing so well in School. Brit Graduates this Year. Time sure does Fly. Hope you and all your Family and Friends had a Wonderful time today. Love you so very Much. Watch over everyone, send that guiding hand down when needed.
Love Forever Your Wife,
Janet

November 17, 2016
Four Years have passed. I still think of you every single day. I hope yu can see all of your children, what they have been up to and your Grandchildren how they have grown. Let's not forget all of the Great Grandchildren they are really growing fast too. We keep you in our hearts and still miss you so very much.
Rest Well Sweetheart I love You still. Janet

Happy Father's Day in Heaven. Love Janet 6.19.2016

April 15, 1931 to April 15, 2016
This would have been your 85th Birthday today. How things have changed.
I wish so much that you could have been here to Celebrate this Birthday with all of those that Love you.
A day doesn't go by that you aren't in my thoughts and every day I say how much I miss you.
The house is so quiet, the phone rarely rings with someone that I know.  Life is so very different now and 
I have come to the realization that this is as good as it is going to get, grief doesn't leave, you just 
incorporate into your daily existence and work around it. You do what you have to,  to keep going, 
which means if you want to go out to eat you are just going to say table for one, knowing that you so 
want to say a table for two but that has all changed now. So many times I have said oh, my Earl would 
have loved this. I think of you every time the flowers start their new growing season and every time the 
season ends and they die off. Two of your favorite seasons Spring and Fall. Life was so much better with 
you in it. I don't think people can possibly imagine what life is like after they lose their spouse, I guess it 
is so painful that no one wants a preview of what that is like.  I come away knowing that you Love 
with all of your Heart every day and be thankful that you have each other and roll through the rough 
times and there are always rough times but we also know that the Good Times out weight the Bad.
On your 85th Birthday I wish you Love, Happiness and Health knowing you are not in any pain
Love you with all My Heart, Janet

2015 Nov 17
To my Love,
Three very long years have gone by. My memories of you have not diminished one bit. I carry you with me always. I think of you every single day, wishing so that you could be here with me and the Families. The Grandchildren have grown so much and the Great Grandchildren are no longer little babies. You would be proud of all of them. We had a very pretty Fall Season this year. A good Summer and a mild Spring not the typical rain soaked one. 
Another member of my Family has joined you this past year. He went way too soon. He is in a Better Place now, I believe.
Keith's Nephew and Niece visited this summer from Turkey, it was nice meeting them and they are expecting their first baby, it is a boy - early next year. You would have liked them, a very nice couple.
I miss you so very much, a day does not goes by that I do not say that. You are and will always be in my heart. Forever, Janet

2 years and 5 months have gone by. You are still missed as much as ever. we talk about you and are kept alive in our Hearts. Love Janet

Happy Belated Birthday, Earl.  I know that where you are is beautiful and someday the rest of us will see you again.  Janet, in the meantime misses you very much as do many other's.  May God continue to look over you.......

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February 17, 2015
You are always in my Heart that has not changed. I so wish that you were still with us. Keith and his Family have supported me and been there when I've needed them.  Communications are good with me and Sanya and Elizabeth Ann in Oregon. They have been a tremendous support through these many Months.
It has become a challenging winter, Starting with a blockbuster heavy wet snowstorm the night before Thanksgiving. So many people without power and in our area cell towers went down so no cell service, no TV, no Internet & no home phone service even when the generator got  powered up. December fooled us into a sense of all is right with only one plow able storm, Then January hit us just to let us know this is New England and we had six plow able storms, Then for the next three weeks we were pummeled with storm after storm. Sweetheart  you really would have been busy snow blowing this year. I do believe that 2015 has gone down into the record books. South of us even in worse condition. Everyone is wishing for Winter to go away.
You are gone but will never be forgotten. We talk about you all the time and keep you alive in our hearts.
With all My Love,
Janet

