Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Goodbye Is The Saddest Word...


Alma "Dean" (LaBorde) Heller passed away at 9:03 pm on July 1, 2009.

She was born October 16, 1925 the youngest of eight children to Frank Lewis LaBorde and Emma Clida (Uplinger) LaBorde.

Dean and Glenn Copy of wedding certificate.

She was married to Glenn Sterling Heller on April 8, 1944 and together they had five children: Jack S. born 1/17/1945; Kenneth W. born 4/19/1947; Glenn S. Jr. "Skip" born 5/17/1950; David W. born 8/6/1951; Naomi "Jeanie" born 8/9/1952.

"Skip", Jack, Jeanie, Kenny and David with Grandma ~ Christmas, 2005

She was blessed with 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in April, 1966, and by her siblings: Nellie, Lewis, Cora, Gertrude, Helen, Richard and Francis.

Funeral arrangements will be handled by Caruso funeral home in Mt. Pleasant with internment to follow at Green Ridge Cemetery on Sunday, July 5th, 2009.

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That's about what the formal obituary will look like.

But that doesn't tell you about my grandmother.

She was a woman who lived life to fullest. She was loud and wore the clothes (and earrings) to match that attitude.

She didn't really care what people thought of her or what she said...but she was not mean, just opinionated.

She loved her family and they loved her for being who she was.

Until the last few years of her life she drove herself to any bingo game she could get in on.

She loved playing cards and spent many times teaching her grandchildren a new game...and taking their pennies whenever she could!

She was the last tie to another generation for our family...and that is something that can never be replaced.

She will be missed, but we all know she is somewhere better right now...probably trying to pennies from her relatives at a game of cards.

~ Glenn

Talking in your sleep

Stupid dog.

Not really, but what a night.

Priscilla (Prissy) our 12 1/2 year old Jack Russel/Beagle mix has this sinus problem thing that has her sounding like a 95 year old man every night.

So we are awakened to various snorts and snores and coughs and hacks every night.

THIS particular night I was woken up at 3:30am...and am STILL up.

So enjoy this little video of some of her sounds.

These are nowhere NEAR the worst. She clams up every time I turn the camera on her! LOL!



~ Glenn