Obituary of Rosalee Marsha VanGorder

Rosalee Vangorder left us quietly in her sleep on 10.18.08.... Rosalee , my loving wife . I miss you so very much already . You were such a highlight in so many lives . You are with our dogs Jake , Daisy , Jasper and Katie in heaven and happy . Although we are sad . Thank you for 30 years of love and laughter .I will love you forever . I love you Rosie !!!! Special thanks to her son Stephen Withrow and father in law Ed VanGorder , best friend Vickie Russel at this trying time . Steve Vangorder Rosalee Vangorder My rose , your smile , your laughter we shall always have because that is what left with us . You have left behind a husband , son , and one very special Ally , like you told me many times how much I reminded you of your sister Lorraine . Now GOD has taken you home so his arms will hold you up . I wish we had more time together , but GOD needs you now . Rosie , hold on tight , I love you , so nightly night and heartfelt good by , till we meet again....... Love Vickie Here is a poem that the family wished to share in her memory... You are in your car driving home. Thoughts wander to the game you want to see or meal you want to eat, when suddenly a sound unlike any you’ve ever heard fills the air. The sound is high above you. A trumpet? A choir? A choir of trumpets? You don’t know, but you want to know.. So you pull over, get out of your car, and look up. As you do, you see you aren’t the only curious one. The roadside has become a parking lot. Car doors are open, and people are staring at the sky. Shoppers are racing out of the grocery store. The Little League baseball game across the street has come to a halt. Players and parents are searching the clouds. And what they see, has never before been seen. As if the sky were a curtain, the drapes of the atmosphere part. A brilliant light spills onto the earth. There are no shadows None. From Every hue ever seen and a million more never seen. Riding on the flow is an endless fleet of angels. They pass through the curtains one myriad at a time, until they occupy every square inch of the sky. North. South. East. West. Thousands of silvery wings rise and fall in unison, and over the sound of the trumpets, you can hear the chanting, Holy, holy, holy.. The final flank of angels is followed by twenty-four silver-bearded elders and a multitude of souls who join the angels in worship. Suddenly, the heavens are quiet. All is quiet. The angels turn, you turn, the entire world turns and there He is. Jesus. Through waves of light you see the silhouetted figure of Christ the King. He is atop a great stallion, and the stallion is atop a billowing cloud. He opens his mouth, and you are surrounded by his declaration: I am the Alpha and the Omega. The angels bow their heads.. The elders remove their crowns. And before you in a Figure so consuming that you know, instantly you know: Nothing else matters. Forget stock markets and school reports. Sales meetings and football games. Nothing is newsworthy.. All that mattered, matters no more… For Christ has come. This morning when the Lord opened a window to Heaven, he saw me, and he asked: My child, what is your greatest wish for today? I responded: ‘Lord please, take care of the person who is reading this message, their family and their special friends. They deserve it and I love them very much’. The love of God is like the ocean, you can see its beginnings but not its end. ANGELS EXIST, but sometimes, since they don’t all have wings we call them FRIENDS, SUCH AS YOU. This morning when the Lord opened a window to Heaven, he saw me, and he asked: My child, what is your greatest wish for today? I responded: ‘Lord please, take care of the person who is reading this message, their family and their special friends. They deserve it and I love them very much’. The love of God is like the ocean, you can see its beginnings but not its end. ANGELS EXIST, but sometimes, since they don’t all have wings we call them FRIENDS, SUCH AS YOU. Services will be at Amvets Hall...5717 So. Tyler St. on Oct 28th (Tuesday) at 4 pm to 8 pm In lue of flowers please bring cash donations.