November  17.2014
Words simply cannot express what I am feeling  today. The shock of losing you is gone but the pain remains. This has to be the longest 24 month I have ever lived through.  So thankful for all the love and support of my family and friends. 
You are kept alive in Our Hearts, We talk about you often and always are thinking of you. I have so often in the past 24 months said Oh, wouldn't Earl have loved this.
Last month a Friend of ours said she had a dream about you and that you wanted me to know that you are okay and feeling good. I do believe that with all my Heart.
For this posting I picked the picture that was taken October 24, 1981 in Piraeus, Greece when we went on the cruise for the Navy's Birthday with the Commander from Nea Makri, Greece. You were very Happy that night and neither one of us got Sea Sick, that really made us Happy. Foti (our Best Man) wasn't so lucky. The Sea didn't agree with him.
Yesterday Keith and Mishel, Brittany & Asia took me to dinner. Had me pick out a Restaurant that you would have liked and so we went to the Mile Away one of your Favorites, in your Honor.
Love to You Always,  Janet

Sep 17.2014
22 months ago I lost my Best Friend and Husband. A day doesn't go by that you aren't in my thoughts. My screen savers keep you front and center where you belong. Just wish you could be here. The pain hasn't lessened any ,it is all so very fresh.  I love you still and always will. You are forever in my Heart. 
Janet

August 17, 2014
It has been 21 Months, the pain in my heart remains. I miss you so very much.
Love, Janet

Tuesday June 17, 2014
Hi Sweetheart, Today marks the nineteenth month that you have been gone from us. You are still very much missed and Loved. A day does not go by without me saying out loud that you are missed so much, more than you could have possibly known. We have had lots of rain which means the grass grows rapidly, so lots of cutting going on there. Mostly all the flowers and bushes have bloomed. Lots of pink peony's this year then the rain wiping them out they are still beautiful.Remember that I love you very much RIP. Love Janet

May 17, 2014
Eighteen months have gone by; you are still so very much missed. You are my first thought and then at the end of the day you are my last thought. You my Dear have left a very Large imprint. I had a nice talk with Both Sanya & Ann on Mother's Day. They call me the gift that you left for them. I feel that they are the gifts that you gave to me. You shared your families with me and that always made me happy, I gladly shared my family with you and due to geography you were able to get close to them. All of your Grandchildren have grown so much and some have actually had your Great Grandchildren. You would have loved seeing all of them but I am sure you can see them and really enjoy them. They are all beautiful children. 
Spring finally came and everything is blooming, including the Pink Peony's from Germany can you believe that! They are still going strong. I actually went to the center of the lawn and put a couple of cages around the Karl Lagerfeld peonies so that they wouldn't get mowed down like last year, sorry about that, they are safe this year. The first mowing actually took place yesterday. The yard looks good you'd be proud. A few weeks ago someone actually said what a beautiful yard we had, I laughed to myself, about our joke about the yard. The Veterans Cemetery called yesterday (May 12th), Last year I ordered a Paver in your Memory and it has been placed I will be going over this week to see it and take a picture which most likely I will include with this message to you. 
Love You Forever Your Wife Janet

Hallo Mr. Brown,
tief traurig habe ich heute erfahren, das Sie Ende 2012 verstorben sind. Ich hatte die Ehre, Sie und Ihre Familie einen Teil Ihres Lebens (1973/1974) in Muehlheim, Deutschland begleiten zu dürfen. Mr. Brown, mein Respekt, heute wie damals, liess es nicht zu Sie Earl zu nennen, obwohl ich oft bei Ihnen zu Hause war, Sie waren ein großartiger Mensch. Das gleiche gilt auch für Ihre Frau, Rosie, William und meine damalige ganz grosse Liebe Jorga. Ich werde Sie und Euch alle nicht vergessen.
RIP
Klaus W. Goebel, Offenbach/Germany

April  15 2014
Happy Birthday Sweetheart!
We have all gone through our 2nd Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, Valentine, St Patrick's Day, Start of Spring one of your favorite times  and Your Birthday without you. It isn't any easier now than the first's.  We move on although it is not near what it was, with you by our side.  I Love You, Janet

March 17, 2014

Spring is taking it's time to come this year and the prediction is for Snow on the 22nd of March. It has been one very cold and snowy season this year. You are still missed so very much. The pain in my heart will not go away, I guess it never will. A day doesn't go by that you aren't thought of many times. Rest in peace, I will always Love You.
Janet

we think of you often. We miss you dearly. I still hear your last words to Asia "goodnight sweetheart"
Love Mishel

In Loving Memory of Earl,
One year ago you left us. You are at peace and with your loved ones that went before you. We that are here still miss and love you.

