Dedicated in Loving Memory

Savanna Marie Jonas

* SEPT. 29, 1980 to SEPT. 10, 1998 *

Savanna Graduation June 13, 1997

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven;
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance"
Ecclesiastes 3:1,2,4

Savanna 1984

"Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared" Exodus 23:20

Savanna

I will remember you, will you remember me?
don't let your life pass you by,
weep not for the memories,
remember the good times that we had?

I will remember you, will you remember me?
don't let your life pass you by,
weep not the for the memories,
I'm so afraid to love you,
but more afraid to lose,
clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose,

Once there was a darkness,
deep and endless night,
you gave me everything you had,
oh you gave me light...Sarah McLaughlan

"The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit" Psalms 34:18

Engaged to be Married on May 29, 1999

The Dance... by Garth Brooks...

Looking back on the memory of.. The dance we shared 'neath the stars above.. For a moment all the world was right.. How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye..

And now I'm glad I didn't know.. The way it all would end the way it all would go.. Our lives are better left to chance.. I could have missed the pain.. But I'd of had to miss the dance..

Holding you I held everything.. For a moment wasn't I the king.. But if I'd only known how the king would fall.. Hey who's to say you know.. I might have changed it all..

And now I'm glad I didn't know.. The way it all would end the way it all would go.. Our lives are better left to chance.. I could have missed the pain.. But I'd of had to miss the dance..

Savanna's Godchild
Cyndahl
daughter of Candace and Orlando

"And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it"
Genesis 28:12


If tears could build a stairway

and memories were a lane

I'd walk right up to heaven

to bring you home again.

No farewell words were spoken.

No time to say good-bye

You were gone before I knew it,

And only God knows why.

My heart still aches in sadness,

And secret tears still flow,

What it's meant to lose you

No one will ever know.

Savanna's 8th Grade Graduation 1994
"and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing"
Genesis 12:2

Do not stand at my grave and weep… I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awake in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circling flight. I am the soft star-shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry… I am not there. I did not die...
Nathaniel Hawthorne

I'M FREE: Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free. I'm following the path God has laid you see. I took his hand when I heard Him call. I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day. To laugh, to love, to work or play. Tasks left undone must stay that way. I found that peace at the close of the day.
If my parting has left a void, then fill it with remembered joys. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, oh yes these things I too will miss.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief. Don't lengthen it now with undue grief. Lift up your hearts and peace to thee. God wanted me now; He set me free!

May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And the rains fall soft upon your fields.
And, until we meet again may God
hold you in the palm of his hand.

"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory" Revelation 18:1


Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

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