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So sorry to hear Yolanda has passed. I remember horseback riding on Canal Street with her. She had a beautiful palomino, Clover, I think was the name. Good memories, may she rest in peace.
Fran & Rick, Please accept my deep condolence for loss of your sweet sister. My remembrance will be of our childhood. We took different paths so I did not know Yolanda as an adult. We all have memories, I will cherish mine. My prayers are with you today.
(Revelation 21:3, 4) With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. 4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”
Dear Lonnie,
I cannot believe how time has flown by. It seems like only yesterday when we.......
Met through the great Senior class of 1967. My brother Mel made sure as many Seniors knew me as he could find....those great clothing tips for intiation week you gave me, the 'F' on the cheeks, carrying books to your next class and the Senior pledge! A whole week that was memorable, to say the least and a blast on top of it all. Ah, those were the days! Then, as a lowly Freshman, your graduation came and went. We didn't see each other for a couple more years.
A couple years later I moved to Odessa and we became neighbors and then we became the best of friends! We shopped together, babysat for each other went out together and then cried with each other when divorce came to both of us. Then shortly after, you got a job at A&P in Horseheads. That didn't stop or slow us down either! We just got closer. The days with you convertible and our 'hot pants' style, we had a blast! I watched Missy and Carie for you while you worked second shift.
Then you met Rick. I was envious, jealous and happy for you all rolled into one. My friend had found a forever friend (we thought then) and you were so happy! Then I moved to Elmira and was just chilling with life, when you called me out of the blue to tell me that you had someone for me to meet. Ugh blind dates! Then before I knew it, you asked me to be your matron of honor. Wow! You and Rick were married at my parent's home, under our huge pine tree. What a beautiful wedding you two had. It was a beautiful day only enhanced by your beauty. Still I was envious. Rick knew the Jack the blind date guy!
So from then on it was the four of us for several years. The three of you worked together and the four of us double dated most every weekend! There were birthday parties, holiday parties and just plain having a party for the sake of having one. We decked your cousin once with plastic squirrels after we partied at the place at the end of Little Lake. I can never remember its name. That was our hot spot! Remember when Rick drove the Gimmy out of the frozen lake? I think you and I screamed so loud that they heard us all the way to Odessa!
Then you became pregnant....with twins and Jack and I started talking of marriage. The twins came, Ameigh and Angela were healthy and happy and life was getting better for both of us. Then you got pregnant again! Along comes Rindi.
Jack and I get married and you and Rick stood with us for ours. Things were looking good for us. We were happy and still many activities on weekends together.
Thn A&P closed their doors. What a shock! No one knew what the adventure would hold for us when that happened. Then amidst it all I got pregnant with Stuart. We pooled dinners and babysitters when we could. then Jack got a job working in Connecticut so for the next 18 months weekends were the only time Jack and I had. He'd leave Sunday at midnight drive to Connecticut to be at work at 6am work d days and leave work on Friday and get home about 11 pm. The longest eighteen months of our lives. Then you and Rick were headed north to Rochester and in 1983 Jack and I headed west to Idaho. We promised each other that we would visit each other and before long, time and distance seem to get us both and we drift apart. Getting back East wasn't easy in the beginning. Five kids one vehicle....then you had five kids one vehicle...twenty-seven hundred miles is a long haul with kids. Flying back....yeah imagine the cost of that! The cards at holidays, the letters, starting getting fewer and fewer as we both started our careers after kids!
The next I remember is hearing from you that you and Rick were divorced. We were shocked. Then it seems like it was only a couple years after that, you announced breast cancer and now this.
I am sorry I wasn't there for you the last ten years. You have been and always will be in my thoughts and my memories. Friendship like ours only comes once in a lifetime. Doesn't matter where we are or what we are doing we will always be in each others hearts.
Love you forever and more!!
Joyce
Sending thoughts and prayers to the family, may you find comfort in knowing she is at peace. God needed another angel to watch over you all.
Dear Rick, so sorry to learn of Lonnie's passing. My deepest sympathy to you and family and all those who knew and loved her. May God's grace grant you peace and comfort during this difficult time.
She always had a smile when I spoke to her and seemed to be the most pleasant of people. My condolences to her family and especially her children. Rest in peace.
Fran, I'm so very sorry to hear about the passing of your sister. May you and your family take comfort in your memories. Lisa Pevo Millspaugh
To our sister-in-law Fran Pierce and the entire Holmes family. We would like to express our sincere condolences for the loss of a sister, mother and aunt. Lonnie was such a warm and beautiful person and you could always count on that beautiful smile whenever she greeted you. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time. Lonnie will live on forever in your hearts.
