Beautiful Send off for Melanie Paul

 

So many loved ones were at the Celebration of Life for my daughter Melanie Paul this weekend. She truly was loved. Though she had a lot of struggles, she truly loved the Lord and her family. Rest in peace, Melanie Paul. You were loved and you are remembered!

Missing My Daughter Melanie

My daughter Melanie passed away unexpectedly over Memorial Day weekend, after a sudden illness. She was only 47 years old, and her identical twin sister is lost without her.

For me it does not seem real yet.

My family and friends have been so supportive. Life is so short!

Below is a blurry image of a poem my mom, Joyce Orshoski, wrote long ago. Somehow it so very fitting to find this poem today.

 

A transcription reads:

Remember me with smiles and laughter,

Your head hold high and tall.

If you remember me with only tears,

Then don’t remember me at all.

Alva and Louise Humiston

The final resting place of Alva and Louise Humiston is at Oakland Cemetery in Erie County, Ohio. Alva Humiston was a Veteran of the Spanish American War, having served in Company A, 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Humiston was treasurer of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Hospital for several years. He also was the former choirmaster of the First Congregational Church in Sandusky, Ohio.

Alva Humiston passed away on July 18, 1948. His wife, Louise Humiston, died at the home of her son in Marshall, Michigan on July 30, 1956. Mr. and Mrs. Humsiton's gravesite is in Block G at Oakland Cemetery.

Below is a picture of one of the buildings at the Ohio Veterans Home, formerly known as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home.