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This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Erna Simon, 87, born on March 19, 1927 and passed away on July 26, 2014. We will love and remember her and how she touched our lives forever.

A Memorial Celebration of her life will be held on August 23, 2014 at 1 pm at the Unity Center of Mills River, NC.

Please feel free to share pictures of Erna, and stories of your time with her on the Stories tab.

May 14, 2023
May 14, 2023
Happy Mother's Day Mom!

I am remembering all the wonderful Mother's Days we had together - starting in Chicago when I was a child and growing up, and your visiting me at college, your flying to New Orleans to visit me, and all the Mother's Days in Florida with Danielle going to St Augustine and the beach! We had wonderful and memorable times together on Mother's Day and on our Mother-Daughter and Mother-Daughter-Grand-daughter trips! You have always been the best, most supportive mother ever and I have always felt your love for me. I wish you were still here with my in person, but I feel your love and support all the time even though you are in another dimension.
Today Danielle and I are going to Disney to have dinner at Disney Springs tonight, and to go to the Epcot Flower & Garden Festival tomorrow. It has become a spring tradition for the two of us and we enjoy the various country's food booths since this festival has more vegetarian options than the others.

Dani and I also had a wonderful mother-daughter trip to Germany last fall. Karl Heinz had passed and Lori, Jon and the girls were going for the funeral in Goppingen, so we decided to join them. Lori planned a beautiful service and burial for Karl Heinz with a lunch after for everyone at the Hohenstaufen Hotel, and I finally got to meet Gitte, Manuela and her daughter! Then we spent a couple of days with the Topols seeing some towns and sights in the southern Bavarian Alps, before Dani and I left them and made our trip a family heritage trip for Dani and I where we visited Jebenhausen, Berlin, and Haynau! It was wonderful to see where both you and Dad grew up, and where you lived when you first got married. Lori told us many stories and gave us a handwritten map so we could find your house in Haynau! Wish we could have gone to Germany with you and Dad, but am very glad we were able to have this family heritage trip.

I love and miss being with you very much, enjoy going to your mountain home in NC that we have kept as a family retreat, and feel you love with me always. Wishing you all the best forever... with all my love,

Pam
March 20, 2022
March 20, 2022
It's hard to believe yesterday was the 95th anniversary of your birth! We celebrated your and Dad's birthdays by bringing you some of your favorite spring flowers - hyacinths (love that smell!), tulips, and pussy willows, and by going to the German restaurant for dinner. The food doesn't compare to how good yours is - we have not found anywhere that makes red cabbage like yours - yours is absolutely the best!
There are so many times that I wish you were here to share things with. I miss being able to call you and Dani and I both miss the visits to you and Dad, our card games, and the beach trips with you and Lori - they are all wonderful memories that I like to relive. You are definitely forever missed, I think of you every day and look forward to our reunion someday.
With love and light always -
Pam
March 19, 2022
March 19, 2022
Truly - Forever missed!  It has been 8 years since you left this earth, but how often I think of you and the influence and peace your presence always brought me. Sometimes the memories are so vivid but always reassuring and and comforting. Until we meet again, dear sister........
June 20, 2021
June 20, 2021
Don't know how I missed posting Happy Mother's Day this year Mom - but here I am a bit late.  Always wishing you a Happy Mother's Day and birthday! 

You are in my heart and mind always - with memories of all the wonderful mother-daughter times we have had... the north-woods vacations for Dad to fish, visits to the Eriksen's farm, our trip to Germany, the Holland, Michigan and Wisconsin Dells trips, your visits to me at college - especially painting my dorm room in the middle of the night - your sewing my wedding dress for me, and all of the wonderful beach trips with Lorie and Dani!

Thank you for always being there for me and being the best mother ever! I miss our talks and time together - and love you always!