October 17, 2013

You are always in my Heart
I hold you so very Dear
We are never far Apart
You've been gone 1 month shy of a Year
MYSMIH.
With All My Love

September 22, 2013
The Anniversary Not Celebrated
Celebrated Only in My Heart

31 Years ago today I married my Soul Mate. Though it wasn't the first marriage for either of us, we learned along the way. We shared some wonderful times, some bad times, some heartaches on our Journey. We had to take the Paths we had taken in prior years to get to the start of our journey. No one  could imagine a Midwestern guy meeting a Northeast girl and then getting married in Greece. Earl hated retirement, problems started from almost the start so for 21 years he faced one challenge after another. Fortunately there were Good years sandwiched in. He loved his home his toys and working with them. The Farmer lived within him always. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for him or him for me. He surprised me so much in 2001 when I had my health scare, he was so attentive and there for me. 2012 rolled around and it was not a good year for Earl Surgery after surgery after surgery.  He just got weaker and weaker and then he was called.  Flossie his Grandmother, his Mom and Dad, his Sister and Brother and our little baby were waiting for him, so go in Peace. You're always in my heart Earl and I wish you a Happy Anniversary, I wish so that we had more years together but that was not to be, The Memories I have will just have to do the Good the Bad and the Heartaches. Sweetheart the Good times Outweigh anything negative I still Love you and will till I'm gone.
Love, Janet

September 17, 2013
Sweetheart it has been 10 months today. Sorry to say it has not been getting any easier, you are missed so very much. I made sure your projects were kept up and that your yard looks good, you took such pride in it and all you did was carefully planned and executed. I appreciate those qualities so much now. You have a beautiful new Great Grandson; The Doctor delivered him on August 19th. He is such a cutie. His name is Grayson but I am sure you and Barbara are watching him from there. Rest well my Love and in peace. Love Janet

Hi Dad
Just got done going on mom's obituary
page and thought I'd drop by to say Hi.
Not too much longer and you will have
another great grandson. He should be here end of September or so.
I know you will be there.
Love, your daughter Sanya

June 17, 2013
Today is the 7th Month that we have been without you. We all miss you so much. Spring has been a nice season this year all your trees bushes and planted flowers are just bursting with color and blooms. I mulched the garden right in front of the front door and planted impatience's and I got a patio Tomato plant so one plant and I have green tomatoes already. I put up the little redwood corner fences that have the solar lights that I bought a couple of years ago. It is looking pretty, I am sure you can see that.
 I have been in communication with Sanya & Elizabeth Ann, they have been so supportive. They still grieve their Mom (Barbara); I hope that I have helped them some through this process.  Stefanie is carrying our Great Grandson, Grayson and he is growing in leaps and bounds. He lets her know when she eats something he doesn't like.
Brittany went to her 8th Grade Semi Formal on Friday June 14th.  She looked so beautiful in deep purple it is a good color for her and Earl, her smile is just so beautiful you would have loved seeing her but I believe that you can. This past weekend was Black Belt testing at Master An's, Keith is going for his next level and both Brittany and Asia have reached the level to test for their first Black Belt.
Margaret & Bob are doing well. We talk about you a lot. She finally got a land line in Florida what a joy not to have in excess of 10 dropped calls in one phone conversation.
So I went to get my medications on the 12th and just as I was getting on the highway a car spit up a rock the size of a golf ball and smashed right into the windshield just above the steering wheel. So a new windshield will be installed today. What luck huh? Thank God for insurance.
Remember, I love you with all my heart. All the things that we went through together, the good and the not so good bonded us as a couple. I am so happy that you were in my life.
Love, Janet

Happy Fathers Day, Dad!! Your in my thoughts every day, I love and miss you soooo much... Please save me a good seat in Heaven, so we can watch the game together!!

