Cheri made and shaped one of my favorite people on the planet.

So many of the qualities I love in Erin are very clearly gifts from her mom.

In this way, Cheri does and will live on, forever.

❤️

Memories of Cheri

Cheri and I first met when we were 14 in Morgan Jr. high. I wasn't so sure about her at first but her chattiness and funny wit won me over. She could always make me laugh. We became close friends later in high school and remained friends for over 50 years. We were in college together, in each others weddings, traded babysitting, and helped with kids birthday parties, and finally their weddings. We spent many 3 hour lunches talking about our husbands and families. We were always so surprised how those 3 hours just flew by.                                                 
Cheri was my oldest and dearest friend. She was the kind of friend you could always count on to come through no matter what. When you are lucky enough to have a friend as loyal as she was you are surely blessed. I will miss her greatly. God Bless my dear friend.

You were more than a sister ... you were a friend, a fierce protector, a second mom. I remember driving around in your GTO when I was very little and singing songs with you at the top of our lungs. I thought you were the coolest sister EVER.

You let me come live with you and helped me feel secure while dad had cancer and mom was so busy taking him to treatments; you moved me into my dorm at college when you were very pregnant; you let me live with you later and be a bad influence on your infant daughter; you pretty much re-constructed my wedding dress - several times and even the night before as I had lost weight; you helped bandage my ass after an embarrassing surgery; you cared for our mom after she had cancer, a stroke, and through dementia; you set up my house so when I moved back home I had everything I needed. There's so much you have done for me. You were the person I could always count on - the rock of the family. I joked that I could always go off and do what I wanted because you were always here to keep everything going. But it was true.

Now that you are gone, we are all a little lost. Your smile, your laugh, your humor, your energy, your amazing heart, the eye roll you'd give me when I dressed up my dog - all are precious memories. You gave so much, yet never ever wanted to be in the spotlight. I only hope you understand how much you impacted the world and how much you gave the people who loved you. The world will never be the same without you.