Love & Light ~Pam

July 29, 2020
July 29, 2020
Erna, you will always be in my heart and my thoughts turn to you almost every day, remembering some experience we had, or the example you were to me, or the support you gave, and remembering some funny German sayings, that was the joke just between us. I truly miss that communication! And at this time of year I miss the beach trips with you and Pam and Dani. Such good memories!
July 26, 2020
July 26, 2020
Missing you Mom - and wishing you and Dad a happy 73rd anniversary.
Today is a bittersweet day - I always enjoy remembering your anniversary, but now not the day you transitioned from this earth. There have been so very many times I have wanted to talk with you, to seek your advice and counsel, and to just share life with you again. I feel so alone and miss our beach trips and visits with you and Dad in NC, but am so grateful to have had them. Danielle and I have remembered many things you taught us, and we use and enjoy many of your recipes.  I hope you are doing well and that your spirit is free and happy.
I am so grateful to have you as my mother - I love you and miss you always - Pam
May 12, 2019
May 12, 2019
Remembering you today on Mother's Day and all the wonderful mother-daughter times we shared. The beach trips, Mother's Days in Florida, trips to Germany, Holland, Michigan and the Wisconsin Dells - and painting my dorm room blue in the middle of the night when I didn't like it's orange walls! Thank you for coming to help me whenever I needed it and for always being there for me whenever I needed you - you have taught me how to be a good mother to my own daughter. I am most lucky to have you as my mother! 
I miss you everyday and love you forever!     
Love and Light Always - Pam
March 19, 2019
March 19, 2019
Happy birthday dear sister! Yes I have thought of you today and remembered all you were to me. Sister, friend, loving aunt to my children, cherished travel partner, and confidant. Love you always and forever!
July 27, 2018
July 27, 2018
Thinking of Erna’s family. Sending loving thoughts.
July 28, 2017
July 28, 2017
There are numerous times a day Erna comes to mind and sometimes it is joyful remembering things we have done together and what she has meant to me, at other times it is a deep pain at not being able to pick up the phone and talk to her or share experiences with her. Some day we will be able to do that again in person, now it is in thought! Love always!
March 19, 2016
March 19, 2016
Thinking of Erna's family today..on a day that is doubly hard. Sending thoughts of light and love.
July 30, 2015
July 30, 2015
Spent this special day in Germany visiting with our brother and reminisced about Erna and our good times together on previous visits to Germany. I miss Erna dearly, she was my link to my childhood, to my home, to my heritage. There isn't a day she does not come to mind and I will be forever grateful for the influence she had on me and my family.
March 19, 2015
March 19, 2015
Remembering Erna on this day, which would have been her 88th birthday! I miss my dear sister greatly, she was one of the constants in my life, an anchor and giver of care and love. Love you always!
August 22, 2014
August 22, 2014
Dear Fred,
I've been trying to come up with the right words, but there aren't any to describe the impact you and Erna have had on me. Erna was one of the most positive people I have ever known and the more I got to know you both, the more awareness there was of being in the presence of great and loving souls, It was an honor, privilege and pleasure to get to know the two of you. I treasure the memory of our trip to Edgecombe County for the Williford reunion. Bless you, Fred--sending prayers for God's comfort and peace to surround you as you go through this passage.
August 21, 2014
August 21, 2014
We are saddened to know that Erna's smile will no longer light our lives on this earth. We join Fred in missing her and her cheerfulness. We can be happy knowing that we will be reunited in the next life.
May all her family be comforted and blessed.
August 20, 2014
August 20, 2014
Will miss you greatly, my dear sister. But the wonderful memories of times spent together will always be with me. You were the most unconditional loving, non judgmental, loyal sister anyone could ask for. The absolute favorite aunt of our children. Thank you for always being there for me and my family.
August 19, 2014
August 19, 2014
Erna was my most loyal firiend. I will miss her beautiful smile, her loving hugs and her listening heart. I will always cherish our times together.
August 18, 2014
August 18, 2014
Erna had a beautiful smile that lit up the room. Sending her family sympathy and hopes for comfort and happy memories. The earthly world is a little darker, but the heavens have another bright star.
August 16, 2014
August 16, 2014
Sincere condolences for the loss of your loved one. Letting go is hard, I pray God wraps you in His Arms & gives you His Peace that passes all understanding. Joyce Martin
August 16, 2014
August 16, 2014
Dear Erna, we will miss your smiling presence, your willing hands, and your open heart. Sending you love on the Other Side.... Lyte
August 16, 2014
August 16, 2014
Dear Fred,
Although I only met your beautiful wife once, I feel as though I got to know her through your wonderful book. I am thinking about you and your entire family at this time. May peace be with you.