Happy Fathers Day, Dad!
I know I have not written in some time, but not because I am hiding. I am very well! It is because I would rather talk to you alone. I have your picture in many places to look at and when I do I think of happy memories and our past as a family with Mom, Jorga and William. Especially on Fathers Day when we used to surprise you with gifts or hand made cards, or later on I used to love baking for you....your favorite was cheese cake.
Oh how I wish you were still here so I could connect to you.............
I love you! 
Denke jeden Tag an dich!!

My Dearest Earl;

John and I sat on the patio last night talking about Germany and the good times we had there.  We remembered the time that You and Janet, he and I went to Trier for the weekend.  In advance, we rented a motel room or a couple of them.  When we got there we didn't like the rooms and we told the clerk we were not happy with the rooms and left.  We found another pension that was much nicer.  We had a great time there but got stuck in a traffic jam on the way home on the autobahn.  A couple weeks later, you got a call at work from the hotel telling you we HAD to pay for those rooms we were unhappy with.......dang it, they weren't cheap.  German laws are different from ours so we had to follow the rules.  I'm wondering if Janet remember's all of that:)  We think of you often and we know that you are in a wonderful place waiting for the rest of us to follow.  Love you and John sends you the best of wishes.

Hi Dad. Thinking of you with love. Fathers day will be here soon.  Summer is finally here.
I am ever grateful to Janet for sharing your special things with all your children. All I have to do is pick up your ashes and look at your picture and I am comforted.Every day I am looking at your picture and mom's picture.
I am feeling less like an orphan these days because I know you and mom can see us and how things are going. Just to let you know I am thinking of you and wishing I could remember our times together when I was a baby. Most recently Janet sent me a picture of you holding me when I was 6 months old. I love you dad and I know that you always loved me.
Love, Sanya

Hi Dad, miss our little talks we used to have..  Redsox are doing pretty good this year, you would be proud..  Went to California to visit Anthony..  he is such an outstanding Man..  Im so proud of him.. Valerie is doing well, going to school and working..  all is well, but we miss you so!!  Love you

May 17, 2013
Hi Sweetheart.
What a long six months it has been. Sometimes I don't think I'll make it another day. MYSMIH.
They say “Everything Happens for a reason” However, the hardest part of accepting this is, waiting for that reason to come along!
I have been working on getting rid of excess baggage and that is moving right along, it is however slow at times because all the memories flood back to me. I don't imagine that is going to change much because of all our memories through so many years together. We went to the Hospice Memorial Service last month and that was a nice service. They read aloud all the names of the people that past in the time period of March 2012 to February 2013. There were other people there that their Loved one had passed as long as 4 years ago.
I wish so much that you could still be with me but well and Happy. The quietness is sometimes so hard to bear. 
Yesterday a neighbor came by and asked if he could mow your Lawn, he figured you were still ill and couldn't do it so he offered. I had to tell him that you were gone. I am going to hire his high school son to do the mowing. The lawn is mowed for the first time in 2013 and it was pretty high too! The neighbor said he knew you took such good care of your yard and I thanked him for saying that. You did do a super job in the yard and everywhere else as well.
Rest well my sweetheart remember that I love you very much for now and forever. Love, Janet

Hi Dad,today is Mother's Day, hope you are keeping my mom good company. I am visiting Aurora, and will be going home soon. My lilacs bloomed the week before I left and I still have more spring planting and cleanup to do when I get home.
Jacob is off to a very good start with his business and you have a great-grandson on the way. Janet is so excited. We talk every week.
Dad you were so lucky to find your true love. She misses you so much. Annie and I talk to her just about every week.
Always thinking of you knowing that you always loved me. Love you dad,
your firstborn, Sanya

