IN MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND "BILL"
A TRIBUTE TO HIM
1934 TO 2006
BILL WAS ALSO KNOWN ON THE
WEBTV AS EAGLE SPIRIT, UNK,
YOGIBEAR AND NC TOMAHAWK
BILL PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY
JANUARY 21, 2006, AT 9:30 AM
FROM LIVER CANCER. WE FOUND OUT
HE HAD CANCER ON NOVEMBER 6,
2005 AND THE DOCTOR'S TOLD US
THAT IT WAS A FAST MOVING
CANCER. THEY CALLED IT "MEFASTIO
CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA" AND
"REFRACTORY ASCITIS AND ANASASCA"
WE NEVER KNEW IT WAS GOING TO
BE THAT FAST MOVING, AS THE
DOCTORS SAID,
THEY COULD GIVE
HIM ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS.
BUT EVEN THEY WERE SURPRISED HOW
FAST IT MOVED THROUGH HIS BODY,
WHEN THEY SAW HIM ON JANUARY 13, 2006.
BILL WAS 71 YEARS OLD AND WOULD
HAVE BEEN 72 ON MARCH 2, 2006. WE
WERE MARRIED FOR 44 YEARS AND
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 45 YEARS ON
FEBRUARY 25, 2006.
BILL WAS A KIND AND GENTLE MAN
AND FULL OF FUN AND HE LOVED
LIFE. HE ALSO WAS VERY PATRIOTIC
AND LOVED THIS COUNTRY SO MUCH
AND ALWAYS WHEN HE WOULD MEET
A VET OR ANYONE WHO SERVED IN
THE MILITARY ON THE STREETS, HE
WOULD WALK UP TO THEM AND
SAY THANK YOU AND SHAKE
THEIR HAND.
BILL ALSO SALUTED THE MILLITARY
ON HIS HOMEPAGE AND WHAT A
GREAT JOB HE DID ON ALL OF THE
PICTURES AND STORIES. I AM SO VERY
PROUD OF ALL THE WORK HE DID ON IT
AND THIS WILL BE ON THE INTERNET
FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
BILL ALSO LOVED THE INDIANS AND
PRAISED THEM ON HIS HOMEPAGE.
HE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THEY
GOT A RAW DEAL FROM THE PEOPLE
YEARS AGO AND WAS TRYING TO
EDUCATE US ABOUT IT. HE WOULD
SPENT HOURS SEARCHING THE
INTERNET FOR ALL HE COULD
FIND ON THEM. I DO BELIEVE IN
HIS OTHER LIFE, HE WAS A MEMBER
OF A TRIBE FOR HOW MUCH HE KNEW
ABOUT THEM.
BILL ALSO HAD A "PRAYER GROUP" ON
THE WEB AND IT WAS CALLED "GOD'S
UNFAILING LOVE", WHICH HE LOVED
DEARLY AND HE LOVED THE PEOPLE
WHO POSTED THERE WITH HIM. BILL
WANTED HIS PRAYER GROUP TO BE
SPECIAL AND WHERE FRIENDS COULD
TALK ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS AND
OTHERS COULD GIVE THEIR INPUT
TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT.
TOWARDS THE END, BILL JUST
COULDN'T SEE AND GOT VERY TIRED
EASY, SO HE DIDN'T GET IN THE
GROUP MUCH, I WOULD CHECK HIS
MAIL AND THE GROUP FOR HIM AND
GIVE THEM REPORTS ON HOW HE
WAS DOING.
AFTER HIS PASSING I STARTED
TO POST IN THE GROUP AND WAS
RECEIVED BY HIS FRIENDS AND
HAVE HAD THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT
THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. THEY
HAVE GIVEN ME SO MUCH SUPPORT
AND TOLD ME HOW MUCH BILL LOVED
ME AND THAT DOES HELP ME GET
THROUGH EACH AND EVERYDAY. WE
DECIDED TO KEEP THE GROUP GOING
AND I KNOW BILL IS IN HEAVEN
LOOKING DOWN ON US, SAYING THANK
YOU AND HOW HAPPY HE IS THAT
WE ARE ALL DOING.
BILL AND I JOINED GILLBURG
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON
JANUARY 3, 2004 AND WAS WELCOME
WITH OPEN ARMS. BILL AND I BOTH
LOVED THE CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE
IN IT. FROM THE FIRST DAY THEY
GREETED US WITH OPEN ARMS AND
ACCEPTED US FOR WHO WE WERE.
BILL BECAME THE DOOR GREETER
TO THE CHURCH AND WELCOME
OTHERS IN THE WAY WE WERE
GREETED BEFORE THE GENTLEMEN
WHO WAS THE GREETER PASSED
AWAY. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE
ANYONE THERE TO FILL HIS SHOES
ON THE JOB THE WAY HE DID IT.
EVERYONE IN THE CHURCH LOVED BILL
AND THEY MISS HIM ALMOST AS MUCH
AS I DO. HE MADE ALL THE WOMEN
FEEL THAT THEY WERE SPECIAL TO
HIM AND THEY WERE. I NEVER HAD
TO WORRY AS I KNEW HE WAS ALL
MINE AS HE ALWAYS CAME HOME
TO ME. EVEN THE PREACHER
COULDN'T GET OVER THE LOVE
WE HAD FOR EACH OTHER.
IT HAS TAKEN ME OVER FOUR MONTHS
TO DO THIS DEDICATION FOR HIM.
I AM STILL SAD AND PAIN THAT
HE HAS LEFT ME AND THIS WORLD.
BUT HAPPY TO KNOW HE IS IN A
BETTER PLACE IN HEAVEN WITH
OUR "LORD", AND FREE FROM ALL
PAIN AND SUFFERING AND SADNESS.
GOD BLESS YOU BILL AND I MISS
YOU AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH, REST
IN PEACE, MY LOVE AND AS YOU
SAID TO ME OVER THE YEARS I AM
AND ALWAYS WILL BE YOUR SOULMATE,
YOUR LOVING WIFE, FRIEND AND LOVER,
BARBARA (ANGEL)
MY BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO
"BILL" FOR March 2006
"Birthday
Tribue"
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