Shirley Raab
September 1st, 2008 by Kurt
My grandmother died this weekend. She was a wonderful mother to my mother, and a wonderful grandmother to me and my cousins. I’ll miss her.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:12
what a sassy looking grandma. my condolences to your whole family.
September 2nd, 2008 at 19:26
Kurt, I’ll miss her too. Your grandma is my Aunt. My mother is Doloros, Shirley’s youngest sister. My mother lives in Illinois but is also in very poor health. I found your site because I was looking for funeral arrangements, etc. I haven’t searched the AZ news yet. We are praying for all those who knew Aunt Shirley and this loss. Love and prayers to you and Becky. (Is your mom Rita?) Aunt Shirley’s niece, Kerry Powell
September 5th, 2008 at 9:34
Just happened to be going thru bookmarks and updating things and thought I would check out what is happening in California. I just wanted to say I am sorry for your loss and we send our love and condolences!! I would agree with Blair, she looks like an awesome person.
Dick, Vickie and Katie Hettenvan
(Indiana family)
Hope everything else is OK. It is fun to periodically read what is going on in your lives. It almost feels like a short visit. Give Becky a hug from Indiana.
September 6th, 2008 at 15:01
dude..she was a kick in the pants..it was always a good time when she came over to the house, whilest I was the live in “Uncle Jesse” (from Full House.)
So sorry for you and your family…My friend Dave and Chris wrote a great lyric that’s been sitting with me alot…may God send you…
David to Sing you a song, Moses to show you the way and Elijah to give you the strength..
See you soon bro!
C
September 7th, 2008 at 18:18
Hi again Kurt, I was wondering if you ever heard of any funeral arrangements for Aunt Shirley? I’m sure they must’ve done something, but we were never informed. My mom was very close to Shirley and this is very distressing to her. Could you please help me and let me know if anything happened last week considering her burial? If there is a way to communicate through your blog, please do so. I will check it regularly. I have searched NV news (I mistakenly thought she was in AZ) but I can find no listing of Shirley anywhere. I really am pleading with you if you have any info. It would really help ease my mom’s mind. Thank you so, so much for any help you can give. Again, I am Kerry (Cooper) Powell, Shirley’s niece. Thank you.
September 8th, 2008 at 15:36
Kurt, thank you so much. Thank your mom for us, for calling. My mom was glad to hear from Rita. She is pleased that you all were happy with the armed services ceremony. Thank your mom too for sending my mom the memoirs from the funeral. She is anxiously awaiting them. BTW, I live in PA and my sister lives in IL. We really wanted to attend the services to represent our mom. We weren’t able to find any affordable tickets anyway. Again, we thank you so much for passing along the request to your mom. So sorry to have bothered you via the website. Please feel free to delete any and all of my comments. Kerry Powell
September 8th, 2008 at 18:53
Kurt,
I am a niece of your grandmother, Shirley, also. My name is Sue, my mother is Doloros. Please know we are thinking of you and your family. We were so hoping to get to see Aunt Shirley again, but now I guess we’ll be meeting her in heaven! I am so glad to see the pictures you have posted. Please extend our condolences to your family.
September 10th, 2008 at 22:44
Kurt, I’m so sorry for your loss. You and your family are definitely in our prayers.
September 12th, 2008 at 21:34
Hey Kurt—it’s been a year today since my grandmother passed away. I am sorry for the loss in your family.
September 22nd, 2008 at 23:44
Hi I’m Elaine a friend of your family. I went to school with Rita and Yvonne.
I knew your grandmother too. I stayed overnight alot with Rita in Herlong.
So sorry to hear about your Grandmother’s passing. She was really something. Please tell your mother hi for me and that I’m sorry about her Mom.
Thanks