April 17, 2013
Hi Sweetheart, it's been 5 months and you are missed so very much.
Spring is finally coming and I know you enjoyed spring so much even though it involved a lot of cleanup work from the winter. Guess it was too cold for the moles this year, not much damage from them at least. Lots of leaves to deal with of course. The grass is starting to green up more and more each day.
Irene wrote you a nice little note yesterday for your Birthday. Friends and family have been such a comfort, I think we all help each other. I have received a lot of positive and helpful support from Sanya.
Ann has had a lot on her plate lately. Stef is pregnant with our 4th Great Grandchild and she had quite a scare a couple of weeks ago. So Ann has been very busy. Watch over them Earl, they could use your help. You are loved and missed Greatly, I love you. Janet

Happy belated birthday Earl.  I know for a fact that you are well aware of all that is being written to you.  I know that you can see and hear your children and Janet and all your family.  Your birthday must have been absolutely glorious where you are:)  We will all meet again some day.

We miss seeing you, but we know your pain free now. 
Thinking of you today. Xo

Herzlichen Glueckwunsch zum Geburtstag, Dad! Ich vermisse dich sehr und viele in Deutschland wissen auch das Du heute Geburtstag hast!

Bing Translator:
Congratulations on the birthday, Dad! I miss you very and many people in Germany know that you birthday today!

Herzlichen Glueckwunsch zum Geburtstag, Dad! Ich vermisse dich sehr und viele in Deutschland wissen auch das Du heute Geburtstag hast! A lot of my friends and Achim's family asked about you Dad.
Wish you were here......Lieb dich!!!

Happy Birthday,Dad

Thinking of you with love; and every time I step out into my backyard. The peony I planted for you is growing!
i know you are in loving company.
Love, Sanya

Happy Birthday Sweetheart, April 15, 2013
Today we would have had a 82nd Celebration for you; in our hearts we will still celebrate your life because it meant so much for many of us. I cherish the 30 + years we had together, all the Good all the Bad, because in the end it all equaled out. Thinking about it today, quite possibly the Good did out weight the Bad. As the quote goes “Life must have its ups and Downs, otherwise it would be boring”. I would not describe our lives together as boring, so very many happy memories to look back on. I do think of those often. It still remains that each day I wake with an ache in my Heart that may never go away. You are thought of each and every day and that keeps you alive for us.
Happy Birthday, I love you Dearly, Janet

Happy Easter Sweetheart, I miss you so much. As always I think of you every single day. Wth Love, Janet

Good morning Dad,
Tomorrow I am flying to Germany. I just need to get away for a while. Too much has just been happening and it is hindering me to focus on my life.Martina has been gone for 2 years now.I will visit her grave a lot since the cemetery is just around the corner from her house.Dad,with you gone, and Mom as well,I feel like I am getting older too fast. When I go to Germany I will call Omi Erika and see how she is doing. I will write a postcard to Irfan and Uncle Carl from Germany.I just want to connect to as many family members as I can. I know you have always liked that about me!!
I grieve in so many different ways, but I do know it never disappears.Some days when I wake up, I dont notice it, but then,out of the blue,I see your picture and notice you are gone. Never gone though in my heart.......Lieb dich!! Wuensch mir eine gute Reise......

Hallo Dad,
Heute ist Fruehlings Anfang!
Wenn durch einen Menschen ein wenig mehr Liebe und Guete,
ein wenig mehr Licht und Wahrheit in der Welt war, dann hat sein Leben einen Sinn gehabt.
Today is the the first day of Spring!
If one person gave more Love and Kindness,
a little more Light and Truth,
then his life made sense.
Fuerimmer im Herzen Dad!
Lieb dich!

