Love & miss you Grandma 

May 1, 2023
Wishing you a Happy Birthday Grandma as we continue to love & miss you & share fun memories in celebrating your life. All of the holidays, visits from Sunland to Arcadia to Las Vegas, your plum jelly, egg soufflé, green bean casserole & everyone’s favorite Christmas candies. I often share the stories of your love of reading, learning, family and dances with Charlie. It’s amazing that both Jan & I are grandmas now & creating new memories & continuing traditions-no doubt you celebrate in heaven along with us. I love you-
Deanna

Mom- Each year that passes, I think of you and our wonderful memories. I’m a grandmother now. I know how much joy you found in being a grandparent. I have so many questions I would love to ask you. I remember how much the kids loved your visits and sleeping over at your house. All the stories you would tell me about the time you spent with them. I hope to be the kind of loving grandmother you were to my children. We all miss you and often share stories of our favorite times amd memories with you. Thank you for all of the love and lessons. I miss you every day. Love you so much. Jan ❤️

Hi Grandma- 12 years passed by so quickly. Shannon was here the day we found out you had passed away, I’ll never forgot that morning. Everyone loves & misses you! You’re always n our hearts. ❤️

Happy birthday mom. This year, I became a great grandpa to Tristan’s baby boy. I went to California last month and stayed in a VRBO house and enjoyed visits from Deanna, John, Tanner, Tristan, Robin, Christian and Violet.? It was just before Christmas that we visited. It was one of my favorite times ever. I remember the look in your eyes and the smile on your face when you would be in a family gathering . I knew then that these were also your favorite times. I love you mom.

Mom,
There has not been even one day since you have passed eleven years ago that I have not had thoughts of my love for you and how much I miss you. I find myself often telling others about things you taught me about life that have helped me through some tough times. 

I have been going through pictures of our family and they bring up so many wonderful thoughts of growing up. I had forgotten that I can post pictures on your site. I will try to do that in the near future. I love you Mom.

I love you, grandma!

Mom
It doesn’t seem possible that it has been 10 years since we have been together. I miss you still.....every single day.
You have a brand new Great Grandson. You would have loved watching what a great mom Meghann has become. So many times when I look at her I wonder if you felt like I do, watching your children as parents. It truly is amazing.
Melissa has been married for 8 years and is doing so well in her job! She looks so much like you sometimes.
Jenny is 21 and doing great things. She is so independent and strong. I love how good she is with people. I think she got that from you.
John will graduate this year. I know you would just love to watch his movies and see his amazing drawings. He is artistic like his namesake.
It’s been a crazy 11 months with a virus like I never thought I would see. I can’t imagine how scary this is for those who’ have elderly parents. Being scared to visit and equally scared not to.
I love you Mom. Thanks for all that you did for me when I was growing up and for the wisdom you shared with me Into adulthood. I still hear your words throughout the year and know one day we will meet again. ♥️

Jan

Mom,
What a year this has been. Covid 19 has affected the world like nothing I have experienced. I have friends who have suffered from this horrible disease but I have been fortunate that none have died from it. Mark O'toole who you know well and who sings a song that is a tribute to his mother that I have attached to your site here is among those friends who had Covid 19. 

The election for President, fortunately, saw Donald Trump defeated by Joe Biden. Trump was the worst President in our country's history but 70 plus million people voted for him for a second term. I could not understand this and so many times I talked with you to ask the question "Why." You were always the one I counted on to get answers to the really tough questions.

Mom, Mark has been sick for several years now. I talk with him by phone every couple of weeks. I am so pleased that he has been doing well. I just wish I could see him but Covid 19 has limited our ability to travel. Hopefully, this new vaccine will end this disease soon and we can get back to normal. I would love to get on a plane and go visit him. 

I will miss you everyday until the day that I die. I love you Mom. 

Your loving Son,
Mike

Mom,
May 1st is May Day for most people but for me it is my favorite day of the year, your birthday. The pandemic has kept all of us home over the last 6 weeks. During this time, I have spent hours looking at pictures of you and I. There were pictures of us at your house on Mcvine, Tyler, and Windmill. There were videos of parties where you and your friends enjoyed each other while dining and dancing. Charlie was in many of the pictures and videos and he always had a huge smile because he was so happy to be with you. He knew he was a lucky man. 
Miss you mom,
happy birthday

It is very hard to believe that it has almost been ten years since you left this world.
I will miss you and love you always!

I love you Grandma!! Wishing I had come with Shannon to visit you that day, I had no idea you would be gone the next. I think of you often and will love you forever.

Today is May 12th, 2019. It is Mother's Day. Mother's Day serves as a reminder to all of the most important woman in each of our lives as this person brought us into this world. 
For me, this is one of just 365 Mother's Days each year. My mother, Norma, helped me understand life. She taught me to appreciate life and to accept things about life that we cannot change or even comprehend. I think of the thousands of talks that I had with mom where she shared her philosophy of life.
I miss Mom every moment but I am thankful for the memories that help guide me through my life.

Mom,
Today you would have had 90 candles on your Birthday cake! We would have laughed together as you told me that would be way too many to blow out. While we ate cake together you would bring up all the cakes you made for me over the years. Of course the doll cakes were always my favorite. I would have given you a gift and of course you would have said that I shouldn’t have. This would have led to a discussion about Grandmother and how she always neatly unwrapped presents saving the paper under her bed to beautifully wrap a gift at a later date. I miss you daily along with all of our laughter. I feel so lucky to have had you as my mom. We always had such a bond. I love you forever and miss you always. Happy Birthday Mom. Love Jan

May 1, 2018
Mom, this would have been your 90th birthday. It seems that you have been gone forever because I miss you so much. I think of all the fun that we had together. Hwayeon and I have her niece living with us and going to school. She is 10 years old. I share with her often the things you taught me about life and about how to treat other people. Hana refers to you often as she knows how important you are in my life. 

Mark, Jan, Jill, and I decided to put your ashes in a niche at Palm Cemetery on Eastern Ave. We thought it would be nice to be able to go somewhere and visit and think about all the wonderful times spent with you. Along with the urn we are placing a picture that was taken of you and your children and Jan's children in 2006 at the Quail Ridge House. . Your urn has a picture of you when you were about 20 years old.....that is my guess. It is one of my many favorite pictures of you. I love you mom. 
Love Mike

This tribute was added by Nancy Cartwright on 22nd November 2016
"Norma was one of the sweetest & classy ladies I have ever met. She always smiled when I saw her. She was so kind and loving. I so enjoyed the time I spent with her. Frank & I took to her the minute we met her. She is truly missed."

This tribute was added by Michael Bement on 22nd November 2016
"I miss mom more than could ever be put into words. She was a great mother but far more. As a child, she taught me all the things a mother teaches her child but beyond the normal she emphasized that I should be kind to others particularly those who have less than we do.  She was wise and, as a grown up, she gave me her opinion only when asked as that was her philosophy. She often told me that when children are grown the parents should step back and let their children make their own decisions without their parent's input. I believe and hope that I have used this wisdom with my own children.

Mom loved people. Her friends did not have to fit a certain mold. They came from all walks of life. Her friends all loved her as she could always be counted on.

I miss you so much mom.

Your Son,

Mike"