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May 14, 2023
May 14, 2023
Happy Mother's Day Mom!

I am remembering all the wonderful Mother's Days we had together - starting in Chicago when I was a child and growing up, and your visiting me at college, your flying to New Orleans to visit me, and all the Mother's Days in Florida with Danielle going to St Augustine and the beach! We had wonderful and memorable times together on Mother's Day and on our Mother-Daughter and Mother-Daughter-Grand-daughter trips! You have always been the best, most supportive mother ever and I have always felt your love for me. I wish you were still here with my in person, but I feel your love and support all the time even though you are in another dimension.
Today Danielle and I are going to Disney to have dinner at Disney Springs tonight, and to go to the Epcot Flower & Garden Festival tomorrow. It has become a spring tradition for the two of us and we enjoy the various country's food booths since this festival has more vegetarian options than the others.

Dani and I also had a wonderful mother-daughter trip to Germany last fall. Karl Heinz had passed and Lori, Jon and the girls were going for the funeral in Goppingen, so we decided to join them. Lori planned a beautiful service and burial for Karl Heinz with a lunch after for everyone at the Hohenstaufen Hotel, and I finally got to meet Gitte, Manuela and her daughter! Then we spent a couple of days with the Topols seeing some towns and sights in the southern Bavarian Alps, before Dani and I left them and made our trip a family heritage trip for Dani and I where we visited Jebenhausen, Berlin, and Haynau! It was wonderful to see where both you and Dad grew up, and where you lived when you first got married. Lori told us many stories and gave us a handwritten map so we could find your house in Haynau! Wish we could have gone to Germany with you and Dad, but am very glad we were able to have this family heritage trip.

I love and miss being with you very much, enjoy going to your mountain home in NC that we have kept as a family retreat, and feel you love with me always. Wishing you all the best forever... with all my love,

Pam
March 20, 2022
March 20, 2022
It's hard to believe yesterday was the 95th anniversary of your birth! We celebrated your and Dad's birthdays by bringing you some of your favorite spring flowers - hyacinths (love that smell!), tulips, and pussy willows, and by going to the German restaurant for dinner. The food doesn't compare to how good yours is - we have not found anywhere that makes red cabbage like yours - yours is absolutely the best!
There are so many times that I wish you were here to share things with. I miss being able to call you and Dani and I both miss the visits to you and Dad, our card games, and the beach trips with you and Lori - they are all wonderful memories that I like to relive. You are definitely forever missed, I think of you every day and look forward to our reunion someday.
With love and light always -
Pam
March 19, 2022
March 19, 2022
Truly - Forever missed!  It has been 8 years since you left this earth, but how often I think of you and the influence and peace your presence always brought me. Sometimes the memories are so vivid but always reassuring and and comforting. Until we meet again, dear sister........
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Love at First Sight

August 5, 2014

On October 11, 1946 I met for the fist time, this cute little brunette. It was love at first sight. It was the same for her. Strange things happened now.
Her first name Erna starts wth an E, my first name Fred with an F, side by side. Her last name Reichstein starts with an R, my last name Simon wth an S, still
side by side, Is this to be a pattern? But thats not all, our birthdays also side by side,18th and 19th of March. It was meant to be..
We got married the following year on the 26. July 1947. 

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