March 17, 2013
I think that I am beginning to think that the “They Say” people really do not exist. In one place in my heart I know that you are not with us anymore, and then in another place in my heart I feel you all around me. I talk to you but you don't talk to me.  I am alone most of the time but in the current state of mind that is best. I may even get used to it. My family's predictions will most likely come true and it will be the way I steer things, not them.  I spend a lot of time talking with your 1st Born, Sanya. She has been 
a huge comfort to me through this whole grieving process.  She has had to deal with loosing you and then her Mother 2.5 months after you were gone. I have talked to Ann a little but it has been hard on her too. I hope that I have been able to help Sanya & Ann.  You would be proud of your first two children they are super Mom's and Ann is preparing to become a Grandmother in September. I know that she will be in her Glory and be a Wonderful Grandmother. 
I have been playing phone tag with Rose just can't seem to connect. Anthony & Precious post Video's of the children on Face book you would love your two Great grand children.  I did mail the Picture of Your Father from WWI to Anthony, I called him the other day to see if he got it and thankfully he did, that picture is almost 100 years old. Finally this past week I got all the remembrances and your ashes sent to Oregon. Hopefully some comfort can be gained from you and the items. We'd rather however have you!
I still miss you terribly. It still hurts so much.
So today it has been 4 months, they have been long months, cold months and snowy months. Your second favorite season is upon us and even with the cold and snow the trees are budding. I know you will be watching.  Rest in Peace my Love remembers that I love you now and for always. Janet

March 17, 2013
Missing you so much.
Picture taken 11.18.2010
 xoxoxo
 Janet

Hi dad, thinking of you today.
I found that camel purse you sent me years ago and you know what? It still has that smell but it is going to be my spring bag.
I was outside today and planted some snow peas. 
I know that I have two very special guardian angels in heaven and that is so comforting to me.
Love you Dad, Sanya

Hi Dad. I just got done going on my mom's guest book and thought I would say hi. Janet sent me the little green bag with your ashes and it is on my altar with your picture and my mom's picture. My yard is starting to look like spring down here, I am sure it is over-the-top gorgeous where you are.
Love, Sanya

Hey dad...I haven't been on in awhile, but that doesn't mean I don't think about you all the time, because I do....the year ended on a crappy note last year losing you, and then started out crappy with mom going in the hospital and passing away 7 days later.  The grief is almost unbearable at times and I feel like somewhat of an orphan now.  I miss talking to you and getting your sage advice, and having you make me laugh.  Your oldest granddaughter, Stefanie, is having a baby....you would have been a great grandfather.  You would be proud.  I just read a great book, that gives me hope of heaven and that is where you all are...there are times when I feel you around me - I hope it is real...missing you so much dad, and just wishing for so many things I can never have again....I love you so much!!!

Hi Dad, its your Son.. We talked about you today!!  Only good things, talked about Germany, when we used to get up early like 3am, to watch Cassious Clay.(Mohammed Ali).  Those were fun times..  I miss you Dad.. Hope your feeling better know!!?  I love you!!

Earl, so many years we spent together in a working environment and enjoying every day.  Mainly because you were so easy to talk to and complain to when things weren't going right.  I miss those days and I miss you too.....your friend and ex colleague  Irene Lopez

I dreamt of you last night.The dream was so real.
Today is going to be a new chapter in my life. Why? I will let you know later Dad.I finally had the courage to speak up to my company.As the service coach I know from experience that a lot has to change in order to increase the scores. Dad, you and me used to talk about customer service a lot. You would understand. How can I make them understand.Anybody out there have an answer?? Schoenes Wochenende Dad!
Lieb dich

Hi Dad. Thinking of you today. Please tell my mom how much I miss her. It is so hard to have lost you both.We are getting some nice weather up here in Oregon. I am going to plant a Karl Rosenfield peony for you and a lilac tree for my mom. Dad I know you are up there looking out for all of us. I was looking at the baby picture of me on top of your car and I have never doubted that you loved me. I have both pictures of you and my mom in my living room where I can see you both every day.
Love, Sanya

Hi Dad, 
You know why I have not written. Life is very dificult for me.
Today is William's Birthday!I am cooking for Jorga and William tonight since it is a special occasion.He misses you today and I remember when you used to send him tools; he loved that!
Late at night when I come home from my shift all the world is sleeping but I stay up and think of you.
And I wish on a star, that somewhere you are thinking of me. I think of you all the time. I recently checked in an older couple. He was Air Force retired. I talked about you and told him about how great your memorial service was. He thanked my family for serving the country and I thanked him too. I gave him a better rate!!!
Lately I have not had a lot of luck. I had an accident in January and just other things that hinder me from being happy. I wish I could just press a button and talk to you. I know you would give me advice. I have been talking to Janet but when I dont call her she knows that I am not doing well. I guess she knows me better than I thought.Dad,can you give me a sign that you are watching over me? Funny though, because I am a Brown I still find the power somehow to fight.
Bis Bald! Lieb dich Dad!!

