The Holiday Season brings lots of good memories of your Mom and Grandma.  Along with the good memories comes sadness of missing her warm and loving presence.   Know that she is having a beautiful Christmas season and wonderful new life.  I can imagine her smiling down on all of you!  Love, Lynn and Family

It saddens me, and shocks me that in all my years of friendship with Sara, I never got to meet Busha. I heard story after story and watched as Mrs. Polak so faithfully went to visit her so regularly. She was a great example of selfless love for her mother, who could do nothing in return for her. 

I appreciate Busha because she gave me a second mom, and I appreciate that second mom because she gave me my best friend. No doubt that their humor, love and care for others came from Busha. I will forever miss her, because the people I love will forever miss her... and I am sad I never got to meet her, but I loved her regardless. 

Love you guys. Busha loves you too.

Chris and Family,  I am not always the best at composing my thoughts, so I used one of the suggested entries and then I struggled with trying to edit it....Your Mom would have laughed at the absurdity of trying to use technology to send regards.  Regardless of the final message, I want you to know that I think of you daily and You will especially be in my thoughts during the holidays.

Busha, thank you for raising such an amazing daughter, so that I could have this amazing mother. Your incredible spirit is shown everyday through my mom and her love for me, so I only have you to thank for making her that way.

I love you so much, and you will never be forgotten. You were such a fighter and taught me how to be strong and fight even when life got hard. You inspired me to keep smiling and laughing always.

I wear your ring so I will always have a part of you with me. Love you forever, my boobah.

Chris and Family,

Chris, I met you 30 years ago, but it seems like yesterday.  From our first hello, I loved your charismatic personality, your ability to laugh and instill that in others, your keen sense of humor and wit, your intelligence and your sense of adventure.  We bonded almost immediately.

When I met your parents it was so easy to see why you were this wonderful person.  Your parents were the salt of the earth.  They raised you and your brothers with such love and affection.

Your mom was an amazing mother.  She was always so happy and she never seemed to let anything bring her down even though she certainly could have in her later years.  She always rose above the stress of life with her cheerful disposition.

I loved your mom's laugh; it always filled the room with so much joy.  It was contagious and before we knew it everyone was laughing and we forgot what we started to laugh about.  I remember playing cards with her, she always won and who can forget the time we had that sweet and sour chicken.  It took hours to make and the conversation kept returning to the length of time it took to make and your mom ended the agony with telling us to stop talking about that damn chicken.  Your mom could say exactly how she felt in one sentence and get her point across whereas a normal person would take 5 minutes.  She was so much fun.

Your mom was an exceptional mother, she loved all of you unconditionally and she gave you this incredible gift, she taught you all that she had about life, how to survive and how to make the best of everything.  Her spirit of life and her memory will be carried on through the ages of everyone's life that she touched.

All my love to you and your family, Shirley Conley

To the Polak and Raye Families,
She left you with wonderful memories and one of the warmest smiles I have ever seen!.....  Always welcoming whenever I saw her. 

She leaves HER LOVE with YOU and takes YOUR LOVE WITH HER!      She will always be with you ....... in your heart!

Michelle Sander (Kaneohe, Hawaii)

Dearest Mom,

There is such an emptiness inside me with you gone.  You will live on forever in my heart.  I love you.

Ill miss you busha. We'll all be together again one day. Love Kyle and vicky.

Dear Auntie Jean, dear friend to my Mother Helen Skiba,.beautiful lady rest in peace. Is there card nite in heaven? With Love from Renae

Aunt Jean,
I've known you most of my life. You were a great friend to mom and our family. I cherish the visits we had in Westmont when I came to pick up mom from your place and the yearly exchange of Christmas cards and notes. Rest in peace beautiful angel. Prayers and hugs to the Raye family.

Auntie Jean, rest in peace. Please look down on all of us and keep us safe. Prayers to the Raye family in this time.

Billy Tobias

Busha I love you and will miss you! You were an amazing lady!!! 

Love you, 
Julie

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Jean Frances Raye

September 17, 1924 – November 8, 2013

Malec & Sons Funeral Home

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