February 24, 2013

Earl it has been a long three months and you are in our thoughts constantly. We both love you and miss you as does Janet.
I often tear up when a think of you and only wish we could have done more things together with you and Janet. we will never forget you.
Love,
Peggy and Bob

Sweetheart, it's been three month that you have been gone. It hurts as much today as the day you went. I feel you everywhere, I miss you more than I could have ever imagined. No one has written anything here since January. I know that people still think of you often. You are in our Hearts forever. I still love you very much and want you to be resting in Peace. It has been a very cold and snowy winter at least you didn't have to do any plowing this year in such cold conditions.xoxox

I will tell the girls you added the poems for Papa! Great idea.

 We will be planting a tree in the spring for the rememberance of papa, I will watch it grow and bloom and always remember how he loved keiths yard and MY flowers!!

Thinking of you Dad in the New Year, and missing the chances to call you and say 'Merry Christmas" or "Happy New Year" and share a laugh!  We all continue to miss you so much...Sometimes a simple word or "thing" will remind me of you, and my mind goes back in time to that moment.  I have the canvas picture Janet sent me on the mantle...it was placed for all to see what a wonderful dad I had.  2012 will go down as one of the saddest years for me....I hope 2013 is kinder to everyone!!!  I miss you so much dad - watch over all of us dad!  Always I will love you!

Yesterday our Granddaughter gave me these Poems: Poem for Grandma.

I know we're all feeling a little bit sad that we've lost our Papa, your Husband, their Dad.
Together we've cried an ocean of tears, we know you feel empty, and may have some fears.
But Papa would want us to know,he's in a good place and that he's watching us with a smile on his face. Brittany & Asia made him so proud as proud as can be, he was such a big part of this *Beautiful* Family.
Thinking back now, I really must say I feel Lucky & Priviliged to know him to this day. For in our life he played a special part, the memories we'll treasure and keep close to our Heart.
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Papa is in a different place, and though he seems far apart, he's closer than he ever was, he is always in our Hearts.
He's there inside your heart, he is with you when you greet each day, and while the sun shines bright.He's there to share the sunsets too, he's with you every night.
He's with you when the times are good, to share a laugh or two, and if a tear should start to fall, we will be there for you.
And when the day arrives that you are no longer apart, He will smile and had you Forever in his Heart.

Gutes Neues Jahr Dad,
There are times when I am still confused, grieving for my father is harder than I could image.Some days are better and some worse to cope and understand that you are not here.I had so much I wanted to share with you!
Christmas was hard not being able to hear your voice.I had to work on New Years Eve and at midnite I hope that you felt my spiritual connection.I remember our celebrations that we had going up. 
I miss them and most important I miss you and love you very much. Deine Rose

The loss of a Loved One turns our life upside down. There is an ache in our Heart that feels like it will never go away. Our World as we know it has changed and those changes require that we in turn adjust to a new "Normal."
I still Love you, I still Miss you and I still Grieve for you.

Good evening Janet,
Thanks for keeping the guest book alive! Now I can write words to Dad and imagine that he is still with us and kept ALIVE!!!
Love, Rose
Hello Dad! Today we had our holiday party. I sat on Santa Claus' lap and made a wish! Well, maybe two..... Lieb dich Dad!

Guten Abend Dad,
I am sorry,that I have not written you earlier. You know be by now, how I am, when I am overwhelmed.I want to call you so many times and realize that when I do, you will not answer. There is so much on my mind.... that only you would understand. I wanted to call you on the Advent Sundays, I remember them well when we used to light a candle on each Sunday.This Sunday is already the 4th of Advent.I spoke to Janet On Dec 17 and can not believe that you have been in heaven for one month already. Did Janet tell you that Fabien got an A on his exam? It was the exam he was working on when we were in your hospital room.I am at work so please let me finish by saying that I love you very much.Mensch,ich vermisse dich ganz doll!! I showed one of my coworkers your picture.He said that his father also served in the Army! Schlaf gut Dad!!

Sweetheart, One Month ago today you left us. Our hearts still grieve, have no idea how long it will take to finish this process. You were Special to so many of us and we miss you so much it hurts.I have to take comfort in the fact that you are no longer in pain, that there isn't another procedure that you must endure, or another appointment that must be kept. You are free to relax be pain free and be happy, oh please be happy. I Love You

Hi Dad, Got your picture from Janet a couple of days ago. Put it up already. I'll see you every morning as I drink my coffee.
love, Sanya

Thinking of you tonight. Xo
Good night sweetheart.

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Hi there, Miss you sooooo much.. miss your voice, miss your wit,miss your humor.. Just miss everything..  I will never forget you as long as i shall live..  I love you!!  Go Redsox!!!  Go Patriots!!!

To the love of my life, Rest in Peace, The Heart will go on.
You had a beautiful Service today The Veterans Cemetary and Funeral Home did an Outstanding Job.

Day is done, gone the sun,
 From the lake, from the hills, from the sky; All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.
 
Fading light, dims the sight,
 And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright.
 From afar, drawing nigh, falls the night.
 
Thanks and praise, for our days,
 'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, neath the sky;
 As we go, this we know, God is nigh.
 
Sun has set, shadows come,
 Time has fled, Scouts must go to their beds
 Always true to the promise that they made.
 
While the light fades from sight,
 And the stars gleaming rays softly send,
 To thy hands we our souls, Lord, commend.

Hallo Dad,
Today was your beautiful service. The sun was shining, just the way you like it. Not too cold or too hot.If only you could see how wonderful your ceremony was.I am proud of you that you have accomplished so much in life and will tell the world what I have learned from you!
I love you Dad and miss you so much!

My mothers best friend!!! Say hi from Tony

Dad
May you rest in peace
You will live forever in the hearts of those that love you
Janet loved you so much and did her very best by you
Especially over the past year, she was your guardian angel
Even though I did not grow up with you, I got to know and see you in later years, and have those memories to hold onto.
In all your years as my parent... even.though we lived thousands of miles apart... ..you made sure Annie and I knew who our dad was..
 I will so miss talking to you about our yards and gardens;
you always gave such great advice
I know you loved me dad.
I loved you too 
Enjoy your new wings.
Love always,
Sanya

Tomorrows the day of your service. ... Grandma maybe alone tonight..but tomorrow she'll have you with her. 
Ive thought about you alot today, and shed some tears reminiscing of you. You were a BIG part of our ives and your granddaughters lives...we'll NEVER forget your stories your life lessons. Your jokes or your sarcasm.  Good night sweetheart! Xo

Dad, I am so happy to have spent the times together we had and I have many good memories of those times.  I loved your sense of humor and how you would make me laugh.  I also loved how you would say or suggest something in a conversation, and you would make me ponder something, and usually your idea or suggestion would be right!  I will grieve missed opportunities, but know I truly loved you so much and cherish the times we spent together.  I will look for the signs I prayed about to know that you are with me in the spiritual world!!!  My deepest love for you.  Janet always took such good care of you through the years, and this last year she was your hero!!!!  Stay cool, dad...I love you!

Dear Mrs. Brown and Family, 
My memories of Mr. Brown will always be fond ones. He & I would meet as I walked my dog past the house as well as many other times. He was always a pleasure to talk with. My daughter is also saddened by his passing. Our thoughts & prayers are with your entire family.

Paul & Meredith Tate

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Earl D. Brown

15 April, 1931 – 17 November, 2012

Bennett Funeral Home

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